Bought today at Expo Vino in Lima, Peru. Popped and poured. A rather dark red with a nice aged look to it. The nose is quite fruity, with lots of smooth red fruit and some smokiness coming through. Some tertiary smells as well. With airtime, the smokiness becomes more meaty. On the palate, there lots of tannins, lots of fruity tastes, and a bit of a tertiary component to it. Quite a nice wine, but perhaps not worth the about 25 euros I paid for it. Going well with an assortment of Peruvian tapas. 50+5+10+15+7=87
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This rocked for under $20. Black olive tapenade on the nose. The palate was like a gourmet salad with fresh spring greens, tapenade and some dried cranberries. This went incredibly well with pasta. Just enough acidity to do battle with the red sauce. I'm going to grab several more bottles to have on hand for those nights when you're feeling lazy and quickly cook up some pasta. Adding this wine turns it into an instant "nice dinner".
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The nose is light,with some cherry,vanilla and oak.On the palate light and smooth,with hints of vanilla,cherry and oak that was coming on stronger later on.A bit disappointing since there was no other tertiary aromas.
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Made from 85% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo and 5% Garnacha (grown by contractors) this wine is aged in American oak for 2 years, then spends a further 3 years in the bottle. Light purple in colour, you can see the age of this wine in the bricky orange rim. The nose is earthy, almost musty, with cigar box and oak characters. The palate shows some good jammy red fruit.
Tasted in the Grand Tasting at the 10th Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, London.
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3/13/2010 - mdobro wrote: 88 Points
1 hour decanting, nose light - soft fruits - cherry, black currant, milk note but taste much better, soft tannins and acid
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10/17/2009 - NiklasW wrote: 87 Points
Bought today at Expo Vino in Lima, Peru. Popped and poured. A rather dark red with a nice aged look to it. The nose is quite fruity, with lots of smooth red fruit and some smokiness coming through. Some tertiary smells as well. With airtime, the smokiness becomes more meaty. On the palate, there lots of tannins, lots of fruity tastes, and a bit of a tertiary component to it. Quite a nice wine, but perhaps not worth the about 25 euros I paid for it. Going well with an assortment of Peruvian tapas. 50+5+10+15+7=87
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8/24/2009 - marka wrote:
B-. Fruit is gone. This was certainly not worth whatever it was I paid for it.
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7/2/2008 - Michael Davis wrote:
This rocked for under $20. Black olive tapenade on the nose. The palate was like a gourmet salad with fresh spring greens, tapenade and some dried cranberries. This went incredibly well with pasta. Just enough acidity to do battle with the red sauce. I'm going to grab several more bottles to have on hand for those nights when you're feeling lazy and quickly cook up some pasta. Adding this wine turns it into an instant "nice dinner".
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3/9/2008 - winegr wrote: 81 Points
Lousy stuff. No interest or intensity. Tastes like a $3 bottle.
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9/23/2007 - Henman wrote: 78 Points
The nose is light,with some cherry,vanilla and oak.On the palate light and smooth,with hints of vanilla,cherry and oak that was coming on stronger later on.A bit disappointing since there was no other tertiary aromas.
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7/24/2007 - mlarch wrote:
kids drank on MAs 6ist birthday
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11/19/2006 - jamieirving wrote: 80 Points
Made from 85% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo and 5% Garnacha (grown by contractors) this wine is aged in American oak for 2 years, then spends a further 3 years in the bottle. Light purple in colour, you can see the age of this wine in the bricky orange rim. The nose is earthy, almost musty, with cigar box and oak characters. The palate shows some good jammy red fruit.
Tasted in the Grand Tasting at the 10th Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, London.
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9/7/2006 - Colima74 wrote: 88 Points
full bodied, a little over-ripe, pruney for my tastes.. but still good. 3.5+ LC liked better than I did
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