Terra Savia Petit Verdot Reserve Sanel Valley Vineyards

fantastic wine

a great,smooth, rather bold red. Tannins really mellowed out. A great buy in hinsight

no formal notes. very approachable when drunk over christmas.

this was pitch upon release, but is now a nice, round purple color. nose: quite closed at first. then showing some tightly-wound black currants. sour cherries and some flowers come out with time. palate: quite tannic. good grip. it has settled down a bit with five years of age, but its still a ball of compressed fruit. I get dried cranberry, a bit of sour cherry, which is smooth. toast highlights the fruit. chocolate and cherries on the finish. firm, …

Dark deep clouded purple. Strong toasted oak and black currant nose. Medium acid and body. Oak dominates the palate with smoke and touches of vanilla obscuring sour cherry fruit. A medium length finish continues with smoked vanilla.

I feel this wine should improve with age. Very dark in color and opaque, nice nose - rainclouds, grass, burnt caramel, bit of amber. Longish pepper finish. Quite well balanced I would say, and enjoyable.