2013 La Cruz de Comal / Dickson Black Spanish Troubadour LD3 Ranch

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  7/1/2015 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  An eclectic night in Maryland (Potomac Maryland): Wow, thick black scarlet. Very aromatic dark berry, tart, gun flint flavors in a fairly tart package. Quite an achievement in south Texas, and quite a wine overall

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  10/7/2014 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  Deep scarlet purple (the darkest dry red I've ever seen from Texas Hill Country) with just a hint of sediment. Fresh, ripe, dark fruit flavors, but finishes a bit tight. Wood well integrated. Shows it's Hill country flavors with some flint and gunpowder. Not a wine for everyone given it's very bright acidity; it is a remarkable achievement.
  This is not a fruit bomb Cali cab wannabe. It is a bone dry, thick, still nascent wine. As far as what to compare it to? Perhaps a savage young aliganico from Basilicata.
  
  I wouldn't be surprised to see 2 decades of life for this wine given its dense bones and acidity, the 2005 gives no evidence of slowing down.
  
  100% black Spanish (Lenoir)
  About 8 months in new oak
  14.6%
  53 Cases produced

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