This Temecula wine is a medium dark beauty. It offers up a bit of oak on the nose, but it smells beautiful. Smoke, vanilla, tobacco, dark fruit. It may be a little heavy-handed, but it's enticing. The palate doesn't completely follow suit, though. It tries to be a Rhône, but trips up about at Pinot Noir. One or the other, okay. In between, not so much. The wine tastes pretty good, but it's a bit thin, with some tartness that's not really welcome. Nice try, but it misses. There are plenty of good wines being made in Temecula, though, so don't let this scare you away.
This Temecula wine is a medium dark beauty. It offers up a bit of oak on the nose, but it smells beautiful. Smoke, vanilla, tobacco, dark fruit. It may be a little heavy-handed, but it's enticing. The palate doesn't completely follow suit, though. It tries to be a Rhône, but trips up about at Pinot Noir. One or the other, okay. In between, not so much. The wine tastes pretty good, but it's a bit thin, with some tartness that's not really welcome. Nice try, but it misses. There are plenty of good wines being made in Temecula, though, so don't let this scare you away.
Sep 7th, 2018
California, USA
