Sadly, I only had one bottle of this left - and I opened it just now only to find that it was corked. Based on the previous bottles of this I've enjoyed over the years, though, I'll leave this not-a-tasting-note up here as a reminder of the quality of the other bottles; this wine is a good example of New World wine made with a nod towards Old World sensibilities: it's not over-oaked, not overly alcoholic, and yet hasn't artificially been limited in its elevage so that it slavishly mimics Old World wines. Instead, what you get is a wine that walks the line between the two: fully ripe New World fruit, yet with earth and minerality (subtle, but it's there). Even relatively soon after its release - a year or two, if memory serves - it had characteristics of older wines: a relatively flat, gracious palate with fine grained tannins and a rich nose of sweet brambly fruit.
I'll miss this stuff and hope to find more of it again in the future.
I'll miss this stuff and hope to find more of it again in the future.
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