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88
/100
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20
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2006
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88/100
Red Blend,
Malbec
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93
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Taster #3009
· Oct 30, 2016
92/100
purple, medium body, aromas and flavors of dark fruit, cassis, graphite, medium finish
2006 vintage
Taster #5756
· Jun 9, 2015
89/100
Mellowed nicely -- at, or a bit past peak. Drink now.
2006 vintage
Taster #3930
· Dec 8, 2012
87/100
Ok, have taken the last few notes into consideration and that I have sampled this without any substantial food. Drinks fine now and likely is at it's peak. The experience would be better with food for sure. So - overall this comes off far to oaky for me. The nose and palate profile are kind of as described previously. Dark fruit/smoke/tobaco/a little mocha/light spice. Medium to full bodied and long finish. This acid is light and tannin still there and …
2006 vintage
Taster #0968
· Nov 25, 2012
88/100
sort frugt, pæn balance. Lav på syre og ikke så meget struktur. Ok tanniner og ok eftersmag
2006 vintage
Taster #0879
· Sep 15, 2012
93/100
WoW, we are glad we waited on this wine because its been calling our name for over a year now to drink it! This bottle came in a clean white tissue paper so it just screams Elegance! and Drink Me! But patience pervailed and we found a very pleasing, flavorful wine. On sight, garnet color with bright ruby edges. On the nose came violets, cherry, mocha, and spice! (especially by the time the wine opened up at the 2nd glass). …
2006 vintage
Taster #9212
· Apr 21, 2012
90/100
Drank with spaghetti with sausage, some brussel sprouts with bacon, and garlic bread. Excellent!
2006 vintage
Taster #7989
· Jan 22, 2012
Ugh! Not my style. Completely dominated by oak, with a tiny hint of blueberry compote. Could not drink it.
2006 vintage
Taster #6708
· Jan 11, 2011
BNI Blind Wine Networking Social (Insurance Inc.) : Blind Bottle #6: Not much on the nose... enjoyable but a bit flat.
2006 vintage
Taster #9675
· Oct 12, 2010
84/100
Not bad but enjoy other Malbecs...this one was very heavy and fruit/berry flavour was quite noticeable...not very smooth.
2006 vintage
Taster #3251
· Oct 9, 2010
93/100
Lots of strong flavours of berries and tannin. Drinking very well at the moment.
2006 vintage
Taster #0584
· Jul 10, 2010
90/100
Churchill's: Malbec (Maumee, OH) : Elegant. Creamy oak. Medium structure, perfect for the guts.
2006 vintage
Taster #5361
· Jul 1, 2010
80/100
Deep Ruby/Purple color, astringent, not much length, slightly bitter finish, very young. Way better Malbecs out there for the price.
2006 vintage
Taster #2122
· Jun 24, 2010
84/100
Very deep ruby colored (as noted on the label). The 14.8% alcohol is masked in incredibly bold fruit and tannins. Although the flavor is too oaky and astringent for my liking, the smell is very fragrant, with oak, pencil shavings, blackberry present. I'd like to think the wine would improve with age, but the faint presence of alcohol on the palate tells me that the wine goes downhill from here. update: after two hours decanting, it's certainly smoother, but the …
2006 vintage
Taster #3245
· Jun 10, 2010
92/100
Fantastic! Smooth, oaky and world class.
2006 vintage
Taster #6238
· Feb 25, 2010
89/100
Deep blackberry red color. Well-balanced, rich, dark fruit, oak, ginger and mocha flavors with ripe, ample tannins.
2006 vintage
Taster #2824
· Feb 9, 2010
91/100
This is a very nice malbec for $18-20. Very dark intense color. Full bodiied with a nice blend of oak and dark earthy fruit. Better as the bottle empties. Need to find more of this.
2006 vintage
Taster #2083
· Jan 12, 2010
90/100
Extremely oaky upon opening... all you can taste for the first 20 minutes is oak. Afterward, the wine develops a little. Develops into a heavy, brooding Malbec. A Napa Cab drinker's Malbec with mint, chocolate and tons of oak. I would be interested to keep a couple bottles of this, one for a year from now and another for two or three down the line to see how this develops. My guess is that it would be impressive once the …
2006 vintage
Taster #5012
· Nov 19, 2009
86/100
Cork. Decanted for 1 hr. Deep ruby red with a purple tinge. Dark, brooding nose of coffee and spice. Palate had more mocha and started out with a really toffee-ish, medium length finish. Quite powerful (high alcohol at 14.8%). Decent wine, developed well over 2-3 hours, and worth the price but not very subtle.
2006 vintage
Taster #0852
· Oct 13, 2009
88/100
Nice drinking Malbec - smooths out after 10 or 15 minutes in the glass.
2006 vintage
Taster #0913
· Jun 23, 2009
90/100
Currant, mineral, cured meat, and cinnamon nose. Full bodied and well-structured with a long, spiced finish. 4/5
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Taster #5840
· May 2, 2009
84/100
Philadelphia Wine Festival (Marriott, Philadelphia PA) : watery and lacking in concentration.
2006 vintage
Taster #5792
· Jan 24, 2009
87/100
Boston Wine Expo : Nice, rich style. Some mocha notes. It's good. 86-88
2006 vintage