We had a fantastic evening grilling and enjoying some delicious food and wine with friends the other night!
My review and tasting notes are as follows:
2020 Purple Angel
Tasting Notes: Vanilla, oak, black fruit, leather, earth, licorice, spice, mocha, plum, violet, vegetal and blue fruit
Characteristics: Rich, smooth, layered, and velvety! Yum!
Grape: Carmenere
My Rating: 4.6 / 96 points
2020 Francois Rousset-Martin Voyage Au Bout de Nuits
Tasting Notes: Black fruit, red fruit, licorice, earth, barnyard, mushroom, boysenberry and cherry cola
Characteristics: Light, bright, and perfumed with red fruit on the nose with an earthy barnyard funk.
Grape: Pinot Noir
My Rating: 3.9 / 89 points
2016 Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Margaux
Tasting Notes: Black fruit, oak, tobacco, leather, smoke, red fruit licorice, floral, and smoke
Characteristics: It didn’t start expressive, but once it started warming up and became exposed to air it opened up. It became smooth with a lasting silky finish.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
My Rating: 4.3 / 93 points