Serious and full bodied, this complex wine is made from organic grapes. It wafts aromas of mint, toasted oak and baking spices and delivers layers of black and red fruits, cedar and vanilla on the palate. It has moderate tannins and a mouth-filling texture. Best after 2023.
~ Wine Enthusiast Magazine, September 2019
This annual post looks back at all the wines I wrote about in the previous year and singles out 50 that I thought were great wines. āGreatā doesnāt necessarily imply the most profound, though several of these are as profound as wine gets; nor does it necessarily mean that these are the worldās famed wines intended for laying down in cellars for long aging. I donāt usually encounter such wines anyway.
Medium purple color. Deep but tart aromas of blueberry and black cherries, with complex, deep and spicy tones: tar, mocha, sage, sweet red pepper, black pepper and balsamic glaze. The palate is full but smooth and, like the others, this wineās acidity is really nice. Tangy plums and juicy black currant fruit blends well with leather, paprika, black pepper, spicy tobacco, mint. A lot going on, and Iād like to see this in five or six years. Cab Sauv with 2% Petit Verdot, aged in 100% French oak.
The wine on the eyes was a deep purple and red brick in color with a medium viscosity. On the nose aromas waft into the olfactory senses bringing raspberries, blackberries and floral aromatics. On the palate, it opens up to a juicy fruit assortment of black cherry and hint of pipe tobacco. The finish is medium, but intriguing are the soft and rounded tannins for what is smelled as a big bold red wine.
Old world style with lower alcohol
Grows in rich volcanic soil
A nose of cedar, ripe roses and nutmeg
Soft and elegant, tastes of Bing cherries, sweet fruit, leather and cocoa
Long velvety finish with sweet tannins
Deep garnet color and a lush nose of berry and oak. Smooth, juicy and tangy, with crisp berry flavors and bright acidity; long and charming.
The wine showed a dark ruby almost opaque color. Blackberry, raspberry preserves, cassis, licorice, vanilla, oak and whiffs of eucalyptus all arrived on the nose. Black cherry, raspberry, vanilla, cassis, licorice, oak and eucalyptus followed on a palate teeming with black cherry. The wine was full-bodied and exhibited good length along with moderate tannins. This wine would be an ideal pair for a seared dry-aged New York strip steak.