I really wanted to like this wine. I let it breathe and then drank it over several hours. It has a nice, deep ruby color without any browning or sediment. However, you sense alcohol (15.2%) on the nose more than anything else. Straightforward flavors on the palate. Nothing nice stands out. Medicinal-like aftertaste. Short finish. Wasn’t corked and there wasn’t anything else to suggest I had a flawed bottle. If I were drinking this blindly, I would think it’s a cheap, mass-produced $10-15 wine. Sorry, but that’s my honest opinion of it, and I think my 85 rating is on the generous side.
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This wine is young but after a 1 hr decant it was open and giving tons of rich dark fruit good structure mellow tannins and notes of vanilla and baking spices (from the special oak barrels I suppose). This wine is a great value.
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7/4/2023 - nolachaine wrote:
august dinner
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5/4/2022 - WineDr. Does not like this wine: 85 Points
I really wanted to like this wine. I let it breathe and then drank it over several hours. It has a nice, deep ruby color without any browning or sediment. However, you sense alcohol (15.2%) on the nose more than anything else. Straightforward flavors on the palate. Nothing nice stands out. Medicinal-like aftertaste. Short finish. Wasn’t corked and there wasn’t anything else to suggest I had a flawed bottle. If I were drinking this blindly, I would think it’s a cheap, mass-produced $10-15 wine. Sorry, but that’s my honest opinion of it, and I think my 85 rating is on the generous side.
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11/24/2021 - WineyGator wrote: 86 Points
Dark berries, smooth finish
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11/29/2019 - Jonprst Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine is young but after a 1 hr decant it was open and giving tons of rich dark fruit good structure mellow tannins and notes of vanilla and baking spices (from the special oak barrels I suppose). This wine is a great value.
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