On first opening, bouquet of black cherry and blackberries, Big Red cinnamon gum, bell pepper, and smoky bowling alley; palate of black cherry and plum, char, and black tea with a medium-short finish. On the second day the candy and bell pepper smells taper, bowling alley becomes more of a whiff of pipe smoke, blackberry bramble emerges with spent firecrackers; on the palate the black pepper spice has some herbs de provence, black tea tannins are rounder and the cherry flavor more tart, a fuller body on the finish with notes of char, meat fats, and pepperoni spices. Was gonna go with 89 but it’s impressive once you decant for a day. — 2 years ago
2019 vintage — 3 years ago
Deep purple color.
Aromas of roasted bell pepper, dark fruit.
Dry. Flavors of roasted red bell pepper, black cherry, peppercorn. Medium-rich, velvety tannins.
Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 months ago
Rhonda likes. Oakey, but not too much. Cabernet sauvingnon. 10.99 on chairman's select. Buy a case. — 2 years ago
Very nice wine, full and fruity without being overbearing — 3 years ago
Love me some Monastrell. — 8 months ago
Rich and earthy with hints of raspberry, clove, and red currant, finishing dry with moderate tannins. — 3 years ago
FANtastic! Deep currant and cherry with a smoky leather backbone that somehow is not overpowering! Great value! — 4 years ago
Benjamin Verhulst
Fun, bright, acid bomb, gets tarter as it opens. Unfiltered, but clean-ish funk! — 24 days ago