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Red - Fortified
N.V. Viñedo de los Vientos Tannat Alcyone
Tannat
- Uruguay
- Coastal Region
- Atlàntida
Label borrowed from 2013
Label borrowed from 2015
Label borrowed from 2014
Label borrowed from 2017
Community Tasting Notes 68
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Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 92 points
May 2, 2022 - Very interesting suggestion from Uruguay. Like dark chocolate, toffee and coffee! Paired well.
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fussyeater Likes this wine: 91 points
April 14, 2022 - Dark red in colour with a little browning. Almond biscotti and hint of coconut on the nose, weighty but silky with teeth staining tannins!
Aniseed and black cherry on the palate and good acidity with freshness and lift on the finish. Nicely balanced and impressive dessert wine. BTG -
lewisrise wrote: 91 points
November 25, 2021 - Medium tawny with developed aromas of chocolate, vanilla, dried cherries, molasses, fig, raisin and marzipan. High alcohol and acidity with medium plus body, medium tannins and a long finish. Palate of cherry, raspberry , chocolate milk, caramel, vanilla, and coffee. This is a very good wine that should be drunk now with potential for aging
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NickA Likes this wine: 92 points
September 26, 2021 - Tannat made in a Marsala style, then aromatised like a Chinato and aged in French oak for several years. Served blind by the somm to accompany a chocolate dessert, we all agreed this was nothing like any wine we'd tried before - closest relative perhaps being Banyuls.
Intriguing nose that was quite vanilla-dominated, with drinking chocolate, coconut and sweet tobacco. Not as sweet on the palate as you'd expect, with notes of dark chocolate and a well-judged amount of acidity that kicked in towards the finish - a good match, and easy to finish the glass. -
johnrm Likes this wine: 92 points
August 25, 2021 - Our last bottle and it seemed even better than our previous bottle tasted some time ago. Very deep colour with a rich and fragrant nose. The palate had a lovely texture and was full of sweet dark cherries, vanilla, with almost overwhelming chocolate flavours. Very long. It opened beautifully with time and spice emerged - cinnamon with what fellow-tasters described as ‘hot cross bun’ and ‘marzipan’ flavours. A group of 11 tasters rated this as a 92. Great stuff!
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The most exciting wines of 2017, 10/1/2017 (link)(NV Viñedo de los Vientos, Alcyone Tannat, Atlantida, Canelones, Uruguay, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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Chocolate and Wine Pairing, Episode #898, 8/3/2010 (link) 90 points(Vinedo de Los Vientos Alcyone Tannat) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-exactly like Count Chocula cereal; PALATE-it tastes like hot chocolate wine; just delicious; the 16% alcohol is balanced tremendously well; one of the better late harvest Alcyone's I've had; this is very, very good; a tremendous dessert wine; spectacular effort; GV-90
Wine Definition
- Vintage N.V.
- Type Red - Fortified
- Producer Viñedo de los Vientos
- Varietal Tannat
- Designation Alcyone
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Uruguay
- Region Coastal Region
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Atlàntida
- UPC Code 832473000085
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 7 (1%)
- In Cellars 261 (37%)
- Consumed 439 (62%)
Food Pairing
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