This pours very light cloudy ruby in the glass with some pink and purple toward the watery rim. The nose on this is just incredible, opening over the course of a couple of hours to show white pepper, black pepper, wet soil, blooming roses, pomegranate, leather, turkish delight, and wet hay. The palate is bright, tart and red fruited with some saline character. Tannin is medium minus with high acid. The finish is a tad bitter and clipped, medium minus in length. The nose here is the highlight, expansive and complex, easily a 93+ point nose. The palate is light and elegant but turns just a bit too bitter without enough fruit to carry it, holding this back from a higher score.
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P&p; drinking well right away. Aromatic - crunchy red fruit with borderline funky forest floor/mushroom/earth, spice, and flowers. Similar flavors, juicy, crunchy cherry-cranberry sort of fruit with spicy earthy depth and plenty of acidity and fine-grained tannins, delicious. I'm liking this producer!
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SLDS September 2022: Blind. Stalks, pepper, tobacco and ash on the nose. Palate is lithe and has delicate fruit, a good acid kick and plenty of savoury spice. Lots going on but feels like it might be best drunk now in case any of the elements drop out of sync.
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Light garnet. A bit stinky at first- reduction, not faulty. Smoke, tart red fruit, pepper. Focused and light to medium weighted palate leads to an acid driven, slightly bitter finish. Food friendly though. Interesting when served blind…and especially when one of the group outrageously nails it. (Nicely done CW!).
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My final bottle. For my palate this is perfect now. It only needs a little time to blow off the mild reduction on the nose, to reveal the pure aromas of roses, peaches and red berries, and its deep volcanic minerality. The palate is all flowing elegance, wonderfully supple and seamless, fresh and silky, with light tannins; the dreamy finish has excellent resonance and length. So light yet so intense, so easy yet so profound. An essence of its terroir, and "gone in seconds" with pasta with aubergine, chilli and garlic (recipe from Eric Treuille and Anna del Conte).
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Served straight out of the cellar. This is light in colour in the glass with initially a muted nose. No tannin, light on the palate with a nice cherry flavour dominating. Certainly a summer wine and excellent value.
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Super muted nose at first. After an hour it started to open, after two it was really singing. Dust, earth, chalk, blackberries, currants, cherries. The depth and complexity here is stunning. Favorite bottle of the lineup for me.
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Decanted for two hours in the morning, poured over dinner in the evening. Medium ruby colour. Red fruit, cherry, smoky reduction, and underlying volcanic mineral notes, with good acidity, fine, smooth tannin, and superb length. Smoothly textured and beautifully balanced. A little less complex and energetic than the other Envinate wines and, consequently, not quite as striking as the other wines of Envinate‘s range, but without benchmarking it against its siblings the Benje 2019 is a lovely wine that drinks beautifully. Only 12% ABV.
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Man these wines are awesome! This pours light ruby in the glass, with light flecks of pink toward the rim. The nose is complex and highly aromatic from the first pop of the cork. Aromas are of black peppercorn, green peppercorn, granite, pomegranite, charcoal, bay leaf, thyme, sandalwood, and old sweet cedar. Complex and hugely appealing. The palate is low in tannin, and medium plus in acid. The finish is only moderate in length, but man what a sensational profile. Love these wines!
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Lite grumligt (ofiltrerat) vulkanvin från Kanarieöarna (Listan Prieto är tydligen samma druva som Mission som Conquistadorerna tog med sig till Kalifornien.).
Medelfylligt, röda bär, lite jordigt, mineral, aska, järn, svartpeppar, bra syra och struktur. Gick verkligen hem hos oss. Dracks till rödbetor med fetaost och rostade pumpafrön. Fungerade bra. Producent att hålla ögonen på. Köper definitivt igen.
Dag 2 Ännu bättre. Mer integrerat. Dracks med belugalinser. Avslutade med hallonlakrits från Lakritsfabriken. Ljuvlig kombo med vinet - frukten sköt i höjden!
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Drank over two hrs. Pnp. Def needed to loose the barnyard and once it going it lost most of cutting acid finish. Worked really well with the sushi we were eating. Edgy stuff. Definitely more aggressive than most of the other Envinate stuff but in its own group. Well made but needs the right occasion. Bright, zippy, raspberries, fresh cherries, red and black pepper, kinda spicy.
