This is a very food-friendly everynight wine. It was actually like two different wines on night one and night two.Very dark, nearly saturated ruby-violet. On night one, the nose was very typical of a wine bottled early without any oak aging -- tight, slightly reduced pungent berry extract. Night two (after being under a Vacu-Vin enclosure for 24 hours), it was much softer and loose-limbed, displaying richly fruity scents of blackberry, plummy juice, and a bit of rhubarb. A pungent, metallic minerally note was present too. Rich, concentrated enough, and bone dry in the mouth, with flavors of slightly dried raspberry skins and lots of stony minerality. Relatively full bodied, this wine had lots of soft tannin, and a very clean finish. There's no complexity, but it's got nice flavor and texture, and it avoids the high alcohol/low acid issue that is a risk with Grenache. B. I got mine for $9.99 from Zachys.com. Imported by IPO Wines, NYC.
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