This wine has major issues. The first bottles I drank in 2003 and 2008 were very effervescent and the corks were noticeably pushed out. I had noticed that my last bottle's cork was also pushing out badly a week ago and today it was gone - it had sheared off the foil and shot out and flew across my cellar. Fortunately, the bottle must have been on an angle and the bottle was mostly full and I cannot see any wine stains on bottles below it in the cellar. Best news - this bottle is drinking better than prior bottles. The fizz is gone and it tastes like grenache.
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Still I could sense good material in this wine. But high in alcohol and very sweet in a jammy style. But I will look for this wine. Would like to try a good bottle of it.
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This is slightly better than the last bottle. More expressive and and complex, also slightly more secondary, quite typical granache character, enjoyable and drink now.
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10/6/2015 - berkeleywinedog wrote: flawed
This wine has major issues. The first bottles I drank in 2003 and 2008 were very effervescent and the corks were noticeably pushed out. I had noticed that my last bottle's cork was also pushing out badly a week ago and today it was gone - it had sheared off the foil and shot out and flew across my cellar. Fortunately, the bottle must have been on an angle and the bottle was mostly full and I cannot see any wine stains on bottles below it in the cellar. Best news - this bottle is drinking better than prior bottles. The fizz is gone and it tastes like grenache.
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7/12/2014 - Tenuta Stefan wrote: flawed
Unfortunatly corked.
Still I could sense good material in this wine. But high in alcohol and very sweet in a jammy style. But I will look for this wine. Would like to try a good bottle of it.
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6/4/2014 - Everpower wrote: flawed
corked
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1/24/2010 - kmklee wrote: 90 Points
This is slightly better than the last bottle. More expressive and and complex, also slightly more secondary, quite typical granache character, enjoyable and drink now.
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5/25/2009 - buckeye76 wrote: 90 Points
VERY FRUITY NOSE, BERRIES AND CHERRIES. EFFERVESCENT FLAVOR SIMILAR TO THE NOSE. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH.
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