Clean red fruit, cherry, sour cherry notes, some spices, floral notes, clove, nutmeg, the oak is a bit apparent, a bit clumsy too. Palate shows red fruit, high acidity, angular tannins, warmth, sweet spices, cranberry notes, med finish
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Heavy on the nose, warmth (15.50%), coffee and chocolate notes, prunes, raisins, black fruit notes, dried fruit notes, clove. Palate shows the same flavour profile, very warm, bold tannins, coffee and chocolate again, full body, shows acidity, raisin-y texture, fig, prunes, fruit in alcohol, long finish
Fragrant, black fruit freshness, some olive notes, heavy floral notes, fine and dense spice layer, thick fruit core. Palate shows full body, much smoother than expected, yes the tannins are hugr and thick but not angular, there is a herbal (stalk/tea tannins) bitterness, long finish. Give it time
The wine shows fraint red fruit notes, red cherry notes, currants, sweet spices, some sweet milk chocolate notes, sweet spices. Palate follows the pattern, red fruit notes, the tannins are a few but angular, warmth (14%), med acidity, simple, straightforward, short to med finish
The wine shows red fruit sweetness, loads of sweet spices, raisin notes, the oak is thick, some VA notes, varnish, some herbal notes. Palate shows med body, heavily depending in oak treatment, sweet spices, warmth (14%), med to high acidity, red cherry notes, dried fruit, cranberry, med to long finish, shows evolution .
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Fragrant, floral notes, fresh red cherry notes, some dry herbs too, liquorice, warm but not hot (14,5%), ripe red fruit. Palate is very smooth, ripe red fruit, juicy tannins, med to full body, a bit warmer here, shows acidity, med finish
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
The wine shows thick fruit core, ripe to overripe red and black fruit, raisins, some VA notes, sour cherry notes,, dark spice notes, black pepper. Palate is lighter than expected, red fruit notes, a bit warm, herbal notes, bold tannins, quite mineral, stalk/herbal notes, long finish
USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Livermore Valley
The wines shows high intensity, pure red cherry notes, sour cherry notes, fresh herbal notes (almost like an olive leaf), overripe red berry notes. Palate is smooth, almost grapey still, juicy red fruit, overripe red strawberry, pleasant, not as warm as feared, light tannins, med body, med finish
2020 Stomennano Chianti Classico
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Clean red fruit, cherry, sour cherry notes, some spices, floral notes, clove, nutmeg, the oak is a bit apparent, a bit clumsy too.
Palate shows red fruit, high acidity, angular tannins, warmth, sweet spices, cranberry notes, med finish
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2020 Giuseppe Campagnola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Heavy on the nose, warmth (15.50%), coffee and chocolate notes, prunes, raisins, black fruit notes, dried fruit notes, clove.
Palate shows the same flavour profile, very warm, bold tannins, coffee and chocolate again, full body, shows acidity, raisin-y texture, fig, prunes, fruit in alcohol, long finish
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2019 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie Améthyste
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Fragrant, black fruit freshness, some olive notes, heavy floral notes, fine and dense spice layer, thick fruit core.
Palate shows full body, much smoother than expected, yes the tannins are hugr and thick but not angular, there is a herbal (stalk/tea tannins) bitterness, long finish.
Give it time
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2019 Finca Nueva Rioja Crianza
Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
The wine shows fraint red fruit notes, red cherry notes, currants, sweet spices, some sweet milk chocolate notes, sweet spices.
Palate follows the pattern, red fruit notes, the tannins are a few but angular, warmth (14%), med acidity, simple, straightforward, short to med finish
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2015 Finca Nueva Rioja Reserva
Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
The wine shows red fruit sweetness, loads of sweet spices, raisin notes, the oak is thick, some VA notes, varnish, some herbal notes.
Palate shows med body, heavily depending in oak treatment, sweet spices, warmth (14%), med to high acidity, red cherry notes, dried fruit, cranberry, med to long finish, shows evolution .
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2020 Delas Frères Châteauneuf-du-Pape Haute Pierre
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Fragrant, floral notes, fresh red cherry notes, some dry herbs too, liquorice, warm but not hot (14,5%), ripe red fruit.
Palate is very smooth, ripe red fruit, juicy tannins, med to full body, a bit warmer here, shows acidity, med finish
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2019 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
The wine shows thick fruit core, ripe to overripe red and black fruit, raisins, some VA notes, sour cherry notes,, dark spice notes, black pepper.
Palate is lighter than expected, red fruit notes, a bit warm, herbal notes, bold tannins, quite mineral, stalk/herbal notes, long finish
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2021 Wente Vineyards Zinfandel Beyer Ranch
USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Livermore Valley
The wines shows high intensity, pure red cherry notes, sour cherry notes, fresh herbal notes (almost like an olive leaf), overripe red berry notes.
Palate is smooth, almost grapey still, juicy red fruit, overripe red strawberry, pleasant, not as warm as feared, light tannins, med body, med finish
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