Community Tasting Note

z_willus_d wrote:

Monday, May 2, 2011 - This wine is huge and big in the larger-than-life Shiraz way of being. I found the alcohol wasn't fully contained, especially on the nose; but it could be worse, far worse. To give you an idea about this wine, picture this short and true story. I was on the living room couch typing this note. My wife walked in and sat next to me. She asked if I was wearing some kind of new coconut lotion, which I was not. (Though I certainly could use it.) It didn't take me long to realize the true source of the smell. Yes, she is pregnant and does have that ultra-sensory mutant sense of smell to go with, but this really does have that oak created aroma profile so common in wines of its ilk. On the palate, it shows some control with a medium plus body and loads of concentrated cassis, currant, and mouth drying (and tiring) cedar-oak suck. There's a malt-shake quality here, like a mix of melted chocolate and blackberry malt shakes that started to turn sour sitting lukewarm on the counter. Hard not to think of liqueur here, as there's certainly a quality of that. Some violet aspects that are nice. I expect this wine will go on being what it is for a while, but it will never transcend itself or grow beyond the fruit, oak, coconut, or sugar/malt shakes. It will just taper off slowly as one or more of those elements dissipate at a slightly faster rate than an other, leaving the juice largely unbalanced and ultimately a failure. But don't misunderstand me... this is wonderful for what it is -- perfect party wine for the kids. To me, it's a hangover in a bottle. Up there with the other options that ten dollars can buy, and it really was just 10 bucks on discount.

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