Stewed plums and rather soupy fruit downgrade this effort, which has reasonable freshness and fruit – but just a bit too ripe and too wooded, for my tastes at least.
Simon J Woolf
Stewed plums and rather soupy fruit downgrade this effort, which has reasonable freshness and fruit – but just a bit too ripe and too wooded, for my tastes at least.
Simon J Woolf
Spicy and herbaceous fruit with lots of structure and thirst-quenching fruit acids. Some charm has been sacrificed for the sake of extract and oak-ageing, but this is still quite enjoyable
Simon J Woolf
Seriously tannic, with rather weedy fruit that can’t really cope with the oak or the extraction here. The acidity is actually good, but overall this is disjoined and lacking in harmony.
Simon J Woolf
Creamy tannins and good fruit, attractively stalky and full of strawberry and plum. Nothing especially complex, but a well made and well balanced wine.
Simon J Woolf
Wiry and rather green fruit, with nice acids but a bit nervy and jarring. The tannins are really bitter, a shame as the finish opens out to a nice subtle creamy note.
Simon J Woolf
Feels a bit overripe and over extracted, should Zweigelt really be made into a wine of this weight? Very cooked, and roasted plummy fruit characters, with chocolate, mocha, woodsmoke overtones.
Simon J Woolf
Good fruit, with drive and a balsamic note. More of a dark berry character than usual with Zweigelt, making this feel more classic and more serious. Refreshing too – the fruit is juicy and the tannins are not OTT.
Simon J Woolf
Roasted and oaky on the nose, but with the ripe fruit and oak quite nicely integrated on the palate. Slightly spicy, and with good freshness, the fruit is a bit amorphous but overall an enjoyable wine.
Simon J Woolf
The fresh acidity here speaks of Blaufränkisch, but overwise oak is covering the fruit character in an unwelcome way, Smoky, roasted notes dominate the nose and the palate. The sour cherry character is still nestled in there somewhere. Maybe this could improve in a year or two if the oak recedes a bit.
Simon J Woolf
Quite a bit of wood, but it’s nicely integrated, and the red fruit feels fresh and lively. Quite a straightlaced, classic kind of style, but with balance and drinkability (even at 14ABV).