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100 Point Rating Guide | ||
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| 96-100 | Extraordinary | A wine of finesse, complexity, and expression. True to variety and region. Perfect balance of flavors with a long finish. |
| 90-95 | Excellent | True to variety and region, with terrific complexity and balance. While not a wine for the ages, a superior example. |
| 85-89 | Good | Meets your expectations, with sound flavors and balance. Might have limited complexity or be short on the palate. A sound wine. |
| 80-84 | Average | Drinkable, might not have as much varietal character. Simple flavors, no flaws, but nothing special. |
| 75-79 | Below Average | Might contain one flaw, simple straight-forward flavors, off-balance, unpleasant. |
| 60-74 | Undrinkable, Flawed | Contains significant flaws. Unpleasant, not commercially acceptable. |
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1 User Review
Nov 04, 2008
I help import this wine and I was initially turned off by the label. But on tasting the wine such superficial concerns disipated - the first wine the 07 non-crianza was green and not very appealing; the 06 Crianza wowed with lovely fruit, plushness, earthy complexity and extra points for varietal veracity and expression. There was a velvety array of ripe Rhone/Mediterranean fruit (garrigue?) with tapenade, licorice, blackberry in a brocade of balanced body and blossoming black olive bouquet. November 4 is the day in 1999 the company was started in western Valecia - along with election day in 2008 - so get ye to Swirl on Castro or Woodlands in Kentfield for a living souvenir of this momentous day. Syrah 56% Grenache 30, Carignane 14% in 50/50 French/US new & 1 yr barrels. Win or lose - drink up- with braised lamb or beef or fowl or BBQ or picnics or lunch!
I've always known what it was, but I would love to play stump the chump with this one in a sud de France competition.
