Winery - Calina
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich and full-bodied, a big wine packed with fruity, berry flavors. It’s very dry, with noticeable tannins. Lacks subtlety and finesse, but has other things to recommend it.
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Calina Carmenère - 2001
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Calina Chardonnay was born in 2001 and in every year since the wine has achieved Best Buy status. The 2007 is full of apple, pineapple and banana aromas and flavors. Along the way hazelnuts, pear and honey enter the mix. Light but not forced, with proper acidity and balance.
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Calina Chardonnay - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
We believe this is what bargain hunters want from their value-priced Merlot. The wine has soft, stylish berry and toasted oak aromas and then a juicy but balanced palate with proper acidity, slight tannins and solid red-berry flavors. A good package for all occasions.
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Calina Merlot - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
More oak and color than the regular Calina Merlot, but that means more coconut, resin and char as well. Black raspberry and currant-like flavors are plump and medium-long, while the finish has some tannic grab and girth along with woody touches like vanilla and spice. With 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Calina Merlot - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A ton of oak aromas hit with force: there’s butterscotch, mocha and caramel leading the pack. The palate is pretty jacked up on sweet cassis and berry flavors, so don’t expect too much in the way of elegance. Then more butter and vanilla floods the finish. Reasonably good but not as harmonious as the 2005.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A warm, uncomplicated wine. The nose delivers oak and aromas of balsamic dressing, pencil shavings and chunky blackberry. Chunky is also the best way to describe the palate, which emphasizes blackberry, cherry and plum. Size is both the wine’s virtue and bane, and in the final count the 2005 Alcance Carmenère seemed better balanced.
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Calina Carmenère - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A straight shot down blackberry lane. The palate is all about the fruit; it’s got lots of texture, and maybe even some tannins to shed. Finishes with gravel, herb and a certain meatiness. The nose—wood and maybe a bit of mocha—is not its strength.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Basic raspberry and plum aromas and flavors are accented by herbal, foresty notes. The palate is grabby, tannic and chunky, with herbal accents to the berry fruit flavors. Finishes with milk chocolate, acidity and tannic bite.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Aromatically, it’s light, with leafiness and citrus peel scents. Cherry, cassis and olive flavors float on a bed of firm tannins, while the finish is toasty and slightly medicinal.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rustic and leathery, with horse, licorice and black plum on the nose. Saturated but rough in the mouth, with giant crushed-fruit flavors that push hard tannins and bold acidity. An untamed wine.
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Calina Carmenère - 2004
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