Winery - Oveja Negra
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The start is a bit foresty but under the microscope this blend has the chops to deserve a Best Buy call out. The palate is perfectly ripe and loaded with plum, berry and vanilla from the oak. It is easy to take and finishes in clean, medium-length fashion. Nothing complicated; just a good-drinking red wine for not much cash.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This little rosado blend has some appealing characteristics, namely its spice- and melon-tinged nose and its guava, mango and raspberry flavors. But it's also rather sweet and simple in feel and finish. Best as a quick refresher.
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Oveja Negra Rosé - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mossy on the nose, teetering on overripe and heavy. The palate throws out black olive, mulchy blackberry and earthy plum flavors, and then there’s coffee and ultimately burnt toast on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A dark, chunky wine with cola, cassis and beet-like aromas. The palate is extracted but gritty, with big blackberry fruit that doesn’t change or improve in the mouth. Deep as night but dull-edged; it flat-lines on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Simple and sort of plastic in smell, taste and feel. Bubble gum and apple skin flavors infiltrate the palate, and the mouthfeel and finish are creamy, dry and seem to be flattening out. Struggles to hold it together in the glass. A blend of Syrah and Cabernet fruit.
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Oveja Negra Rosé - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Melon, grass, tarragon and other patented SB aromas open the show. The palate is crisp and well cut, with flavors of white citrus, nectarine and lime. Light on the finish, with mild but lasting green notes.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Interesting and not that far off the mark. Normally Chardonnay and Viognier make for clumsy partners, but not so in this case. The nose has sweet acacia blossom aromas, and that’s followed by a plump but largely anonymous palate that turns to apricots and honey on the finish. A little cloying but good in small doses.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich and soupy smelling at first, then as it airs, cherry, leather and spice notes emerge. The palate is lush, deep and balanced, with blackberry and sweet plum flavors, finishing on a chocolate note.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Clean, crisp, no-nonense and neither Viognier nor Chardonnay in style. What it is is a lightly tropical, drink-me-now white wine with mango, banana and apple flavors. It drives it home on the palate and finish, and if well chilled it’ll go well with seafood, salad or Asian foods.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Wiry on the nose, with herbal, punchy, slightly strained red fruit aromas that suggest rhubarb. The palate is amorphous and standard, with lightly baked, mildly stewy blackberry and herbal flavors. On the finish, it’s pure tobacco, chocolate and coffee. Syrah, Carignan, Carmenère and Petit Verdot.
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