Winery - Calcareous
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Savory and crisp, this pretty blush wine has flavors of rose petals, herb tea, strawberries and black pepper. It’s pretty dry, and fairly full-bodied for a rosé.
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Calcareous Rosé - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although it’s fully dry, this Zin is hot and prickly. It’s also overripe, with a taste of raisins that’s almost Port-y.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very ripe, almost like the berry-cherry filling from a pastry, this Zin also has notes of chocolate and sweet roasted coconut. It’s rough and ready in the mouth, with jagged tannins, and needs meats and cheeses to balance it.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and sugary sweet, with spicy black raspberry and chocolate flavors, this is a clean, simple wine to drink with barbecue.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes like it has residual sugar. Either that, or the enormously high alcohol is giving it a glyceriney taste. Maybe both. Whatever the cause, this Syrah is uncomfortably sweet through the finish, giving the blackberry and cherry flavors a candied quality. Ready now.
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Calcareous Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Paso Cabernets are expected to be soft. This one is, but it’s also complex and delicious. It lacks the structural elegance of the North Coast, but compels with ripe blackberry, chocolate, anise and spice flavors. They attract immediately and last through a long finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Richly fruity aromas of blackberries and currants are accented by lovely pepper, spice and herb notes. Even seems a bit floral on the nose, then turns creamy and supple on the palate, before picking up a hint of alcohol on the finish.
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Calcareous Syrah - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tremendously forward in fruit, this soft, dry wine has black cherry, blackberry and chocolate flavors wrapped in smooth, rich tannins, and a peppery aftertaste.
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Calcareous Syrah - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This blend of Cabernet, Syrah and Zinfandel is simple, soft and overtly sweet. It has berry, cherry, currant and chocolate flavors that taste sugary, like pie filling.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ridiculously high in alcohol, clocking in at nearly 16%, and it shows in a porty taste that frames the blackberry jam and chocolate flavors. Drink now.
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