This wine is delicious with braised ox tail and saffron polenta! Soft velvety with nice floral notes on the nose. — 11 years ago
Purchased it on its release and brought it with me from Wisconsin back in 1999. The wine is holding out but at the tail end, pepper, bell pepper, leather. Lovely soft finish. — 11 years ago
The best limoncello I've tasted. — 12 years ago
Black raspberries dusted with cocoa powder. Light, but with confident, soft tannins. Paired remarkably well with broiled lobster tail. — 10 years ago
Very nice red. Black currant with licorice, and layers of spice -- kind of like a Right Bank Bordeaux from the Saint Emilion area or even a Shiraz. Soft tannins, a smooth, velvety feel on the palate, and a lingering tail. — 10 years ago
Very soft and drinkable for straight gin. Long finish that reminds you what it is, though — 11 years ago
Color is a burgundy red or Crimson but around the edges there's a rust colored halo because this is about 10 years old. We are drinking it in 2014 but it was bottled in 2004. The Aroma is a metallic one but rich iron or rusty, and something like a very dark black cherry. The flavor: it's a rich dark powerful wine with strong tannins, and The mouth feel is cool and soft; no identifiable fruit flavors on the tongue but instead tar or earthiness, with a little spiciness, and it's astringent leaving The mouth dry. Tail is dry and characterized by tannins. — 11 years ago
Nice soft and smooth wine — 12 years ago
A soft, gentle, elegant wine. Tannins arch palette forward, with a bit of a long tail, but are never bitting. Slight earthy mushroom funk and cassis. This isn't a wine for a heavy meal or a blizzard - light fall air is where she shines. — 10 years ago
Sherry like at first, where over the course of dinner became evenly soft, smooth and drank lovely with the wild deer ham, nettle soup, and ox-tail tongue--stunning wine! — 11 years ago
Fruity and soft! Very yummy to sip on! — 11 years ago
Aroma is quite pleasant and strong, of roses.
very soft on the palate with a light strawberry sweetness at the start followed by medium tannins in the middle and in the tail. The tail is quite long and a bit like strawberries. Because it's fairly dry and has solid tannins it tastes a bit like dried strawberries but ones that have been on the vine a long time, dark and super ripe and high sugar content. The tannins gradually intensify and this seems to bring with it a spiciness. This wine is excellent, despite not having much complexity or many layers--it accomplishes this I think by having a few delicious flavors paired with great balance and subtlety. The flavors and aromas are all quite similar to roses, strawberries, cherries, and similar foods, so easily identifiable and likable. — 11 years ago
Smooth beyond belief. — 12 years ago
Soft, delicious — 13 years ago
Mark Eastom
Amazing with ox tail.. Floral, rose peddle, earth, funk, orange rind, soft tannin and amazing.. — 10 years ago