Description: The nose is thick with dark red fruit and flowers. A fruity/sweet attack quickly expands into a juicy mouth feel. Very cran-raspberry. The finish has a nice lift with a bit of black peppercorn thrown in for interest. Decanting not required.
Price: $11
Note: Red sauce accents the sweetness.
Description: The blackberry and peppercorn nose is accented by some florals. The attack is very fruit forward with a sweet-n-juicy mouth-feel. Flavors of dark berries, cherries, black pepper and a hint of autumn tones. Totally un-oaked, this wine has a soft, round, lingering finish but no real low notes to reign in the sweet fruit. There really isn't much going on here and we think it's an informal, meatloaf kind of wine. Quite harsh when first opened. After 40 minutes in the decanter, the beast is tamed into submission and the pussy cat emerges.
Description: Totally un-oaked and velvety soft, this has attractive notes of cherries, damp earth, cardamom, candied ginger, raspberries and a nice pomegranate lift. Fruit forward with a dusky undertone. Decanting not required although it's better with a bit of air. We buy this one often and like it better than its more expensive old vine counterpart.
