Winery - Salentein
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Aromas of baked plum, spice and bramble give it a sweet-savory opening. The palate is a touch scratchy but also endowed with tasty raspberry, plum and spice flavors. All totaled it’s slightly heavy and probing, yet the burnt caramel, chocolate and dark fruit on the finish seem right for the wine.
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lugubrious, earthy and stewy, with leather, mint and barnyard aromas. The palate, once aired out, shows muscled-up plum and burnt coffee, while the finish deals chocolate and starchy tannin. Seems to be aiming higher than it reaches. Imported by The San Francisco Wine Exchange.
Tags:
Salentein Merlot - 2002
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The nose is slightly more vegetal than ideal, but in the mouth there is both good acids and body. Flavors of baked apples and dried mangoes seem sweet, and that’s because residual sugar is present.
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Hot and spicy aromas mix with raspberry notes, while the core is tart and leathery. This wine needs some work.
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Creamy yet dry on the nose, with a dusty overall bouquet and not too much fruit. The fruit on the palate is sweet but nondescript. Possibly too acidic as well.
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Piquant, with red bell pepper and faint plum and cherry aromas. Too weedy in the mouth to rate higher.
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of oak and chunky aromas lead it astray. In the mouth, it’s better, with racy red fruit and some pepper. Still, it’s not warm and cuddly like a Malbec of this type should be.
Tags:
Salentein Malbec - 2002
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Spicy and dull throughout, with peppery aromas and a tannic mouthfeel. Out of proportion and missing something.
Tags:
Salentein Merlot - 2002
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Better than the ’01, but still acidic and tannic. That said, it does offer attractive coffee and coconut aromas, and also interplay between cocoa and plum. The flavor mix is mostly complete, and there’s some nice spice to the finish.
Tags:
Salentein Malbec - 2002
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A slight wine with rosy aromas and not much else. Far from overpowering, it’s kind of meek, with lean but clean fruit. Given Salentein’s wondrous production facility and lofty intentions, this is disappointing.
Tags:
Salentein Malbec - 2001
0 out of 0 people thought this note was helpful.
