Not sure I'd guess Syrah blind. Still a baby, with overpowering tannins throughout. Hints of dark fruit and smoke waft in, enveloped by tar notes. There's good structure here and it's clearly well-made, but I'd wait at least another year or two before trying again.
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We liked it fine but wouldn’t buy again. Not even close to 98 pts. Got on sale for $30 but can easily fine similar or better bottles for that price point. A bit one note, dry, low tannins. Tasted right out of the bottle and then decanted for an hour. Didn’t change it much… a bit smoother. Again… good… highly drinkable just under delivers on advertisement.
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Wine pours to a rich ruby red color. After a 30 minute decant, it opened to a nice aroma of dark fruit and some earth tones. Tastes of black cherry, blackberry and other dark fruits were pronounced and the wine was also rather hot with the alcohol octane. James Suckling rated this a 98?? Makes me wonder if he was just having a bad day in the winery as this wine doesn’t even come close. It is a very good wine overall with nice acidity, med-full body and has high tannins, but lacks the complexity and finesse for me to give it a rating above 90. It has a decent price to value ratio in my opinion, but don’t expect a mind bending 98 rated head turner like is depicted on the label. If you can get it for under $35 it is very worth trying.
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6/4/2022 - ziavino wrote: 91 Points
Not sure I'd guess Syrah blind. Still a baby, with overpowering tannins throughout. Hints of dark fruit and smoke waft in, enveloped by tar notes. There's good structure here and it's clearly well-made, but I'd wait at least another year or two before trying again.
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9/2/2021 - fanglangzhe Does not like this wine: 82 Points
cherry, cough syrup, a bit confected tasting. very jammy.
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7/18/2021 - TCruell Likes this wine:
We liked it fine but wouldn’t buy again. Not even close to 98 pts. Got on sale for $30 but can easily fine similar or better bottles for that price point. A bit one note, dry, low tannins. Tasted right out of the bottle and then decanted for an hour. Didn’t change it much… a bit smoother. Again… good… highly drinkable just under delivers on advertisement.
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3/17/2021 - cmaldonado Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Had to let sit for an hour before it smoothed out.
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3/13/2021 - Echodog Likes this wine: 89 Points
Wine pours to a rich ruby red color. After a 30 minute decant, it opened to a nice aroma of dark fruit and some earth tones. Tastes of black cherry, blackberry and other dark fruits were pronounced and the wine was also rather hot with the alcohol octane. James Suckling rated this a 98?? Makes me wonder if he was just having a bad day in the winery as this wine doesn’t even come close. It is a very good wine overall with nice acidity, med-full body and has high tannins, but lacks the complexity and finesse for me to give it a rating above 90. It has a decent price to value ratio in my opinion, but don’t expect a mind bending 98 rated head turner like is depicted on the label. If you can get it for under $35 it is very worth trying.
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