Popped and poured. Needs about 30 minutes in the glass. Nose of dark berries and tobacco. Nice integrated tannins and still drinkable day two. Good qpr
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Needed about 30 minutes in decanter. Some muted black fruit with notes of tobacco and leather Well integrated tannins and alcohol. Drinking well right now. Great qpr.
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This wine has come a long way since my last bottle in 2013. It is earthy with a good dose of underlying fruit. The color is deep ruby with a tinge of brick color at the rim. The nose shows ink, mushroom, cherry, and mineral notes. The palate starts with ink, forest floor, chocolate, black pepper and spices, followed by plum, cherry, licorice, and vanilla. The slightly bitter/sweet tannins is very pleasant and the low acidity does not distract. It is drinkable now but it could stay in the cellar for a few more years. Excellent QPR.
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It smells like Blackberry, Vanilla, and Oak. It tastes like Blackberry, Oak, and Vanilla. The body is Medium. The wine has Angular texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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Solid core of beautiful Merlot fruit, dark plums and cassis, forest floor and violets. A serious deep violet color that nears ink grade darkness. Silky smooth tannins started to gain some grip with air time, but went back to the silkiness on day 2. Decent finish, sweet tannins, but lower ABV than other over ripe Right Bank blend.
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This is such a pure expression of Merlot in the St. Emilion area, without a whole lot deducted for the budget price and BS designation. I know its young and dark, deep fruit drives this, but the silky mouth coating tannin showed that the wine and juice was of great quality. In a year where many over-ripe Merlot about, this wine keeps its ABV at 14.0%. Thats on the lower side for the vintage, and while the wine is dry, their are some sweet tannin notes, but not like the kool-aid ones from many other Right Bank blends. Classy job done at a budget. If you enjoy silky Merlot, then this one is a good short term daily drinker.
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Drinking better as a youngster than I might have expected. Not particularly fruit, and perhaps lacking some weight given the vintage, but the fluffy minerally tannin asks up for this. Clearly from a lesser AC but a good example of what could easily be a generic wine.
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Figs and moist pipe tobacco greet the nose to yield dark cherries and plum followed by astringent tannins. Still a bit green but much better than January of 2012.
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Dark red, mauve in colour. Cedar, tobacco on the nose. Cassis and green pepper, fairly well balanced, some lush dark fruit bit hidden by the drying tannins - finishes fairly fresh and clean. Very young. Saved a glass for day 2, much more mellow, tannins and intensity gone and the wine was much less interesting. Drink soonish.
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Lots of fruit on nose initial palate cherries and grape with dense tannins on finish. Needs to be cellared for another 6 months before trying again. Still green.
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11/19/2016 - garrigue65 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Popped and poured. Needs about 30 minutes in the glass. Nose of dark berries and tobacco. Nice integrated tannins and still drinkable day two. Good qpr
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9/10/2016 - ThalesGaspar Likes this wine: 86 Points
From half bottle. Fully mature, good quality for the price.
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6/20/2016 - ThalesGaspar Likes this wine: 86 Points
Good.
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2/20/2016 - garrigue65 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Needed about 30 minutes in decanter. Some muted black fruit with notes of tobacco and leather Well integrated tannins and alcohol. Drinking well right now. Great qpr.
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9/6/2014 - Fat Lips Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine has come a long way since my last bottle in 2013. It is earthy with a good dose of underlying fruit. The color is deep ruby with a tinge of brick color at the rim. The nose shows ink, mushroom, cherry, and mineral notes. The palate starts with ink, forest floor, chocolate, black pepper and spices, followed by plum, cherry, licorice, and vanilla. The slightly bitter/sweet tannins is very pleasant and the low acidity does not distract. It is drinkable now but it could stay in the cellar for a few more years. Excellent QPR.
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6/14/2014 - garrigue65 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fruit forward, with tobacco and some hint of fig. Nice alcohol and tannins . drinking well right now. Good PQR.
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12/9/2013 - garrigue65 wrote: 91 Points
drinking well now
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6/27/2013 - garrigue65 wrote: 77 Points
Tight nose doesn't open with time on glass. Closed at this time.
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4/24/2013 - mknudtson Likes this wine: 88 Points
It smells like Blackberry, Vanilla, and Oak. It tastes like Blackberry, Oak, and Vanilla. The body is Medium. The wine has Angular texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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3/4/2013 - Champagneinhand Likes this wine: 89 Points
Solid core of beautiful Merlot fruit, dark plums and cassis, forest floor and violets. A serious deep violet color that nears ink grade darkness. Silky smooth tannins started to gain some grip with air time, but went back to the silkiness on day 2. Decent finish, sweet tannins, but lower ABV than other over ripe Right Bank blend.
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2/24/2013 - Champagneinhand wrote: 89 Points
This is such a pure expression of Merlot in the St. Emilion area, without a whole lot deducted for the budget price and BS designation. I know its young and dark, deep fruit drives this, but the silky mouth coating tannin showed that the wine and juice was of great quality. In a year where many over-ripe Merlot about, this wine keeps its ABV at 14.0%. Thats on the lower side for the vintage, and while the wine is dry, their are some sweet tannin notes, but not like the kool-aid ones from many other Right Bank blends. Classy job done at a budget. If you enjoy silky Merlot, then this one is a good short term daily drinker.
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11/4/2012 - StewartWent wrote: 86 Points
Drinking better as a youngster than I might have expected. Not particularly fruit, and perhaps lacking some weight given the vintage, but the fluffy minerally tannin asks up for this. Clearly from a lesser AC but a good example of what could easily be a generic wine.
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10/15/2012 - garrigue65 wrote: 88 Points
Figs and moist pipe tobacco greet the nose to yield dark cherries and plum followed by astringent tannins. Still a bit green but much better than January of 2012.
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8/10/2012 - Mivvy wrote: 84 Points
Dark red, mauve in colour. Cedar, tobacco on the nose. Cassis and green pepper, fairly well balanced, some lush dark fruit bit hidden by the drying tannins - finishes fairly fresh and clean. Very young. Saved a glass for day 2, much more mellow, tannins and intensity gone and the wine was much less interesting. Drink soonish.
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1/3/2012 - garrigue65 wrote: 83 Points
Lots of fruit on nose initial palate cherries and grape with dense tannins on finish. Needs to be cellared for another 6 months before trying again. Still green.
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11/18/2011 - Mivvy wrote: 84 Points
Dark red in colour. Dark fruit on the nose. Deep, full and smooth on the palate. Loses a bit of persistence on the finish.
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