The perfect little wine for light meals like chicken or fish with salad. The nose has peaches, flowers and minerality, and a nice tinge of chalkiness. This is a very fresh-feeling wine, with some apparent residual sugar. The fruit is upfront, then some mild, grapefruity acidity kicks in under the fresh, young red fruits on the end-palate.
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This has a clear, bright, ruby red color. A clean nose has light oak, cherry, strawberry, and cola aromas. It is medium dry with low tannins and medium-low acidity, smooth on the palate with flavors of red fruit, cranberry, cola, and hazelnut. Lactic notes on the finish were offensive on
The perfect little wine for light meals like chicken or fish with salad. The nose has peaches, flowers and minerality, and a nice tinge of chalkiness. This is a very fresh-feeling wine, with some apparent residual sugar. The fruit is upfront, then some mild, grapefruity acidity kicks in under the fresh, young red fruits on the end-palate.
Starts out thinnish, then rounds out more as the evening progresses and a little more the following day. Some dark caramelized fruit dominates the flavors, with damson and leather, too. Still a pretty delicate wine, with integrated tannins and a shortish finish. Nicer with a meal than on its own. Drink with
A rich, oaky, meaty, buttery nose. Plenty of vanilla in aroma and flavor. Some wild herbs and a bit of lemon and apricot skin in the flavor, too. A medium-heavy body though the label says its only 13.5% alcohol. Peppery, medium-length finish. Without food vanilla dominates but with food this is
Yeast wafts into the room as soon as you open the bottle. Then the fruit arrives, both in aroma and flavor: strawberries, blackberries, candied red currants. A light, drinkable vintage. And there is some acidity for backbone, which is mainly noticeable at the end -- as are the mild, light tannins. Recommended. BSE
The nose has rich dark fruits and with a light floral background of violet. The palate has dark plums, elderberry, pencil lead, and violets. Tobacco leaf shows up on the mid-palate. Tannins are very fine. The overall impression is of smooth layers of dark depth. The finish is sweet and