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Decanted for two hours. Compared to the gorgeous bottle tasted in May 2021, this is more focused on the spicy minerality, and the tannins seem firmer too. It is not as refined on the palate, and the finish is a quite raw. Bottle difference? I don't think that it is perfectly clean. Not rated. On the second day it is a little softer, but the sense of rawness on the finish remains.
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Tight and sour on first opening, so we recorked it and set it aside for the next night when it showed well enough to pair with grilled proscuitto-wrapped halibut, the acidity in this case an asset. Fruit at this point like a lesser bourgogne. All fine but the wine in bottle turned cloudy halfway or so through, and the flavor turned as well--undrinkable. Overall, disappointing. Drink up.
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Gave this wine a splash decant and it’s showing nearly no reductive aromas at all, possibly a hint of matchstick if searched for but only as a spice. For me, this is wide open, no need to hold. Aromas of fading flowers, gravel/rocks, mixed forest berries and twigs. A little smoke and citrus pith bitterness with time.
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You can smell the volcanic rocks, light and transparent. Graphite and hot soil but the cassis site behind with a really peppery note. Not as deep and complex as the other Tenerife Envinates but has its place in the cellar. Served chilled.
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Meget lys. I næsen Rød frugt, sten, sødlig stald, yoghurt.. ret funky. Ren rød frugt - frisk men moden - stikkende grønkrydning (tomatstilk). Super syre og god længde af friske røde frugter. Vidunderligt frisk og ligefrem.
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Cork. 12% alc. Decanted 30 minutes. Tomato leaf, dried herbs, red berries, pepper, ash. Unique and appealing. Medium bodied, tannins to suit. Drink or hold.
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Reductive at pour but settles down after 30 minutes of air. Great high quality fruit, cool and fresh. Darkness behind with pepper and smoke, volcanic soil was mentioned down under and I agree. Good acidity. Drinkable and ready to go, as most of the time there's an upside to patients but with some time in the decanter it's very enjoyable. Got character, got soul.
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High altitude ungrafted Listán Prieto in Santiago del Teide, spontaneous fermentation, malolactic fermentation and eight months ageing in neutral French barrique without addition of suplhite, bottled unfined and unfiltered, 12% ABV. Decanted for two hours to let the reduction blow off and to slightly soften the grip from the skin tannins. Wonderfully pure and bright and elegant wine, cool but ripe, white flowers and volcanic minerality, white pepper, tight and energetic but relaxed and flowing, cherry and peach and even Cantaloupe melon, long and complete finish. Marvellous wine, flawless wine making, great individuality, great QPR. Should open up over the next 12-18 months. Will no doubt age further after that, but will it undergo meaningful evolution? It is just so delicious in its youth.
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100% Listan Prietro de haute altitude (1000m). Bu sur deux jours. Nez sur le fruit très frais, poivre blanc, un peu de réduction, fruits frais. Toujours cette touche minérale (!) chez Envinate, comme avoir de la roche en bouche, beaucoup d'acidité et franchement plaisant. 91
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Really enjoyed this wine from the Canary Islands. Very distinctive taste from the Listan grape. Earthy and a little spicy with somewhat muted red fruits. Very intriguing wine.
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Bright, complex, spicy, savory, but always delicious, and it just pairs with all the sorts of food I like to cook. Love it, and the more air and time you give it, the more it repays.
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Extremely reductive on opening. Needs a vigorous decant. Once opened, fresh raspberry, complex savory notes, and white pepper emerges. Longer finish but more acid than I remember from the 2018. interested to see how this will age given the reduction.
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It makes me nervous to taste a wine that most peers have hyped up, but they were right! Amazing balanced combination of savory, spiced, and most notably, first wine I taste that actually has some tomato notes, in a good way. Also a bit of greenness, should you not be into that.
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I decanted half and sipped the rest over the next two days, which really helped air it out and blow off the reduction. It showed complex notes of beef jerky, smoked brisket, anise, white pepper and garlic pickles over juicy red plums and cherries. Vibrant acidity, tart and juicy with cherry and plum fruit. Lots of complex mesquite, leather, pepper and ashy, mineral, stony tones. Love this - once it opened up it was so fun, spicy, and easy to drink. I paired this with some squash stuffed with chorizo and peppers, and it was lovely.
