Holy Stromboli! Decanted this wine for one hour for first tasting.COLOR: Ruby Red NOSE: Blackberries, a hint of motor oil, which wasn't necessarily unpleasant. PALATE: On the palate this wine was a decent effort, good tannins, good structure, mabye a little bit off balance, a smidge to alcoholic. Good berry flavors coming through, a hint a cigar, a little smokiness. Reasonable finish.
Second tasting one day later w/ bottle sealed with vinovac for 24 hrs: Still holding up well. motor oil note on the nose is gone and flavors have lost a little influence still a 83-84 pointer
HERE'S THE KICKER ... this is a 85-86 point effort, but ITS ONLY 4 BONES A BOTTLE AFTER TAX! Go buy a case of this wine ... if nothing else it would be a good experiment to see how wine in this price point ages.
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2/12/2010 - Marylaknits wrote: 84 Points
Mild not smoky but not trendous depth
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8/8/2008 - ThomasDSilak@gmail.com wrote: 86 Points
Just a little edgy the first day. Enjoyed the rest on day two - smoothed out a bit.
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2/26/2008 - small_cellar wrote: 85 Points
Holy Stromboli! Decanted this wine for one hour for first tasting.COLOR: Ruby Red NOSE: Blackberries, a hint of motor oil, which wasn't necessarily unpleasant. PALATE: On the palate this wine was a decent effort, good tannins, good structure, mabye a little bit off balance, a smidge to alcoholic. Good berry flavors coming through, a hint a cigar, a little smokiness. Reasonable finish.
Second tasting one day later w/ bottle sealed with vinovac for 24 hrs: Still holding up well. motor oil note on the nose is gone and flavors have lost a little influence still a 83-84 pointer
HERE'S THE KICKER ... this is a 85-86 point effort, but ITS ONLY 4 BONES A BOTTLE AFTER TAX! Go buy a case of this wine ... if nothing else it would be a good experiment to see how wine in this price point ages.
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