Community Tasting Note

• Mtz Tom wrote:

  May 29, 2023 - This is a big rich wine for my taste. Dark fruit is front and center with a long finish. Maybe a little heat from the hefty 14.9 percent alcohol.

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4 Comments

• RayT commented:

  12/2/23, 3:42 PM - Ouch! MTZ did the wine seem off or was it the new world style you didn't appreciate?

• Mtz Tom commented:

  12/2/23, 6:11 PM - It wasn’t “off”. It is from a good appellation and winemaker. It would probably be good with a steak. But, like you opined it’s more a New World style issue for me. Years ago we probably would have loved it but now we prefer cooler climate reds and whites, with lower alcohol and more subtle fruit.

• RayT commented:

  12/2/23, 11:38 PM - MTZ makes sense.

• Jjthaeler commented:

  2/28/24, 6:36 PM - I feel this is an unfair review. I’d encourage you to drop the rating in acknowledgement that it’s not your style of wine. A decent analogy: let’s ask someone who’s afraid of heights to rate the view from the glass balcony on the top of the Burj Khalifa.

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