I really do miss the pop of the cork as you pull it free from the bottle, the crack of the metal cap just doesn’t have the same appeal or romance, especially when the wine is of a quality level such as this Black labeled beauty.
I specify Black Label as it is used most often to identify quality in wine, spirits and so on.
However, it’s used far too regularly, as an advertising ploy, with the product not delivering on the promise of Black Label quality at all.
Rest easy, readers, as this wine really is of Black Label quality without the hefty price tag.
In the glass: The wine is a very dark plum bordering on crimson, almost black really.
The nose: is concentrated with dark fruit filling the nostrils with a little spice from the oak laced together with the wonderful, rich fruit wafting from the glass.
In the mouth: the dark fruit is flush with chocolate-like tannins bound together with well-handled oak in the background, supporting the long and opulent finish of this wine, deserving of its Black label status.
I enjoyed this wine with a thick rib eye steak that just melted in the mouth, highlighting the oak and soft tannins in this rather opulent and pleasing wine.
