Saturday, April 30, 2011

Montevina Shiraz

2004 Amador County
Produced and bottled by Montevina Winery, Plymouth, Amador County, CA
14.5% Alcohol
On Sale in San Francisco for only $5.99!

This wine was an awesome deal. I found it in the back of a wine shop on a discount rack.
A nose of:  Currant, oak, spiced plums, tobacco, campfire and musk.

Flavors of:  Liquor filled chocolate cherries, plum, old oak, tobacco, black pepper and anise.

Nice tannins come up towards the finish leaving an oaked plum flavor with hints of pepper.

This wine is suprisingly smooth for the alcohol content. The age on this wine is noticable, and I wouldn't let it age anymore. I think more time would make this wine go beyond its beauty.

Rating: 5 out of 10 stars

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