NOSE: yeast, leafy herbs, cocoa. All pretty restrained.
TASTE: mild earthy barnyard European quality (I always think Italian wine with this taste, though this isn’t Italian), red fruit. A little thin. Tobacco and savoury herbs (dried oregano?) finish. Pretty decent for $8!
EDIT: some darker fruit like cassis and blackberry came out the next day - much improved! Raising score from 86 to 88. Definitely going to try this again with a long decant.
NOSE: yeast, leafy herbs, cocoa. All pretty restrained.
TASTE: mild earthy barnyard European quality (I always think Italian wine with this taste, though this isn’t Italian), red fruit. A little thin. Tobacco and savoury herbs (dried oregano?) finish. Pretty decent for $8!
EDIT: some darker fruit like cassis and blackberry came out the next day - much improved! Raising score from 86 to 88. Definitely going to try this again with a long decant.
Aug 31st, 2022
Better after decanting, but pretty phenomenal for the price even early on. Cherry, plum, leather and a little bit of smoke with grippy tannins and slight acidity. Thinner than I was expecting, but my guess is that in a blind tasting, no one would believe that this bottle was $6.99!
Better after decanting, but pretty phenomenal for the price even early on. Cherry, plum, leather and a little bit of smoke with grippy tannins and slight acidity. Thinner than I was expecting, but my guess is that in a blind tasting, no one would believe that this bottle was $6.99!
Oct 28th, 2021
Surprised how much I liked this from TJs. 7 bucks, would def buy again
Surprised how much I liked this from TJs. 7 bucks, would def buy again
Jan 9th, 2020
Toro, Castilla y León, Spain
