Winery - Dark Star
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy and tannic, with red currant, cola, mushroom and pepper flavors. Lacks structure and charm, but an okay everyday sipper.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Firm in tannins, with deep, lush flavors of wild cherries baked into a pie, black raspberries, mocha, tobacco, herbs and spices. For all that richness, there’s good, dry structure. Nice with lamb and rosemary potatoes. Cabernet, Syrah and Petite Sirah.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry, rough and earthy, with an astringent mouthfeel. Decanting overnight will bring out the cherries and berries, and the wine is good with barbecue.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This score is perhaps charitable for this wine. It has vegetal-berry aromas, and is very dry and herbaceous in the mouth, with rough tannins. But it’s clean.
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Dark Star Merlot - 2001
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There are some lovely cherry and coffee flavors and rich tannins in this wine, but it suffers from a raisiny, Porty aroma. Best with ribs or chicken smothered in a slightly sweet barbecue sauce.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Has plummy, berry aromas, with a solid dose of toasty oak and a mushroomy, smoked-meat note. Dry and smoothly tannic. The moderate fruit flavors are characterized by ripe berry and meat. On the simple side, and finishes a bit rough.
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Dark Star Merlot - 1997
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A Bordeaux blend. Starts out with hot-country Cabernet aromas of ripe plums, cassis and asphalt. The fruit is ripe, almost overripe, with raisiny flavors that turn hot and slightly bitter on the finish. Tannins are ultrasoft, and it’s not very oaky. Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, with Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A soft, generous dinner wine, ripened by heat and balanced by good winemaking. Has currant and black-cherry aromas, with that telltale hot-country “burnt-rubber” note that is not unappealing. Drinks dry, clean and fruity. Tannins are ultrasoft and friendly. At its best now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One whiff tells you this is fine Zin: black cherry, raspberry, tobacco, earth, and plenty of black pepper and spice. Very soft and easy to drink. The residual sugar is just barely noticeable, giving it a cola-like flavor. This is a fruit-driven wine; extracted and jammy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry, raw and simple, with pruny flavors and a hot feeling through the finish.
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