You know what? This is really nice. This was made well. Extremely well integrated, with pleasant depth and extension. Red fruits leads to baking spice, cinnamon, and a pleasant heat on this one.
This needs air to show well. Recommend a 2 hour decant at minimum. This is way too tight and hot in the first hour.
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Retail $18. 40% Merlot, 30% Corvina, 30% Croatina. It has been a couple of years (and three vintages) since I have tried this wine, but it is just as enchanting as I remember it. Great raspberry and blackberry on the nose with a rich, peppery, spicy component. The palate is incredibly rich and layered (particularly given the price I paid: ~$12), with luscious fruit, a balancing tartness, and a lengthy finish. I take back what I said, this 2019 is better than the 2016 I tried two years ago.
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12/26/2023 - loj Likes this wine: 87 Points
You know what? This is really nice. This was made well. Extremely well integrated, with pleasant depth and extension. Red fruits leads to baking spice, cinnamon, and a pleasant heat on this one.
This needs air to show well. Recommend a 2 hour decant at minimum. This is way too tight and hot in the first hour.
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7/31/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 92 Points
Retail $18. 40% Merlot, 30% Corvina, 30% Croatina. It has been a couple of years (and three vintages) since I have tried this wine, but it is just as enchanting as I remember it. Great raspberry and blackberry on the nose with a rich, peppery, spicy component. The palate is incredibly rich and layered (particularly given the price I paid: ~$12), with luscious fruit, a balancing tartness, and a lengthy finish. I take back what I said, this 2019 is better than the 2016 I tried two years ago.
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9/28/2021 - yugeneverest wrote:
Soft mellow and ripe. Dried fruit preserve but not sweet per se with easy tannins maintaining the frame with a little grip
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