Deep inky purple in color, powerful and loaded with jammy fruit mid-palate, but lacking balance, elegance, and complexity. Unlike Caymus, which can stand on its own and possesses structured X factor fruit and vanilla notes, this wine's unilateral kick demands a worthy food companion to tame it; spicy food, Korean, or Chinese, or a big thick t-bone. W-burger and chips, but better with spicy food or t-bone.
Note: Better on Day 2, a bit more balanced, more rounded out fruit and structure. With a days hindsight now., I change rating from 89 on day 1 to 90 on Day 2. Healthy decant, 3+ hours on Day 1 would be recommended. Still would not recommend at anywhere near 40.00 price point.
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Good stuff. Don't waste it on a big steak but went well with a spicy schezwan pork dish. PnP. Didn't taste much different from beginning to end so wouldn't say you need to decant.
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2/6/2024 - Kozyra wrote:
Steak dinner with parents.
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6/15/2022 - stschutz wrote: 90 Points
Deep inky purple in color, powerful and loaded with jammy fruit mid-palate, but lacking balance, elegance, and complexity. Unlike Caymus, which can stand on its own and possesses structured X factor fruit and vanilla notes, this wine's unilateral kick demands a worthy food companion to tame it; spicy food, Korean, or Chinese, or a big thick t-bone.
W-burger and chips, but better with spicy food or t-bone.
Note: Better on Day 2, a bit more balanced, more rounded out fruit and structure. With a days hindsight now., I change rating from 89 on day 1 to 90 on Day 2. Healthy decant, 3+ hours on Day 1 would be recommended. Still would not recommend at anywhere near 40.00 price point.
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8/21/2021 - Kenney Wines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good. Deep dry. Long finish. Leather. Tannins. Blackberry. This bottle improved my impression of this wine. I guess you need to let it sit a bit
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12/5/2020 - MateusPetrus Likes this wine: 87 Points
It’s ok, if you like sweet dark jammy.
In Argentina we had much better Malbecs (La Puerta!).
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8/4/2020 - Kenny_Powers Likes this wine: 89 Points
Good stuff. Don't waste it on a big steak but went well with a spicy schezwan pork dish. PnP. Didn't taste much different from beginning to end so wouldn't say you need to decant.
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