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Bright color, purple and magenta. Smokey and dusty, quite reductive at first, but it opens up. Struck match, sea muck, vegetable ash, red plum, blood orange, rosehips and white pepper. Juicy on the palate, pure fruit roars through the earthy ruckus. Medium-bodied, with bright acids and a low level of rather coarse tannins. Amazing finish, it positively bristles with notions of rocks and plants, but tart fruit keeps right up. This is cool stuff. Definitely the best Listan Prieto (aka Mission, Pais) I've ever tasted. Also the best Canary Islands wine I can remember. Dunno if I would save this, as I'm not sure reduction like this resolves well in the bottle with red wines, and this is so much fun right now. Who knows though. I would, in any case, do a hard decant next time, or drink it over two or three days.
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Yukky. Has smoke/yeast death nose. Reductive matchstick and vent hole stink. (lol, volcano be cool now.) Saline and umami. Palate is far better with red currants and thyme. Good balance and fruit savory elements. A bit of paitan Has merits, but tough.
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4/17/2024 - Wine Canuck wrote: 92 Points
This pours very light cloudy ruby in the glass with some pink and purple toward the watery rim. The nose on this is just incredible, opening over the course of a couple of hours to show white pepper, black pepper, wet soil, blooming roses, pomegranate, leather, turkish delight, and wet hay. The palate is bright, tart and red fruited with some saline character. Tannin is medium minus with high acid. The finish is a tad bitter and clipped, medium minus in length. The nose here is the highlight, expansive and complex, easily a 93+ point nose. The palate is light and elegant but turns just a bit too bitter without enough fruit to carry it, holding this back from a higher score.
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11/15/2022 - Beerzebub Likes this wine:
P&p; drinking well right away. Aromatic - crunchy red fruit with borderline funky forest floor/mushroom/earth, spice, and flowers. Similar flavors, juicy, crunchy cherry-cranberry sort of fruit with spicy earthy depth and plenty of acidity and fine-grained tannins, delicious. I'm liking this producer!
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9/10/2022 - kingkanu wrote:
This bottle needed a fair bit of air to see off the reduction, lovely fruit underneath that though
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9/7/2022 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
SLDS September 2022: Blind. Stalks, pepper, tobacco and ash on the nose. Palate is lithe and has delicate fruit, a good acid kick and plenty of savoury spice. Lots going on but feels like it might be best drunk now in case any of the elements drop out of sync.
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9/7/2022 - fizz wrote:
Light garnet. A bit stinky at first- reduction, not faulty. Smoke, tart red fruit, pepper. Focused and light to medium weighted palate leads to an acid driven, slightly bitter finish. Food friendly though. Interesting when served blind…and especially when one of the group outrageously nails it. (Nicely done CW!).
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2/20/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
My final bottle. For my palate this is perfect now. It only needs a little time to blow off the mild reduction on the nose, to reveal the pure aromas of roses, peaches and red berries, and its deep volcanic minerality. The palate is all flowing elegance, wonderfully supple and seamless, fresh and silky, with light tannins; the dreamy finish has excellent resonance and length. So light yet so intense, so easy yet so profound. An essence of its terroir, and "gone in seconds" with pasta with aubergine, chilli and garlic (recipe from Eric Treuille and Anna del Conte).
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1/13/2022 - Butch1970 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Served straight out of the cellar. This is light in colour in the glass with initially a muted nose. No tannin, light on the palate with a nice cherry flavour dominating. Certainly a summer wine and excellent value.
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12/6/2021 - oxidatif wrote:
"Wine School - Pais" tasting:
Super muted nose at first. After an hour it started to open, after two it was really singing. Dust, earth, chalk, blackberries, currants, cherries. The depth and complexity here is stunning. Favorite bottle of the lineup for me.
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11/19/2021 - PSPatrick wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for two hours in the morning, poured over dinner in the evening. Medium ruby colour. Red fruit, cherry, smoky reduction, and underlying volcanic mineral notes, with good acidity, fine, smooth tannin, and superb length. Smoothly textured and beautifully balanced. A little less complex and energetic than the other Envinate wines and, consequently, not quite as striking as the other wines of Envinate‘s range, but without benchmarking it against its siblings the Benje 2019 is a lovely wine that drinks beautifully. Only 12% ABV.
