Quite the nice surprise, this wine is. Very handsome color, that shows maturity, and kind of a dense, opaque ruby, with some but very little transparency. Quite a sight. The nose is fantastic, because it strikes you right away with barnyard upfront, but goes well beyond, mixing it with gorgeous strawberry aromas. Quite an educated and intellectual nose. I can't get over it. Red licorice aromas as well; very nice red sensation on the nose. Very red on the palate as well, showing well beyond the cost and money's worth in fruit concentration; and there's nothing artificial here, with nice, mature structure, and a two-fold face, very distinct that doesn't really hurt the roundness. Quite an interpretable wine. Thought provoking. Delicious. Almost full bodied. Stinky. Showing roundness, structure, tangyness, and a little complexity. Finishes nicely, with persistence, and leaving you with nice "grapey", dark plum, and blackberry flavors. Nice to know that this is a varietal, and it does show "some character"!
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9/13/2010 - Capt M wrote: 90 Points
Quite the nice surprise, this wine is. Very handsome color, that shows maturity, and kind of a dense, opaque ruby, with some but very little transparency. Quite a sight. The nose is fantastic, because it strikes you right away with barnyard upfront, but goes well beyond, mixing it with gorgeous strawberry aromas. Quite an educated and intellectual nose. I can't get over it. Red licorice aromas as well; very nice red sensation on the nose. Very red on the palate as well, showing well beyond the cost and money's worth in fruit concentration; and there's nothing artificial here, with nice, mature structure, and a two-fold face, very distinct that doesn't really hurt the roundness. Quite an interpretable wine. Thought provoking. Delicious. Almost full bodied. Stinky. Showing roundness, structure, tangyness, and a little complexity. Finishes nicely, with persistence, and leaving you with nice "grapey", dark plum, and blackberry flavors. Nice to know that this is a varietal, and it does show "some character"!
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10/14/2007 - Phearce wrote: 89 Points
This was great. Plenty of dark fruit flavor, some spice, but balanced very nicely. Need to try and find this again.
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8/23/2007 - drdebs wrote: 87 Points
Spicy red fruit in a silky, open-textured package. Accents of cinnamon and clove in the aromas and on the finish.
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