Many years on and it gets even more stunning! Last of a 6-pack of one of their best vintages, popped the cork because i felt tense about years of bad apartment storage but it’s still got plenty in the tank. On my book, only a handful of super Tuscans can compare with this. Perfectly ripe black fruit on the nose, like a Margaux-style cab but with a subtle herbal-Mediterranean profile to it. Cassis, pencil shavings, rosemary-thyme-basil, hints of turned earth but super clean with zero rusticity, oak is fully integrated, barely there. Palate leads with great freshness, silky tannins, lingering acidity and finish — a year ago
Without food, this is an easy-drinking light wine with some muted red fruit and a sort of dusty, reduced earth/mineral note and not much of a mid palate—pleasant but not memorable. Served alongside garlic/anchovy/tuna/caper pasta, this wine is invigorated and gains new dimensions: bright red pomegranate, cherry and rose hip with a hint of sweet ocean air and Mediterranean herbs (thyme?), maybe even some cinnamon. — 2 years ago
Love Margaux wines with rack of lamb. It is a classic pair as long as you are not doing a Mediterranean mint prep. This is salt, pepper, Napa Valley rub and red wine.
As it airs and intermixes w/ the meal, it rises from 93 to 94.
The wine is approaching its peak. Still has another 10 yrs of appropriate drinking.
The fruits are ripe, juicy; blackberries, black raspberries, plum, dark cherries, strawberries, raspberries with hues of purple & blue fruits. There is excellent integration & evolution. Led pencil shavings, fresh & dry herbs, moist grey volcanic minerals/clay, fresh & dry tobacco, sandalwood, used leather, soft, dark spice with heat on the long set, limestone, dry crushed rocks into powder, touch of black pepper, saline, fresh dark, red flowers with violets, excellent, cool rainfall acidity, well woven, balanced, softly tensioned & structured with a pure elegant finish that lasts a full two-minutes. — 5 months ago
Foti and Harvey are nailing it. Dark fruit, volcanic minerals, Mediterranean herbs. — 6 months ago
#KosherWineSunday
Purple in color with a wide reddish/ purple rim.
Sweet nose with red fruits, spices, light oak and chocolates.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with blueberries, currants, plums, cherries, light oak, dark coffee, pencil lead, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, light vegetables and peppercorn.
Spicy finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very young red blend from Israel. Easy drinking right out of the bottle, and a nice sipping wine.
Fruit forward and interesting. Feels like a Cotes du Rhône red.
Would be nice to revisit it in a couple of years.
I paired it with cheeses, nuts and fresh berries.
A very unique blend of Caladoc, Carignan, Argaman, Grenache, Petit Verdot and Syrah. Aged for 8 months. Kosher and not Mevushal.
14% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
$30. — 7 months ago
Vintage after vintage… I love this wine… crisp, low ABV, always acid-driven… wonderful floral notes… but real acid grip to drive the weight on the palate snd the amazing long tart peachy finish. This wine works so well with all types of Mediterranean cuisine… tonight with simple Greek lemon chicken and Beets with heaps of garlic driven Skordalia. Opa! — 2 years ago
Stuart Pollack
Beautiful wine. So earthy, leathery, and powerful. This wine still has years of life left. A nearly perfect Cabernet Sauvignon blend with a Mediterranean twist. It tastes like an extremely high-end Chateauneuf-du-Pape dominated by a high-end Napa Cabernet. Perfect with my Greek lamb chops. I wish I could have left it open longer but I consumed it at my favorite BYOB Greek restaurant. If you find this wine at a reasonable price, buy it. At $90 a steal. — 5 months ago