Had a single glass before dinner at Craft in LA, so I will reserve a numerical rating for when I can pop a bottle myself. On the nose this has fairly distinctive zin characteristics, but a little muted - rasberries, blueberries?, dark spice, nutmeg, and oak. On the tongue it's less defining - there is plum and berry, but the oak is stronger than I prefer in my zins and there is considerable heat still. This was my first exposure to Bugay so I look forward to revisiting a bottle of my own, but this first impression was not a home run.
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2/28/2009 - Hazeo wrote: 85 Points
Pretty nice smooth drink, but too jammy for my taste.
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11/7/2008 - Caring_Bear wrote:
Had a single glass before dinner at Craft in LA, so I will reserve a numerical rating for when I can pop a bottle myself.
On the nose this has fairly distinctive zin characteristics, but a little muted - rasberries, blueberries?, dark spice, nutmeg, and oak.
On the tongue it's less defining - there is plum and berry, but the oak is stronger than I prefer in my zins and there is considerable heat still.
This was my first exposure to Bugay so I look forward to revisiting a bottle of my own, but this first impression was not a home run.
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