Toying with oak on a basic wine such as this can be a dangerous thing, and thus when something smells and tastes and finishes as roasted and burnt as this does, we don’t much like it. Expect earthy, leathery fruit flavors along with huge amounts of char, tar, peanuts and baked leather. It has decent mouthfeel and structure, but the nose and flavor profile are compromised by way too much char.——M.S.(5/1/2009)—— 81