Strongly spicy and very alcoholic, like a wine-infused gin. Nose shows perfumed fruit notes of plum, raspberry, and saffron, backed by earthy hints of sausage and fennel. Palate shows perfumed fruit flavours of plum, violet liqueur, and raspberry, with bitter spice notes of cassia, clove, and liver. Silky, spirit-like mouthfeel, with low acid and tannin. Fascinating, but feels unbalanced to me, with too much alcohol and not enough acid or tannin.
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Nose of blackcurrant, black cherry, mint, slight funk on the back end. Big fruity palate, blackberry, soft raspberry, eucalyptus, peach. Generous acidic backbone and a soft tannic structure. Just enough bottle age to keep me coming back. A lovely Grenache.
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11/24/2020 - RobertLA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking well now. New age style. Needs a decent hour plus decanting. Still has 3 to 5 years of life in it
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8/27/2019 - Drinking Trees wrote: 86 Points
Strongly spicy and very alcoholic, like a wine-infused gin. Nose shows perfumed fruit notes of plum, raspberry, and saffron, backed by earthy hints of sausage and fennel. Palate shows perfumed fruit flavours of plum, violet liqueur, and raspberry, with bitter spice notes of cassia, clove, and liver. Silky, spirit-like mouthfeel, with low acid and tannin. Fascinating, but feels unbalanced to me, with too much alcohol and not enough acid or tannin.
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7/26/2018 - GAT Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice wine, living well. Fruit dominates even now. Serious granular crust indicates decanting but not essential. It's heavy and didn't cloud the wine.
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5/14/2018 - ChrisPage Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nose of blackcurrant, black cherry, mint, slight funk on the back end.
Big fruity palate, blackberry, soft raspberry, eucalyptus, peach. Generous acidic backbone and a soft tannic structure. Just enough bottle age to keep me coming back. A lovely Grenache.
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4/26/2017 - GAT Likes this wine: 88 Points
C & C 3/3. Nose 5.5/7. Palate 9/10.
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