2005 Gravner Breg Anfora

Community Tasting Notes (40) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  2/3/2024 - NoahCap wrote:

  Many CellarTracker notes mention how dark the wine is; even so, I'm surprised. Looks almost like tawny port, but don't take that to mean that this wine is dead. It's not! What a fabulous nose- savory, spiced oranges, smoky, mineral, saline, toffee, mixed nuts. Someone at dinner mentioned paprika and aleppo peppers on the nose; she's not wrong. So much going on here. So fresh and alive in the mouth. There is a little oxidation, sure, but to my palate this is nowhere near getting tired or over the hill. There is refreshing acidity and a bit of tannins to keep it lively and enjoyable. This is not a wine about fruit, this is a wine of texture and complexity; wax, nuttiness, mushroom, mineral, some leather, dried oranges, a bit of saltiness. It's a wild ride, but does not veer into funky or dirty. There were a few casual wine drinkers at dinner tonight that I was worried would be turned off, but they loved this. The wine-nerds loved this. An all around hit. Beautiful, complex, alive.

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  1/21/2023 - gilrbo Likes this wine:

  Opened about two hours before dinner, then drunk over dinner with friends, no TN.
  The color is very dark, so much that at first I thought it was over the hill and completely oxidised. Not at all: the nose was so clean and elegant, and the palate silky, deep and complex. This was wonderful and just a joy to drink.

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  12/4/2022 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 91 Points

  darker orange than expected
  an interesting combination with asparagus appetizer and some cheese
  definitely not the worn at vine taster brown bag event

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  11/10/2020 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  4 hour slo-o. Gorgeous honey orange hue. Fabulous purity on a marvelously balanced palate. There is depth and finesse with each sip followed by a lengthy soulful finish.

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  4/5/2020 - BBerzin wrote:

  Time to drink up my remaining bottles

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