Half price wine night; was that really necessary? Very interesting wine here. For starters it was quite black in the glass but much lighter across the palate which featured cherry fruit and a whole bunch of spice, herb, vegetable, and chili notes. This assemblage of flavors was actually better and more harmonious than one would imagine and the wine came across as bright, balanced and flavorful. Not bad.
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I was quite pleasantly surprised with this wine. Intriguing (and prominent) red and green bell pepper on the nose, which almost went vegetal in a bad way, but pulled it off quite well. My palate was flooded with velvety smooth mocha/leather flavors. A really amazing value at just over $10. Will buy again. Nice pick from the wine buyer at the local Whole Foods on this one!
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2/1/2015 - spatialiser wrote: 89 Points
Surprisingly good for its age, structure slightly falling apart but still enjoyable.
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7/17/2009 - waragi wrote:
inky purple. nose of lacquered wood, earthy spice. taste is congruent to nose. decent if not overly exciting carmenere.
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2/11/2009 - greenblanket wrote:
Half price wine night; was that really necessary? Very interesting wine here. For starters it was quite black in the glass but much lighter across the palate which featured cherry fruit and a whole bunch of spice, herb, vegetable, and chili notes. This assemblage of flavors was actually better and more harmonious than one would imagine and the wine came across as bright, balanced and flavorful. Not bad.
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1/27/2009 - RobertDwyer wrote: 88 Points
I was quite pleasantly surprised with this wine. Intriguing (and prominent) red and green bell pepper on the nose, which almost went vegetal in a bad way, but pulled it off quite well. My palate was flooded with velvety smooth mocha/leather flavors. A really amazing value at just over $10. Will buy again. Nice pick from the wine buyer at the local Whole Foods on this one!
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