First, let me just say that this wine is not even close to as good as the Layer Cake I had recently. The Layer Cake was really something else in terms of purity of fruit and intense aromatics.
This wine is from Paul Hobbs, who also makes some famous wines in Sebastopol--some of which have gotten 100 points from Robert Parker. Vina Cobos is his Argentinean operation that he started with Catena Zapata in 1988. This is not a normal wine for me to be drinking. There is a fruity nose of blackberries and plums, some spice, licorice, and a little oak. In the mouth, the wine is jammy at first, but turns silky after a couple of hours, with plums, blackberries, and an earthy finish. It has a lot of depth, but it's missing something. Overall, it's a good wine, it's tasty, it's a good value, it's big, and it's a fruit bomb. B
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