By the way I have decided the scoring will be out of 5, with the following
1 = not pleasant, did not finish
2 = drank it but would not buy it again
3 = liked it, would buy it again
4 = really nice wine, would buy a case and look out for other vintages
5 = genius!
Quite a dark crimson in colour. On the nose I get dark berry fruit, some raspberry and cherry and maybe even strawberry with a hint of honey and oak. On the mouth quite tannic to start with but it has a long smooth finish with a sweet red fruit finish, a bit like a raspberry coulis or a red wine gums but not too sweet and the oak is there into a long finish. The wine, as expected, gets better as I scoff the pasta and even quite a big hit of chili in the sauce doesn't knock the wine off course. Seems to open up quite a bit in the glass as the bottle disappears and just gets better and better and is very quaffable by the end.
13.5% abv, retails at £10-12, was available last year at Tesco.
A great wine for me and I give it 4*.
View from the missus - its nice and fruity, goes well with the pasta.
Back tomorrow, I think we are having J Sheekey's fish pie so will be a white.
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