Petroleum

Full, aromatic nose of cassis, blackberry & rose petal. Initially cassis on the palate, then I got hit by a sour cherry freight train that is really almost a bit over the top. Continuing on just a sour finish. This may be...

The wine was pretty ordinary as Syrahs go. I asked the waiter the vintage, because the fruit did not seem as ripe as it could have been. The bouquet was fruity, I got a little oak, complexity was lacking, and cherry and...

Intensely concentrated quince jam, old papaya, vanilla and bitter orange makes for an unusual and not entirely appealing nose. On the palate this lacks acid and is rather shapeless with modest fruit flavors and even the...

Deep, jammy, vanilla, smoky, peppery jerky, spicy boysenberry fruit, really white peppery and dried meaty with a hint of milk chocolate. Packed with fruit, fairly seamless in the mouth with a wonderful intensity and...

very unusual, strong, herbal, long aftertaste of leather and tar

This is one seriously dark, brooding wine. Packs a bold fruity punch immediately with dark cherry, plum and blackberry. Tar, tobacco and spice are slight and subtle and the tannins are quite strong. This is a real lip...

Lots of aromas including caramel, tar and black fruit. Lots of black fruit, nice smooth tannins and long finish. Worked really well with a rib-eye and should only improve.

The Montevetrano is comprised of is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Aglianico. This is a blockbuster styled wine with power and finesse! The color is a saturated dark purple almost black and opaquish...

Nose of dirt, plastic and rubber. Flavors are of toasted corn, light apple and stone fruit with a wooded finish.