This wine was L's choice after she loved the much more expensive Reserve Baco from Henry of Pelham. At $13.95 a bottle, this wine was a much more reasonable choice than the $25 Reserve and was an appropriate choice to drink on its own with friends! We went over to L's friend, L also (L Eng. to distinguish), and had a lovely evening in on a rainy night out.
L - This wine is very grapey and not at all ash-tray-y. It tastes quite young. It is bright and a bit acrid at the end of the taste. It is a really nice wine to drink more than one glass of. It may be nice chilled or with BBQ. It is a more typical baco than the reserve, but it lacks the fruitiness of the more expensive pick.
L Eng.- It is musty and minerally tasting. It needs more air I think (after this we let it breathe for a bit and discussed the merits of decanters and aeroators). It like this wine and it is not very alcohol forward, unlike some reds which can be boozy and juicy. It is a very thin wine though.
A - It is musty and woody smelling. It tastes very simple and
then we let it breathe some. After the breathing, it was a light and
very smokey wine, with a little taste of cherry-esque flavour going on,
but there was not much else going on beyond smoke. It was a very young
wine with not much going on and lacked the complexity of the reserve. It was a good wine for casual sipping.
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