Great wine. Spicy vegetal nose with lots of tasteful oak. Incredibly juicy on the palate. Smooth, silky, dense flavor: almost smoky oak and deep dark fruit and leather. Long lingering finish, perfect helping of decently-structured tannins. Really enjoyed this. Thanks Dave! 🍻 — 8 years ago
Unfinished, raw and incomplete. Mossy oak, candy cherries, chocolate and cola on the nose. Body is light, bright and raw. Acid is unbecoming. Finish has some pleasant moments of richness, but they punctuate an otherwise empty and unpleasant experience. — 8 years ago
Tart candy nose with a banana/watermelon creamy aspect to it and citrusy mineral zing. Really floats outta the glass. Lots of grippy acid on the palate, but it speaks what the nose is saying, and I appreciate that integration. Finish is tart and floral. Plenty to enjoy, killer nose, and I love Corsica! — 8 years ago
Simple and fruit forward like you'd expect for a Grenache varietal. Total berry on the nose. Friendly and warm on the palate -- medium acid and tannins do their job and don't mess anything up. Finish is surprisingly long and pleasant for this cheap of a wine. Verdict: for a $10 European red, this is remarkably well made and enjoyable, given that it's a simple table wine. — 8 years ago
I really like this: loads of creamy miners on the nose, with golden pear and apple. Well balanced acid that keeps the solid body from feeling heavy, but never becomes annoyingly tart. Crisp, lively, with some succulent stone fruits on the palate and more golden pear and mineral on the generous finish. Not much to complain about, certainly not for $10! — 8 years ago
Mm. A sharp, spicy oaky nose rather reminiscent of the well-made red table wines I had in Tuscany. There's a pungent note something like licorice or rubber pool toy. Lots to contemplate on the nose. No RS at all, thick tannins that coat and linger but aren't aggressive or angular, M- acid leaves it borderline flabby. I would almost like some jammy sweetness to convey the aromas more integrally on the palate, or some crisp acidity to speak meaningfully with food. This seems more like a sipper, though the fluffy tannins build up almost ridiculously by itself. Good flavors, not a balanced package, nose gets it an 8.7. Wouldn't buy it again for $12, but glad I tried. — 8 years ago
Exquisite. Massive nose, beautiful structure, deep richness. Black cherries and lovely oak. — 8 years ago
€5 for a bottle at a pizzeria in Tuscany. Like the other reds I've tried in Italy so far, I recognize the attributes I've noted in the US, but they present as a structured, deep and tasty whole, instead of some flat liquid combo of tannins, acid, and one or two fruit/oak notes. This is my least favorite so far, merely because Montepulciano isn't my preference, but it still delivers rich nuanced beauty, and goes down oh so easy with Italian food. Red and plummy fruits, bright semi-vegetal acidity, solid body at 13.5%, tannins that settle more on the back end and gradually build up without food, and that glorious perfect permeating oak, flashing buttery and meaty on the finish. Relative to its cousins here in Italy this is an 8.6. In the states, at THIS price, I'd give this a 9.1 and buy out every store in town and drink it every day for as long as I could. — 8 years ago
John Behrens
Golden grey straw color. Lots of steely petroleum on the nose, with tropical floral and a hint of lime. Seemed a bit flat at first, but the acid wakes up as it warms, and the sweet/tart/concentration balance is more refined than most $13 Rieslings. A mineral honey pear note goes throughout, finish is nice and long, and the nose gets wonderfully potent with time and swirling. Good with Indian food. Really fantastic value if you like the aged petroleum Riesling thing. — 8 years ago