Spicy, value, savoury.
Great new label--eye catching and clean.
Expect plush aromas of blackberries and black cherry, vanilla, chocolate and violets, roasted herbs, peppery spices and toasted oak. The palate has a distinct saltiness that's layered with wild berries, cocoa, espresso and oak spice. Great value, a solid weekday red for BBQ, roasted mushroom dishes or hard cheeses or bean chili.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - July 2nd, 2020

Spicy, toasted, savoury.
Expect a smoky nose of meat, spice rub, leather and tobacco held up with a lifted core of blackberries and chocolate-rich mocha. Slick and supple boasts a substantial palate. It is weighty and peppery with a hint of fleur de sel and a charred, toasted finish.
A wine for grilled meats, roasted mushroom dishes or hard cheeses or hearty chili.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 15th, 2016

Spicy, value, savoury.
This value Malbec expresses aromas of blackberries ad cocoa, vanilla and licorice with baking spices and smoked meats at the core. Smooth and fresh it has flavours of roasted/compote of wild berries, tealeaf and spiced cocoa. A straightforward everyday red.
A wine for grilled meats, roasted mushroom dishes or hard cheeses or hearty chili.
©copyright 2017 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - November 2nd, 2017

Concentrated, smooth, savoury.
This authoritative bottle of Malbec delivers charred cherries and prune aromas layered with chocolate, brown spices, dried herbs, leather and espresso notes. Supple on the entry it's a smooth wine with chocolaty flavours melded with wild black berries and bay leaf, which rolls into roasted espresso on the finish. It has notable concentration and nice balance.
A wine for grilled meats, roasted mushroom dishes or hard cheeses or hearty chili.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - April 13th, 2022

Vigneti Zabu was established by the Farnese Group in 2007. The grapes for this singular red were plucked from vineyards located in western Sicily, south of Palermo, around the municipality of Sambuca di Sicilia, grown on clay-loam soils at nearly 1000 feet above sea level; it was aged six months in French and American oak.
It is a fresh and rustic red with characters of earth and brown spices, red fruit, saddle leather, cocoa and iodine. It's savoury and has distinct spice and chalky mineral, herb and wild berry flavours. A singular wine with a strong Sicilian stamp that shows good bones; it's made for Sicilian seafood dishes, fried eggplant, tomato dishes and assorted cheeses.
©copyright 2020 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - October 5th, 2020