After breathing for a bit, the wine has a lovely nose of oak, anise, and some spicy notes. The taste is very Bordeaux, but it also reminds me of a number of the wonderful American Bordeaux blends coming out of the pacific northwest, with ripe fruit at the outset, transitioning into black pepper spice and finishing with some very mellow tannins to a nice, dry finish.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 7, it's just a great solid wine that would accent a great variety of dishes. Tonight I am enjoying it with a nicely grilled ribeye steak, very rare, along with some sweet potato fries and some steamed baby vegetables. The wine holds up quite nicely to a rare grilled steak, and I expect it would be a nice accompaniment to a number of heavier meat dishes. It was also quite a value, as I recall this wine was about $10 at my local retailer, so certainly a good value.
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