Some wine was needed for cooking - apparently "we" had forgotten to buy some bite-sized boxes last time "we" were shopping - this really is a surprisingly good wine - the Pelada 2003 is in the other decanter and, yes, you can taste the difference - but that's 10 times the price.
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3 hour decant. Well - this is still an amazing wine for 2 euros and 49 cents - clear purple - delicate nose of grapes - lovely mouth-feel - gentle acid, slight grip, sour cherries - light and airy and pretty classy - reasonable finish.
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3 hour decant. 13%. Synthetic cork! Our local Intermarché sometimes has "strange" wines just turn up, and, as a fan of slightly older wines, if they have some bottle-age, I like to give them a go. It doesn't always pay off, but this one, at the princely sum of 2 euros and 49 cents, is, to use American vernacular, a home run. Deep royal purple - flowers in the nose - delicious in the mouth - dark fruits with some cherries thrown in - subtle edge of menthol - there's a lightness, a fleetness of foot here that's just lovely - medium finish, but another sip satisfies the longing for more.
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1/2/2017 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 88 Points
Some wine was needed for cooking - apparently "we" had forgotten to buy some bite-sized boxes last time "we" were shopping - this really is a surprisingly good wine - the Pelada 2003 is in the other decanter and, yes, you can taste the difference - but that's 10 times the price.
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8/27/2016 - Claw Dee Puss wrote: 88 Points
2 hour decant.
Takes a while to blow off some bottle stink, then this is really classy and nice.
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7/2/2016 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 89 Points
3 hour decant. Dinner II with N&L.
Still a decent wine, and truly excellent at the price.
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5/12/2016 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 89 Points
3 hour decant.
Well - this is still an amazing wine for 2 euros and 49 cents - clear purple - delicate nose of grapes - lovely mouth-feel - gentle acid, slight grip, sour cherries - light and airy and pretty classy - reasonable finish.
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1/10/2016 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 90 Points
3 hour decant. 13%. Synthetic cork!
Our local Intermarché sometimes has "strange" wines just turn up, and, as a fan of slightly older wines, if they have some bottle-age, I like to give them a go. It doesn't always pay off, but this one, at the princely sum of 2 euros and 49 cents, is, to use American vernacular, a home run.
Deep royal purple - flowers in the nose - delicious in the mouth - dark fruits with some cherries thrown in - subtle edge of menthol - there's a lightness, a fleetness of foot here that's just lovely - medium finish, but another sip satisfies the longing for more.
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