Dark red in colour with a little browning. Almond biscotti and hint of coconut on the nose, weighty but silky with teeth staining tannins! Aniseed and black cherry on the palate and good acidity with freshness and lift on the finish. Nicely balanced and impressive dessert wine. BTG
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Medium tawny with developed aromas of chocolate, vanilla, dried cherries, molasses, fig, raisin and marzipan. High alcohol and acidity with medium plus body, medium tannins and a long finish. Palate of cherry, raspberry , chocolate milk, caramel, vanilla, and coffee. This is a very good wine that should be drunk now with potential for aging
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Tannat made in a Marsala style, then aromatised like a Chinato and aged in French oak for several years. Served blind by the somm to accompany a chocolate dessert, we all agreed this was nothing like any wine we'd tried before - closest relative perhaps being Banyuls.
Intriguing nose that was quite vanilla-dominated, with drinking chocolate, coconut and sweet tobacco. Not as sweet on the palate as you'd expect, with notes of dark chocolate and a well-judged amount of acidity that kicked in towards the finish - a good match, and easy to finish the glass.
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Our last bottle and it seemed even better than our previous bottle tasted some time ago. Very deep colour with a rich and fragrant nose. The palate had a lovely texture and was full of sweet dark cherries, vanilla, with almost overwhelming chocolate flavours. Very long. It opened beautifully with time and spice emerged - cinnamon with what fellow-tasters described as ‘hot cross bun’ and ‘marzipan’ flavours. A group of 11 tasters rated this as a 92. Great stuff!
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(Vinedo de Los Vientos Alcyone Tannat) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-exactly like Count Chocula cereal; PALATE-it tastes like hot chocolate wine; just delicious; the 16% alcohol is balanced tremendously well; one of the better late harvest Alcyone's I've had; this is very, very good; a tremendous dessert wine; spectacular effort; GV-90
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5/2/2022 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very interesting suggestion from Uruguay. Like dark chocolate, toffee and coffee! Paired well.
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4/14/2022 - fussyeater Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark red in colour with a little browning. Almond biscotti and hint of coconut on the nose, weighty but silky with teeth staining tannins!
Aniseed and black cherry on the palate and good acidity with freshness and lift on the finish. Nicely balanced and impressive dessert wine. BTG
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11/25/2021 - lewisrise wrote: 91 Points
Medium tawny with developed aromas of chocolate, vanilla, dried cherries, molasses, fig, raisin and marzipan. High alcohol and acidity with medium plus body, medium tannins and a long finish. Palate of cherry, raspberry , chocolate milk, caramel, vanilla, and coffee. This is a very good wine that should be drunk now with potential for aging
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9/26/2021 - NickA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tannat made in a Marsala style, then aromatised like a Chinato and aged in French oak for several years. Served blind by the somm to accompany a chocolate dessert, we all agreed this was nothing like any wine we'd tried before - closest relative perhaps being Banyuls.
Intriguing nose that was quite vanilla-dominated, with drinking chocolate, coconut and sweet tobacco. Not as sweet on the palate as you'd expect, with notes of dark chocolate and a well-judged amount of acidity that kicked in towards the finish - a good match, and easy to finish the glass.
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8/25/2021 - johnrm Likes this wine: 92 Points
Our last bottle and it seemed even better than our previous bottle tasted some time ago. Very deep colour with a rich and fragrant nose. The palate had a lovely texture and was full of sweet dark cherries, vanilla, with almost overwhelming chocolate flavours. Very long. It opened beautifully with time and spice emerged - cinnamon with what fellow-tasters described as ‘hot cross bun’ and ‘marzipan’ flavours. A group of 11 tasters rated this as a 92. Great stuff!
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