Community Tasting Note
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RPerro wrote: 84 points
January 29, 2020 - Popped and poured. I was hoping this was the same caliber of wine as the North Coast Syrah, but sadly, it is not. Yes, it's identifiable as Syrah with blackberry fruit and some pepper, but the richness and body of the earlier North Coast bottlings are simply not present in this wine. A decent $8 (from Grocery Outlet) Wednesday night quaff, but nowhere near the Agharta wines I have known before. Curious what prompted Agharta to make this wine. Seems like they are killing off the brand to me...From amazing $80 North Coast Syrah to mediocre $8 Central Coast Syrah. Drink now - 2023.
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tward commented:
6/25/21, 12:13 PM - The story is that this is a bottling under the Agharta label of some leftover Qupé barrels after the acquisition. That's the story, at least.
See: https://m.klwines.com/p/i?i=1494691&sku=1494691
Scroll down to Ryan Woodhouse review.
Maybe a truer story is that Lindquist didn't want these barrels going into Qupé bottles and the parent company decided to dump them into Agharta. Dunno. -
RPerro commented:
6/26/21, 3:18 PM - @tward Thank you for this information! I had no idea Agharta was no longer a Pax Mahle bottling. Disappointing, as I really enjoyed those older bottles. This newer version just doesn't stand up.