Received as a gift from a friend whose brother is apparently the winemaker at this place in New Mexico. Went in with basically zero expectations of enjoyment and wow, was I surprised. They didn’t have a single cellar tracker entry prior till today. I had an interesting conversation about this wine, especially since I know nothing of New Mexico as a place for wine. Reportedly, New Mexico is a place where sweet reds is popular (this is not that) and also they sell sweet moscato out of the winery too. I’m going to be going back to the source here and investigating further.
Wonderfully herbaceous nose. Color is partially translucent brick red. Palate is medium bodied. Tastes of black cherry, dark plum, leather, white pepper, smoke and earthy elements. Tannins are extremely well managed and almost dangerously too easy to drink now but they are definitely present. A nice gripping acidity too bring you back to the next glass. This would be amazing with pizza or red pastas.
This bottle is gonna disappear a bit quicker than I originally promised them that I would be tasting it throughout the weekend.
