2014 Kleine Zalze Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon

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  1/20/2018 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  14,5% alcohol, 5 g/l residual sugar, 6,3 g/l acidity. Tasted blind on VV.
  
  Moderately translucent, dried blood color with a developed, rusted hue. Big, ripe and quite sweetly-fruited nose with characterful and positively rustic aromas of juicy dark berries, some toasty wood, a little bit of eucalyptus, light cherry tones and a hint of barnyard funk. The wine is broad, full-bodied and somewhat sweet-toned on the palate with juicy flavors of wizened dark fruits, some black cherries, a little bit of oaky caramel character, light pruney fruit, a hint of vanilla and a touch of blackcurrant jam. The wine is moderately high in acidity with quite firm medium tannins. The finish is nuanced with somewhat developed flavors of dried dark fruits, some wizened blackcurrants, a little bit of mocha oak, light sour cherry bitterness and a hint of savory wood.
  
  It feels like the aging is showing here nicely: the wine definitely isn't young anymore, but apparently that has pushed the oak character into the background, behind the fruit, and the flavors have gained some additional complexity with age as well. There's some jammy residual sugar sweetness at the tip of the tongue, but the high acidity and a touch of tannic grip keep the wine well in balance. Overall a nice, somewhat developed new world red. Priced according to its quality at 15,99€.

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