The wine is clear and bright with a deep garnet colour.
It is clean and in a developing stage in the nose, displaying intense aromas of lavender, ripe dark plums, dark cherries, black pepper, cedar and clove.
In the mouth it is dry with a medium acidity. It has firm fine-grained tannins and a warm high alcohol strength. It is full-bodied and fleshy, with a pronounced juicy concentration. The finish is very long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a wealth of flavour concentration and a lingering finish. The tannins are well-balanced by the alcohol and th fruit, and it also shows some degree of complexity provided by oak ageing, but not enough to go the extra mile. Its main sin may be being a bit too international in style, with too prominent oaky notes, however if anyone knows what's the true expression of a Syrian wine let me know. And this is more a question of style than "objective" quality.
The wine is clear and bright with a deep garnet colour.
It is clean and in a developing stage in the nose, displaying intense aromas of lavender, ripe dark plums, dark cherries, black pepper, cedar and clove.
In the mouth it is dry with a medium acidity. It has firm fine-grained tannins and a warm high alcohol strength. It is full-bodied and fleshy, with a pronounced juicy concentration. The finish is very long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a wealth of flavour concentration and a lingering finish. The tannins are well-balanced by the alcohol and th fruit, and it also shows some degree of complexity provided by oak ageing, but not enough to go the extra mile. Its main sin may be being a bit too international in style, with too prominent oaky notes, however if anyone knows what's the true expression of a Syrian wine let me know. And this is more a question of style than "objective" quality.
Oct 15th, 2015
Syria