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11/18/2021 - Wine Canuck wrote: 92 Points
Man these wines are awesome! This pours light ruby in the glass, with light flecks of pink toward the rim. The nose is complex and highly aromatic from the first pop of the cork. Aromas are of black peppercorn, green peppercorn, granite, pomegranite, charcoal, bay leaf, thyme, sandalwood, and old sweet cedar. Complex and hugely appealing. The palate is low in tannin, and medium plus in acid. The finish is only moderate in length, but man what a sensational profile. Love these wines!
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11/17/2021 - Arca wrote:
Lite grumligt (ofiltrerat) vulkanvin från Kanarieöarna (Listan Prieto är tydligen samma druva som Mission som Conquistadorerna tog med sig till Kalifornien.).
Medelfylligt, röda bär, lite jordigt, mineral, aska, järn, svartpeppar, bra syra och struktur. Gick verkligen hem hos oss. Dracks till rödbetor med fetaost och rostade pumpafrön. Fungerade bra.
Producent att hålla ögonen på. Köper definitivt igen.
Dag 2
Ännu bättre. Mer integrerat. Dracks med belugalinser. Avslutade med hallonlakrits från Lakritsfabriken. Ljuvlig kombo med vinet - frukten sköt i höjden!
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11/6/2021 - VegaSicilia1970 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank over two hrs. Pnp. Def needed to loose the barnyard and once it going it lost most of cutting acid finish. Worked really well with the sushi we were eating. Edgy stuff. Definitely more aggressive than most of the other Envinate stuff but in its own group. Well made but needs the right occasion. Bright, zippy, raspberries, fresh cherries, red and black pepper, kinda spicy.
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10/20/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:
Decanted for two hours. Compared to the gorgeous bottle tasted in May 2021, this is more focused on the spicy minerality, and the tannins seem firmer too. It is not as refined on the palate, and the finish is a quite raw. Bottle difference? I don't think that it is perfectly clean. Not rated. On the second day it is a little softer, but the sense of rawness on the finish remains.
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10/19/2021 - Neecies wrote:
Tight and sour on first opening, so we recorked it and set it aside for the next night when it showed well enough to pair with grilled proscuitto-wrapped halibut, the acidity in this case an asset. Fruit at this point like a lesser bourgogne. All fine but the wine in bottle turned cloudy halfway or so through, and the flavor turned as well--undrinkable. Overall, disappointing. Drink up.
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10/1/2021 - arvidpalmqvist wrote:
Gave this wine a splash decant and it’s showing nearly no reductive aromas at all, possibly a hint of matchstick if searched for but only as a spice. For me, this is wide open, no need to hold. Aromas of fading flowers, gravel/rocks, mixed forest berries and twigs. A little smoke and citrus pith bitterness with time.
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9/5/2021 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
You can smell the volcanic rocks, light and transparent. Graphite and hot soil but the cassis site behind with a really peppery note. Not as deep and complex as the other Tenerife Envinates but has its place in the cellar. Served chilled.
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8/2/2021 - abc55 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Meget lys. I næsen Rød frugt, sten, sødlig stald, yoghurt.. ret funky. Ren rød frugt - frisk men moden - stikkende grønkrydning (tomatstilk). Super syre og god længde af friske røde frugter. Vidunderligt frisk og ligefrem.
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7/26/2021 - fizz wrote:
Cork. 12% alc. Decanted 30 minutes.
Tomato leaf, dried herbs, red berries, pepper, ash. Unique and appealing. Medium bodied, tannins to suit. Drink or hold.
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6/24/2021 - JohanPe wrote: 90 Points
Reductive at pour but settles down after 30 minutes of air. Great high quality fruit, cool and fresh. Darkness behind with pepper and smoke, volcanic soil was mentioned down under and I agree.
Good acidity. Drinkable and ready to go, as most of the time there's an upside to patients but with some time in the decanter it's very enjoyable.
Got character, got soul.
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6/3/2021 - KL1975 wrote: 92 Points
Really gorgeous, reminding of an Etna Rosso, phenomenal QPR, a great surprise!
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5/25/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
High altitude ungrafted Listán Prieto in Santiago del Teide, spontaneous fermentation, malolactic fermentation and eight months ageing in neutral French barrique without addition of suplhite, bottled unfined and unfiltered, 12% ABV. Decanted for two hours to let the reduction blow off and to slightly soften the grip from the skin tannins. Wonderfully pure and bright and elegant wine, cool but ripe, white flowers and volcanic minerality, white pepper, tight and energetic but relaxed and flowing, cherry and peach and even Cantaloupe melon, long and complete finish. Marvellous wine, flawless wine making, great individuality, great QPR. Should open up over the next 12-18 months. Will no doubt age further after that, but will it undergo meaningful evolution? It is just so delicious in its youth.
