Performed a little Vinturi magic straight out of the bottle. Worked wonders compared with a sip of it before aerating. Clean smell, good fruit, nice ordinary table wine. Worth 8 bucks. But spend $5 more and get a wine you will remember. Like Domaine de la Solitude Cote du Rhone.
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We did a side by side comparison with this inexpensive ($5.24) cab and an inexpensive ($4.49) zin (2009 Smoking Loon) to see if we could discern varietal differences at these low price points. Surprisingly, we could. This cab was very dark in the glass, almost opaque but not quite. The body was medium + with very pronounced legs on the wall of the glass. The nose showed some dark fruit which followed through in taste on entry. This was followed by moderate structure for this price point. The finish was a bit heavy for our taste, though, and had some after-taste that we didn't particularly care for. However, others may find this offering more pleasing than we did. Cheers!
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5/13/2012 - halbri wrote: 79 Points
Performed a little Vinturi magic straight out of the bottle. Worked wonders compared with a sip of it before aerating. Clean smell, good fruit, nice ordinary table wine. Worth 8 bucks. But spend $5 more and get a wine you will remember. Like Domaine de la Solitude Cote du Rhone.
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1/16/2012 - Jimmy1 wrote: 85 Points
Good everyday bottle of wine... strong cherry and choclate flavors
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6/1/2011 - boldntannic wrote: 79 Points
We did a side by side comparison with this inexpensive ($5.24) cab and an inexpensive ($4.49) zin (2009 Smoking Loon) to see if we could discern varietal differences at these low price points. Surprisingly, we could.
This cab was very dark in the glass, almost opaque but not quite. The body was medium + with very pronounced legs on the wall of the glass. The nose showed some dark fruit which followed through in taste on entry. This was followed by moderate structure for this price point. The finish was a bit heavy for our taste, though, and had some after-taste that we didn't particularly care for. However, others may find this offering more pleasing than we did. Cheers!
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11/27/2010 - JRatzlaff wrote: 83 Points
Tasty. Nice to decorate the tree by.
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