2018 Bodegas Caro (Barons de Rothschild / Catena) Amancaya

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  1/25/2024 - Delund Likes this wine: 90 Points

  1 hour decant, 60 F. Ruby color of medium depth. Lovely, enticing nose of strawberry and raspberry fruit, cedar, mint and potpourri. Supple, silky mouthfeel, well integrated alcohol, fading acidity. Blackberry fruit on the palate, with notes of raspberry, lead pencil, dried oak, black tea and the slightest hints of dark chocolate. Lingering finish of sweet tobacco, black pepper and dark fruits. Great QPR.

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  12/13/2023 - RKcellar Likes this wine: 87 Points

  overall if you've found this for $20 or less, I think you'll be happy. the wine is not quite jammy, with black cherry and red fruit, some violet, earthyness or mushroomy characteristics on the nose. not quite complex enough to go above a 90+ score but a nice wine

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  9/4/2023 - Spth115 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A nice medium-bodied red blend, but not as "rich/flavorful" as I have come to expect from the Mendoza red-blends.

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  9/1/2023 - Dozhdbog Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My prior notes apply: Blue and red berries, the meaty mid palate, and the incense/floral notes combine in a really lovely way from fore to aft. The 6 months have added a soupçon of plumminess to the mix, and those incense notes have come forward more as well, cradled in earthiness.
  And that's it for my half case. Wish I had more.
  
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  Maintained a high standard.

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  4/14/2023 - Dozhdbog Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This keeps getting better with every bottle.
  Supple and gracious, blueberry, raspberry, incense, and floral potpourri set the olfactory stage. The palate carries the same notes, but is accompanied by a certain meatiness, and finishes with a gradual, gracile lift.
  No decant, and it took about an hour and a half for it to properly open up.

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