Winery - Bodegas Farina
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A touch minty and dry smelling, with simple, solid, slightly underdeveloped flavors. All in all, it’s hard to find much brightness in this wine; instead it’s subdued and chocolaty, and it never really crosses the Rubicon of ripeness. That said, it goes down easy and doesn’t burn like many Toro wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
True to Toro, this is a riper styled wine that shows a lot of raisin and licorice on the nose. It’s aged in oak, but it’s not that woody or resiny, hence the approval despite its lack of acidity. A drink-now wine with some richness, weight and black-fruit flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet blackberry aromas veer toward kirsch and crème de cassis, while the palate is perfectly ripe and solid, with medium-deep berry flavors and lots of chalky grab to the fairly tannic finish. For a young, basic Toro wine, this exhibits modest signs of elevation and class.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells like mealy fruit and bananas, while the palate is weak in constitution and a bit spritzy in feel. Tastes like bland white fruits with vanilla. Cloying on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Opens with black cherry, baked plum and other heavy, semiroasted aromas. The palate is chunky but weak on definition and structure, while the flavors are limited to dry red-apple skins and bland red fruit. Acidic as well, which leads to a washed-out finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Raisiny and sweeet smelling, with baked qualities but also a bitter bite of horseradish. The palate is deep and hard, with burnt notes, tough tannins and berry flavors softened by buttery oak. Beefy and rubbery, but with enough ripeness to be worth a look.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy, dark, candied and jammy, with a hint of licorice to the nose. The palate is chunky and concentrated, with meaty berry flavors and a dose of chocolate. Short on the finish, yet fruity if a bit flat.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Raspberry and rubber aromas are solid if not refined, while the firm palate is sweet and full of black cherry flavor. Rough, tumble and unsophisticated in the mouthfeel department but ripe and tasty throughout, with dark shadings on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Opens with a load of sweet, candied black-fruit aromas but this wine excels on the nose because it’s composed and precise for being so young and simple in scope. Velvety, rich black-cherry flavors run the show, and the finish brings length and an herbal shading. Very nice for a wine from Toro at this price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mildy green tobacco aromas lead the way along with forest floor, fern notes and standard berry aromas. The palate opens with forceful acidity, while the flavors are a bit underdeveloped as they lean toward blackberry. Mild bitterness is also part of the picture as the wine flattens out on the back side.
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