Okay, when you go to the store and get entry level wines for quick/easy service do not let them hang in the cellar for too long. This was a mess. Nose was quite boozy at this point with back fruit and some stinky/poopy notes. Palate is bizarre with black fruit, plum and a mouthful of mulch ... really ... eat some bark mulch and it might be more pleasant.
Popped this with pizza. Suffered through a glass and dumped. Over the hill is my guess. Drink the 2018 and hope for better.
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS #107; Oregon and Washington (By MO): Cherry/raspberry yoghurt and bell pepper in the bouquet. On the palate raspberries and other red fruits, lemonade, a lot of sweetness, low acidity and tannin. Juicy, but a commercially made BBQ wine.
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Robe de couleur rubis. Nez avec beaucoup de sucre et sur les fruits murs. En bouche, le vin est rond, pas trop sucré en bouche, arômes de forêt, bonne astringence, manque de complexité.
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Huge, persistent oak and odd candy notes overwhelm the underlying fruit. Mineral flavors, with a primal aftertaste that I have found more often in Southern Rhone blends or Pinotage than in Merlot, by itself not unpleasant but which are on this unbalanced wine. Smooth tannins. This feels to me like a a highly manipulated wine, a better name might be The Velveeta Devil. There are many better wines at this price ($10-$14).
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12/6/2019 - RockinCabs wrote: 79 Points
Okay, when you go to the store and get entry level wines for quick/easy service do not let them hang in the cellar for too long. This was a mess. Nose was quite boozy at this point with back fruit and some stinky/poopy notes. Palate is bizarre with black fruit, plum and a mouthful of mulch ... really ... eat some bark mulch and it might be more pleasant.
Popped this with pizza. Suffered through a glass and dumped. Over the hill is my guess. Drink the 2018 and hope for better.
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3/9/2016 - Zweder wrote: 81 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #107; Oregon and Washington (By MO): Cherry/raspberry yoghurt and bell pepper in the bouquet. On the palate raspberries and other red fruits, lemonade, a lot of sweetness, low acidity and tannin. Juicy, but a commercially made BBQ wine.
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2/26/2016 - flussier wrote: 86 Points
Robe de couleur rubis. Nez avec beaucoup de sucre et sur les fruits murs. En bouche, le vin est rond, pas trop sucré en bouche, arômes de forêt, bonne astringence, manque de complexité.
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1/21/2016 - PaulusLoZebra Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Huge, persistent oak and odd candy notes overwhelm the underlying fruit. Mineral flavors, with a primal aftertaste that I have found more often in Southern Rhone blends or Pinotage than in Merlot, by itself not unpleasant but which are on this unbalanced wine. Smooth tannins. This feels to me like a a highly manipulated wine, a better name might be The Velveeta Devil. There are many better wines at this price ($10-$14).
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12/16/2015 - djpo wrote: 77 Points
Not wrecked or ruined. Thin, uninspired, calcium notes.
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