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4/24/2021 - ludwigbpm wrote: 91 Points
100% Listan Prietro de haute altitude (1000m). Bu sur deux jours. Nez sur le fruit très frais, poivre blanc, un peu de réduction, fruits frais. Toujours cette touche minérale (!) chez Envinate, comme avoir de la roche en bouche, beaucoup d'acidité et franchement plaisant. 91
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3/26/2021 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 91 Points
Full on barnyard nose with a bit of smoked meat, but light and energetic after that - really fun and funky.
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3/18/2021 - asheio wrote: 88 Points
Slightly funky nose with minerals, red berries snd soil. Juicy, some structure, decent length. Enjoyable.
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3/6/2021 - Ynez Likes this wine: 85 Points
第一天：土壤味、紫羅蘭、辛辣感，丹寧中等，梅子酸，尾巴長
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2/27/2021 - SaxWine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really enjoyed this wine from the Canary Islands. Very distinctive taste from the Listan grape. Earthy and a little spicy with somewhat muted red fruits. Very intriguing wine.
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12/27/2020 - Elycohn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Benje is a staple of Envinate - the natural wines even a Somm could love.
He’s made of a locally grown Listan rooted in the Canary Islands. Light and lean, a little bit serious.
All cheery with bright limestone and cranberry juice surrounded by a salted rim. Darkens with pine tar and a damp wool blanket.
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12/14/2020 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 92 Points
Bright, complex, spicy, savory, but always delicious, and it just pairs with all the sorts of food I like to cook. Love it, and the more air and time you give it, the more it repays.
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11/28/2020 - isaacjamesbaker Likes this wine: 92 Points
beautiful stuff to share with socially distant friends.
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11/22/2020 - isaacjamesbaker Likes this wine: 92 Points
I cant keep my hands off these. So delicious. My partner loves it to, so extra bonus.
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11/18/2020 - Matteo1 Likes this wine:
Extremely reductive on opening. Needs a vigorous decant. Once opened, fresh raspberry, complex savory notes, and white pepper emerges. Longer finish but more acid than I remember from the 2018. interested to see how this will age given the reduction.
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11/1/2020 - VinoMomNola Likes this wine: 92 Points
It makes me nervous to taste a wine that most peers have hyped up, but they were right! Amazing balanced combination of savory, spiced, and most notably, first wine I taste that actually has some tomato notes, in a good way. Also a bit of greenness, should you not be into that.
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10/21/2020 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 91 Points
I decanted half and sipped the rest over the next two days, which really helped air it out and blow off the reduction. It showed complex notes of beef jerky, smoked brisket, anise, white pepper and garlic pickles over juicy red plums and cherries. Vibrant acidity, tart and juicy with cherry and plum fruit. Lots of complex mesquite, leather, pepper and ashy, mineral, stony tones. Love this - once it opened up it was so fun, spicy, and easy to drink. I paired this with some squash stuffed with chorizo and peppers, and it was lovely.
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9/29/2020 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Bright color, purple and magenta. Smokey and dusty, quite reductive at first, but it opens up. Struck match, sea muck, vegetable ash, red plum, blood orange, rosehips and white pepper. Juicy on the palate, pure fruit roars through the earthy ruckus. Medium-bodied, with bright acids and a low level of rather coarse tannins. Amazing finish, it positively bristles with notions of rocks and plants, but tart fruit keeps right up. This is cool stuff. Definitely the best Listan Prieto (aka Mission, Pais) I've ever tasted. Also the best Canary Islands wine I can remember. Dunno if I would save this, as I'm not sure reduction like this resolves well in the bottle with red wines, and this is so much fun right now. Who knows though. I would, in any case, do a hard decant next time, or drink it over two or three days.
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9/29/2020 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Yukky. Has smoke/yeast death nose. Reductive matchstick and vent hole stink. (lol, volcano be cool now.) Saline and umami. Palate is far better with red currants and thyme. Good balance and fruit savory elements. A bit of paitan Has merits, but tough.
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