Smells like reduced black cherry juice with a little bit of white pepper. Loads of cherry and raspberry fill the palate with gentle vanilla through the mid-palate. Very soft tannins on the finish. There is a slight tobacco taste mixed with dried red fruit. This is an interesting, well-made wine. It seems young up front yet fully aged on the finish. It is tough to say how it will age from here. I'd drink it soon.
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First impressions - don't drink this too quickly. It still has room to grow. Inital scents of black cherries gave way to a more sophistocated leather, pine and smoke and an occasional fountain cola wafted by. The flavors took a bit longer to open up with the black cherries (sometime Ludens like) hitting right up front. This wine was made to accompany a meal not to be the main course. As a supporting actor it is a fine choice for dinner with no disappointments. However, drink it too quickly and you might miss the subtle show. --- Note from following day... The cola cherry flavors solidly there followed by smoke -- still a few years left; DAY 3 48 hours later What a lovely way to finish a wine... All of the flavors settled into a gentle and perfect balance. The mouthfeel was silky and long... milder fruit with hints of tobacco and earth with only a touch of cola and spice. Very nice. This one has longer legs than originally thought!
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A very solid PN but not a memorable bottle of wine. Still we drank it quickly and at a young age. Still, it's not a wine that we would buy again given what others are producing and even others by Moshin.
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11/7/2012 - CarpeVinoDiem wrote: 89 Points
No notes taken.
Decanted 1 hr.
Classic cherry, cranberry, vanilla.
Touch of earth and spice.
Decent 3% milk body.
40 second finish.
They continue to do a solid job without challenging the pocketbook.
89+ pts.
Fine now and can go another couple of yrs easily.
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6/26/2009 - billyg wrote: 91 Points
Smells like reduced black cherry juice with a little bit of white pepper. Loads of cherry and raspberry fill the palate with gentle vanilla through the mid-palate. Very soft tannins on the finish. There is a slight tobacco taste mixed with dried red fruit. This is an interesting, well-made wine. It seems young up front yet fully aged on the finish. It is tough to say how it will age from here. I'd drink it soon.
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11/4/2007 - jhuff01 wrote: 94 Points
fantastic wine...drinking now...fruit forward with soft tannins...cherry, cotton candy nose
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8/15/2007 - BBennett wrote: 90 Points
First impressions - don't drink this too quickly. It still has room to grow. Inital scents of black cherries gave way to a more sophistocated leather, pine and smoke and an occasional fountain cola wafted by. The flavors took a bit longer to open up with the black cherries (sometime Ludens like) hitting right up front. This wine was made to accompany a meal not to be the main course. As a supporting actor it is a fine choice for dinner with no disappointments. However, drink it too quickly and you might miss the subtle show. --- Note from following day... The cola cherry flavors solidly there followed by smoke -- still a few years left; DAY 3 48 hours later What a lovely way to finish a wine... All of the flavors settled into a gentle and perfect balance. The mouthfeel was silky and long... milder fruit with hints of tobacco and earth with only a touch of cola and spice. Very nice. This one has longer legs than originally thought!
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11/22/2006 - lewrose@gmail.com wrote: 86 Points
A very solid PN but not a memorable bottle of wine. Still we drank it quickly and at a young age. Still, it's not a wine that we would buy again given what others are producing and even others by Moshin.
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