Picked this up for about 11$ at K&L, but it's out of stock now. 85% old vine grenache and 15% syrah. Imported by Eric Solomon. Parker gave it a 91 in the Wine Advocate. Cherries, raspberries, and vanilla. After it opens up, the wine develops a nose of violets, and some meat. At one point, strangely, the wine smelled like birthday candles--perhaps nostalgic, but not delicious. Lots of berry and vanilla character to it. The wine is okay, but doesn't blow me away. It seems a little on the generic side, what with all of the vanilla and cherries. Also fascinating for me is that it appears Tanzer and Parker decided to write tasting notes at different points--Tanzer right after the wine was opened and Parker after it had been open for a while. Either way, I enjoyed the Artazuri lots more, because it was more expressive and interesting. This wine has way too much vanilla character, and it's just boring. C-
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