Dark purple in the glass.
Light nose of vanilla and cherry.
Very light bodied (verging on watery), vanilla, spicy, quite tangy, light raspberry and cherry.
A drying finish with some raspberry.
Purchased at $8.40 (Canadian).
At one time, this wine was the closet I came to having a house wine. Lovely fruit, good heft and that great smoky-leather-earthy qualities I just love. All of that, appears, to be gone. I never thought I would hope for a bad or off bottle, but I hope that is what I have encountered tonight and not a drastic change in house style. I shall have to conduct further bottle research to determine.
