Change of pace, a wine and a 'nautical story'....
Picked up 4 bottles at World Market ‘buy any 4….’ @ $8.99/bottle for this wine.
The only part of the ‘story’ that interested me was the aging in rum caskets.
Like Apothica Inferno the alcohol content is higher than most wines, so it must be picking up some alcohol from the barrels.
I don’t taste rum, but it’s as smooth a red blend as I’ve tasted. You won’t be disappointed, if you like red blends.
Even the corks have a ‘crime report’.
Picked up 4 bottles at World Market ‘buy any 4….’ @ $8.99/bottle for this wine.
The only part of the ‘story’ that interested me was the aging in rum caskets.
Like Apothica Inferno the alcohol content is higher than most wines, so it must be picking up some alcohol from the barrels.
I don’t taste rum, but it’s as smooth a red blend as I’ve tasted. You won’t be disappointed, if you like red blends.
Even the corks have a ‘crime report’.
Quote:
19 Crimes The Uprising Red Wine Aged 30 Days in Rum Barrels South Eastern Australia 2016 750ML
http://19crimes.com/
TASTING NOTES:
In making 19 Crimes “The Uprising” we selected particular wine parcels for their spice and concentration of flavour providing the wine with great intensity and lusciousness on the palate.
The vintage 2016 is Shiraz dominant lending bright raspberry fruit and plush tannin structure with Cabernet Sauvignon to provide blackberry fruits, palate weight and structure and then Grenache to provide spice and fruit sweetness on the palate.
The nose has intense lifted mocha, caramel and baking spice notes. On the palate the wine is full and mouth coating with brown sugar, jammy blackberry and chocolate notes.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS:
Temperatures were significantly warmer than average during the spring and summer months.These weather conditions caused bud burst to occur at the usual time, but vine growth and development rapidly increased with flowering, and harvest dates occurring earlier than ever before on most vineyards.
A dry winter and spring with little effective rainfall resulted in reliance on irrigation with little disease incidence.All fruit varieties matured rapidly, resulting in an unprecedented compressed vintage.Fruit fully ripened with good flavour and varietal definition.
pH: 3.47
Acidity: 6.9g/L
Alcohol: 15.0% w/v
Residual Sugar: 12.0 g/L
