Paired nicely with local wild mushroom pizza. Inky red, highly extracted pigment, too dense to assess clarity. Black currant, herb, eucalyptus and maybe violet notes in nose. Black currant tartness and flavor with length, eucalyptus in mouth, soft mouthfeel. Slight seed bitterness, minimal skin tannins left. A pleasure to drink, an interesting exhibition of Tempranillo’s varietal character
Paired nicely with local wild mushroom pizza. Inky red, highly extracted pigment, too dense to assess clarity. Black currant, herb, eucalyptus and maybe violet notes in nose. Black currant tartness and flavor with length, eucalyptus in mouth, soft mouthfeel. Slight seed bitterness, minimal skin tannins left. A pleasure to drink, an interesting exhibition of Tempranillo’s varietal character
Oct 22nd, 2018Big Time Brett - took an hour to dissipate evolving into barnyard & manure. I gave up but then tried later where it yielded some black fruit, black olive, leather and a hint of spice, but then Brett came crawling back. Very odd - I’ve had this wine before but this bottle /vintage was way off
Big Time Brett - took an hour to dissipate evolving into barnyard & manure. I gave up but then tried later where it yielded some black fruit, black olive, leather and a hint of spice, but then Brett came crawling back. Very odd - I’ve had this wine before but this bottle /vintage was way off
Jan 1st, 2019Deep dark garnet. Dusty leather forward. Black olives, mushrooms, hint of not quite ripe blackberries. What to do? A bite of chocolate opens this up. Creamy cheese on crusty bread with jam or honey? It begs for contrast. And perhaps more opening up. (I had this with a 1/2 muffuletta take out from Napoleon House. Good -). I’m working it through...
Deep dark garnet. Dusty leather forward. Black olives, mushrooms, hint of not quite ripe blackberries. What to do? A bite of chocolate opens this up. Creamy cheese on crusty bread with jam or honey? It begs for contrast. And perhaps more opening up. (I had this with a 1/2 muffuletta take out from Napoleon House. Good -). I’m working it through...
Aug 8th, 2018