Community Tasting Note

• budosyu Does not like this wine: 85 points

  June 17, 2017 - Tasted through two bottles on two separate occasions. Dark purple. Nose of dark fruit jam and some chocolate. Sweet on entry, turns a bit more dry in the mid palate. The sweet fruit drops off and ends on a spike of alcohol and moderate acidity with spice and stewed dark fruit and a slow alcohol burn.
  
  Hate to be the outlier, but not a particularly well made or balanced wine. Tried after aerating for 3 hours, pop and pour, and second day... actually best as P&P. The tannins are light with some of the fruit dropping in the mid palate, so there's nowhere for sharp alcohol/acid spike to hide. With more air, the tannins disappear almost completely and the sweet fruit gets a little more muted, so there's even less place for the alcohol to hide. The texture is smooth and fairly concentrated, so there's some redeeming qualities.
  
  At $60, this wine competes with wines in the $30 category.

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• KJD45$ commented:

  12/28/17, 4:33 PM - You know so far I agree with you... I feel this label/maker is really overhyped by these reviewers... I am a bit underwhelmed so far...
  Not really sure where all these high scores are coming from..

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