Frind Big Red 2018, BC VQA Okanagan Valley
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Critic Reviews (4)
A very bright and lightly earthy wine with mild notes of smoke taint. Still bright and vibrant and stylistically more...
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Ripe in the most obvious sense of the word, to say nothing of the earthiness in the aromatic wave. Fruit was left to...
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This is medium to full bodied, fairly well balanced blend. It is a bit plain in the sense that aromatic and flavour...
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This wine is both slightly jammy and vegetal, with roasted peppers, burnt rubber and cherry jam, and sweet oak...
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Community Reviews (1)
Merlot, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon. The medium+ intensity nose is ripe and plummy with a mix of red and black fruits, red cherry, and touches of cedary wood & stemmy characters. On the medium-bodied palate it has delicious ripe cassis, black cherry, blackberry, plummy, and sweet wood spice flavours supported by fresh, well-balanced acidity and supple, structured and slightly chalky tannins. Some minty herbals and leafy notes add complexity on the mid-palate. Juicy & succulent with cedar wood spice and savoury cocoa notes lingering on the finish, with very good length. Tasted Nov/2021.
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