Nose: A more fruit forward vegetal vibe, tomato, bell pepper, blackberry, some creamy raspberry. Palate is also vegetal - tomato and creamy raspberry are the most noticeable. Very clean and transparent. Sensation of lightness with being full at the same time. Advertised at 13 1/2%, I would weight closer to 14%. A bit bitter on the back end. My favorite so far in the lineup. This is a nice wine.
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With its juicy freshness and a touch of sweet, it’s easy to treat this as a nice and easy red. And it’s easy to miss the Sangiovese qualities here — but there is a touch of blood/tomato/leather, as well as a mix of sinus -clearing dried herbs in the bouquet. The wine has a gentle but interesting lift to it as well. Friendly, versatile, but a little more than meets the eye too. Score: 91. Relative to expectations: +
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Nosewise: dark cherries at peak ripeness, plus some dried cherry notes. As it opens, there's big spice box like a high end California Pinot, and a bit of liqueur as well. Maybe there's some pink peppercorns in there, too? Underneath it all, a touch of vegetal notes -- dry leaf and some tarragon.
Flavorwise, the palate echoes the cherry, leaf, and liqueur elements of the nose. It's loose but not lacking in concentration; there's a roundness to the it, but there's just enough acid to hold it in shape. Let's call it "New World balance". The mouthfeel has a creaminess that's kind of like licking the rind of a ripe wheel of brie. It retains a fine tannin, but said tannin is only very present at the end of the midpalate.
Temperature is important to this wine. I think it's best between 60 and 65 degrees; normal cellar temp is a bit too cold for it to express its best self. In that range, you get a merlot-soft palate balanced by a bit of sour cherry tartness.
Sangiovese is one of the grapes that I feel exhibits the most extreme differences between wines made in their original terroir vs. their New World analogues. This is a wholly different beast from, say, a Chianti Classico, but it is nonetheless quite delicious and something I'm happy to have several more bottles of in my cellar.
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Nice, simple but elegant Sangiovese. Blind, I, too, would have guessed (relatively) low alcohol, elegant, Grenache (a-la-Bedrock, for instance). Very quaffable. Don’t see this ageing beyond a couple more yrs or so.
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3/28/2024 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 92 Points
Nose: A more fruit forward vegetal vibe, tomato, bell pepper, blackberry, some creamy raspberry. Palate is also vegetal - tomato and creamy raspberry are the most noticeable. Very clean and transparent. Sensation of lightness with being full at the same time. Advertised at 13 1/2%, I would weight closer to 14%. A bit bitter on the back end. My favorite so far in the lineup. This is a nice wine.
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2/24/2024 - VAGenius Likes this wine:
No notes or score but this was very fruit-forward and easy-drinking. Fun wine.
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11/5/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 91 Points
With its juicy freshness and a touch of sweet, it’s easy to treat this as a nice and easy red. And it’s easy to miss the Sangiovese qualities here — but there is a touch of blood/tomato/leather, as well as a mix of sinus -clearing dried herbs in the bouquet. The wine has a gentle but interesting lift to it as well. Friendly, versatile, but a little more than meets the eye too.
Score: 91. Relative to expectations: +
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10/11/2023 - alpha_ori Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nosewise: dark cherries at peak ripeness, plus some dried cherry notes. As it opens, there's big spice box like a high end California Pinot, and a bit of liqueur as well. Maybe there's some pink peppercorns in there, too? Underneath it all, a touch of vegetal notes -- dry leaf and some tarragon.
Flavorwise, the palate echoes the cherry, leaf, and liqueur elements of the nose. It's loose but not lacking in concentration; there's a roundness to the it, but there's just enough acid to hold it in shape. Let's call it "New World balance". The mouthfeel has a creaminess that's kind of like licking the rind of a ripe wheel of brie. It retains a fine tannin, but said tannin is only very present at the end of the midpalate.
Temperature is important to this wine. I think it's best between 60 and 65 degrees; normal cellar temp is a bit too cold for it to express its best self. In that range, you get a merlot-soft palate balanced by a bit of sour cherry tartness.
Sangiovese is one of the grapes that I feel exhibits the most extreme differences between wines made in their original terroir vs. their New World analogues. This is a wholly different beast from, say, a Chianti Classico, but it is nonetheless quite delicious and something I'm happy to have several more bottles of in my cellar.
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8/2/2023 - bravo.solares Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice, simple but elegant Sangiovese. Blind, I, too, would have guessed (relatively) low alcohol, elegant, Grenache (a-la-Bedrock, for instance). Very quaffable. Don’t see this ageing beyond a couple more yrs or so.
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