This wine is highly aromatic, with pretty red fruits and exotic spice. The palate is medium bodied and delicious, showing wild strawberry, dried cranberry and rhubarb flavors. There’s some nice dried herb and baking spice nuances to this wine, supported by decent amounts of acidity and tannin. It’s fresh and vibrant now, however, this wine will mellow further with some age
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93 pts/Best Buy - Wine & Spirits: ““That’s just beautiful.” I don’t often write those words for a
$20 wine, if I write them at all. While Chester Osborn may be farming 37 varieties and
making many more wines, he has in no way neglected this classic. In fact, this is the
best d’Arry’s Original in recent memory, though Chester’s father, d’Arry Osborn, may remember better since he created the original “Burgundy” blend in the 1960s. This is a lovely, bright, sassy wine, more about elemental sensations than any direct fruit. The grape-skin freshness of its tannins seems to reflect the cool, late vintage, delivering a sensation like the pure brisk feel of snow melt. The texture is supple, with some rocky
edges, and there’s a spice to the wine, a bright fruit character shadowed by gamey notes. Simple, classic and delicious.”
91 pts/VALUE PICK OF THE WEEK - Wine Spectator: “Juicy, plump cherry, blackberry and blueberry flavors mingle with vanilla bean, mocha and nutmeg details in this red. The tannins are firm, and there's a savory, sanguine note in the background, plus a lingering hint of roasted chestnut. Shiraz and Grenache.”
91 pts - Halliday Wine Companion: “Excellent release. It has some volume. Raspberry and black cherry with saltbush and briar notes. It holds up well through the full length of the palate. Recommended.”
91 pts - James Suckling.com: “A very attractive array of raspberry-driven aromas with a sleek, drinkable palate. Super fine tannins carry redcurrant, red-plum, raspberry and blueberry flavors in linear mode. Stunning value, like a good Cotes du Rhone."
89 pts - Wine Enthusiast: “This 50-50 blend of Grenache and Shiraz from a comparatively cool vintage, starts out fleshy, fruity and attractive, with ripe blueberries and violets at the fore, backed by soft peppercorn and earthy, savory spice. Then come the tannins - chiseled, drying, granular in texture and all-encompassing. The fruit manages to poke its head out but is soon muscled out by the massive tannins that don’t quite integrate."
