2018 Alpha Estate Xinomavro Réserve Vieilles Vignes Barba Yannis

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  1/15/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Planted 1919.
  
  Ripe black currants, ripe black cherries, ripe blueberries, smoke, cedar and fennel seed on the nose. Medium + intensity of aromas.Palate adds cardamom, tobacco, dust and dark chocolate, keeps most of the fruit from the nose. Medium + intensity of flavors. I agree with the other reviewer that the oak sticks out a little bit.
  
  Medium body with medium + acid and firm medium tannin. Drinking well now, may be nice with some more tertiary flavors too, as that could tame the oak. I would probably hold it another year or two. Good pairing with a grilled hanger steak.
  
  Day 2 - a nice seared beef flavor comes out, including the rendered fat. Also a tomato leaf flavor. IMO, better than it was on day 1.

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  6/3/2023 - benjiz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Light ruby purple. Violet flowers, cherry, strawberry, cinnamon. Sugar 0 body 4.5 acidity 8.5 tannin 7(very fine) alcohol 14 intensity 6 length 5s. Very good tannin structure.

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  4/26/2023 - vilepotabissabinum wrote:

  This was perfectly pleasant to drink, but I found the oak a bit obtrusive/unintegrated.

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  1/27/2023 - crcarlson Likes this wine: 90 Points

  purple garnet
  medium intensity color
  blue fruit, vanilla, black pepper
  medium plus plus acid
  medium plus alcohol
  medium light body
  firm but ripe tannin, nice grip
  almost a blue fruited barolo
  a very nice wine and great qpr at $35

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  12/26/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 92 Points

  I am shocked how accessible this wine is. Alpha definitely has some tricks in the bag and they are working really well. Gorgeous sour cherry juice with a svelte profile and just enough oak to round out the Xino edges. Acidity with a pom-like element provides structure. A bit of raw leather and slight stoniness. Very succulent on the finish heading into a bit of umami.

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