A favorite amongst friends, they're always surprised. They always ask if I can bring a bottle, unfortunately I only have 3 left! Big, bold and tannic as all get out but mellows out after an hour or so in the decanter.
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Smells really strongly alcoholic, cherry nose with a little pomegranate. Smooth wine with a hint of sweetness, medium body and very fruity: notes of cherry, pomegranate, and raspberry. Not much spice or wood, just plain fruit taste with a sharp finish. Slightly smokey. Easy drinking, could improve with age.
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Blueberry smell. Medium-full body with lots of character. Wine is fruity like blueberry and plum, but mostly a ceder note. Hints of tobacco and dark chocolate. A good wine but it is not my cup of tea.
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What a great surprise. Concentrated, dark, thick. Tannic (as expected) but very drinkable , 20 mos. in barrel but not at all over-oaked, because the wine is big enough to handle it. A fantastic bargain. Uruguayans are proud of their tannat, but 4 times out of 5 the nationalist hype doesn't hold up in the tasting because the winemaking skills aren't yet quite to world standards. This is one of the 1 in 5 exceptions.
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We tasted this 2004 at our tasting - we all had mistaken it for a French - very expensive bottle. Definitely an excellant value wine.
Full body - very deep tannic - but yet soft and long lingering taste - lots of flavour - chocolate, juciy berries and layers of spices - and the 20 months of barrel age comes out in the taste.
If the house wanted this wine to compete with the Argentinian Malbec - then the Argentian's have a lot of catching up.
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1/26/2010 - JdeM wrote: 90 Points
Its time has come - drink up.
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3/23/2009 - spish wrote: 91 Points
A favorite amongst friends, they're always surprised. They always ask if I can bring a bottle, unfortunately I only have 3 left! Big, bold and tannic as all get out but mellows out after an hour or so in the decanter.
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2/1/2009 - thirsty_cat wrote: 87 Points
Smells really strongly alcoholic, cherry nose with a little pomegranate. Smooth wine with a hint of sweetness, medium body and very fruity: notes of cherry, pomegranate, and raspberry. Not much spice or wood, just plain fruit taste with a sharp finish. Slightly smokey. Easy drinking, could improve with age.
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2/1/2009 - Corgoson wrote: 83 Points
Blueberry smell. Medium-full body with lots of character. Wine is fruity like blueberry and plum, but mostly a ceder note. Hints of tobacco and dark chocolate. A good wine but it is not my cup of tea.
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12/7/2008 - laparka wrote: 89 Points
What a great surprise. Concentrated, dark, thick. Tannic (as expected) but very drinkable , 20 mos. in barrel but not at all over-oaked, because the wine is big enough to handle it. A fantastic bargain. Uruguayans are proud of their tannat, but 4 times out of 5 the nationalist hype doesn't hold up in the tasting because the winemaking skills aren't yet quite to world standards. This is one of the 1 in 5 exceptions.
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9/28/2008 - in namorato wrote: 92 Points
We tasted this 2004 at our tasting - we all had mistaken it for a French - very expensive bottle. Definitely an excellant value wine.
Full body - very deep tannic - but yet soft and long lingering taste - lots of flavour - chocolate, juciy berries and layers of spices - and the 20 months of barrel age comes out in the taste.
If the house wanted this wine to compete with the Argentinian Malbec - then the Argentian's have a lot of catching up.
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8/5/2008 - Double-A Likes this wine: 90 Points
Buttery, toasty oak over black currant and earth nose. Assertive and full-bodied with fresh fruit flavours; good, focused finish.
4/5
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