45 mins of air time in the glass...very tight nose, just a bit of dark red fruit and spice and an offputting very slight aroma of something that made me think of wet sulfur. Very light and thin on the palate with no realy complexity. The wife called it a 'beige wine' for it's lack of anything interesting. There was also a slight little weird fizz on the back end that was odd. The wife stated it was like touching your tongue to an almost dead 9 volt battery without the metal taste. I finished the bottle the 2nd night and it had gained a little weiight and a bit more dark fruit with some chocolate coming thru but this was just a slight improvement. Prob a 75 point wine the first night and mayb low 80s the next night.
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I let it breathe in the bottle about 30 minutes. This wine loves food! I tried it with pizza, chocolate, fruit, veggie chips, cinnamon apple chips and all went pretty well with this wine. It has enough acid to be very food-friendly. Dark cherry nose. blackberry and cedar box with silky soft tannins on the palate. I am not fond of Cab. Sauv. because I can't really taste the fruit behind the tannins. This Grenache really solved that problem for me. It may be at its' prime now. I liked it a little better around 60 degrees over room temp.
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9/19/2011 - rbergy Likes this wine: 88 Points
Cherries galore, soft finish, gamay-like
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9/8/2011 - Don and Pam wrote: 92 Points
- A Medium finish.
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6/13/2011 - christdk wrote:
Good, solid red. Peppery, but not overpowering. Nice garnache for warm weather.
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1/7/2011 - SacramentoCharlie wrote: 80 Points
45 mins of air time in the glass...very tight nose, just a bit of dark red fruit and spice and an offputting very slight aroma of something that made me think of wet sulfur. Very light and thin on the palate with no realy complexity. The wife called it a 'beige wine' for it's lack of anything interesting. There was also a slight little weird fizz on the back end that was odd. The wife stated it was like touching your tongue to an almost dead 9 volt battery without the metal taste. I finished the bottle the 2nd night and it had gained a little weiight and a bit more dark fruit with some chocolate coming thru but this was just a slight improvement. Prob a 75 point wine the first night and mayb low 80s the next night.
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1/7/2011 - pacw808 wrote: 89 Points
I let it breathe in the bottle about 30 minutes. This wine loves food! I tried it with pizza, chocolate, fruit, veggie chips, cinnamon apple chips and all went pretty well with this wine. It has enough acid to be very food-friendly. Dark cherry nose. blackberry and cedar box with silky soft tannins on the palate. I am not fond of Cab. Sauv. because I can't really taste the fruit behind the tannins. This Grenache really solved that problem for me. It may be at its' prime now. I liked it a little better around 60 degrees over room temp.
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