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<\/p>\nNOSE:<\/strong> Raspberry, blackberry with hints of licorice and chocolate<\/p>\n TASTE:<\/strong> Lots of smoky, gritty tannins. Fruit is subtle and lingers in the background – but it materialize mostly on the finish … This tastes like it is going to be interesting.<\/p>\n 1:30 hrs later …<\/strong> 3:00 hrs later …<\/strong> 22 hours later …<\/strong> Bottom Line …<\/strong> Upon opening … Crack of the cap, a couple of spins and off comes the stelvin; the wine goes into the glass deep and dark and rich looking. NOSE: Raspberry, blackberry with hints of licorice and chocolate TASTE: Lots of smoky, gritty tannins. Fruit is subtle and lingers in the background – but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-im-drinking-tonight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The wine is beginning to smooth out, still a little gritty, but the blackberry and cassis are showing, along with spiced-plum and even the dark chocolate is stepping up.<\/p>\n
There’s a peppery note that is weaving itself around that dark fruit, the tannins have softened a little more. Might put the clock on this one and try again tomorrow…<\/p>\n
Goodbye tannins, hello black pepper, mocha, spiced-plum, silky dark fruit and a long finish. What started out rugged turned into a wine of depth, complexity and flavour to spare.<\/p>\n
Those who doubt screwcap wine: think they are for cheap, drink now wines, need to rejigger their perceptions – this was a tough wine in hour one, but by the next day it was pure pleasure on the palate. Have some? Hold some. Or just drink it over a few days and be in awe. Magical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"