Frank Kuo

8.6

Color of deep opaque purple, almost only. Nose of cocoa from a foot away, some leather, dried strawberries, and sweet tobacco. Nose is quite nice. Taste is off. Quite acidic, dilute, and bitter. I feel the nose is good but the content is empty. Quite spicy and bitter on the aftertaste. — 15 minutes ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of clear deep ruby. Nose of cocoa, dried strawberries, spices, peppery, raspberry, and actually a bit mushroom. The nose is very Pinot noir like. Taste of saliva seducing acidity, refreshing raspberry note, peppers and spice note, mushroom note, and low in tannins. Again like a dense pinot noir. Aftertaste is medium long , with some oak note, tiny bit asset, and sweetness. She is like a super full body Pinot noir. Nice. — 8 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of dark purple, almost inky, and a bit cloudy. Nose of plum, berry, fermented cabbage, vanilla, and some touch of sulfate note. Taste is quite acidic, with plummy and salty note hidden beneath, some tobacco leaves, marginal tannins, a tiny touch of zest, and some backbone of alcohol. Aftertaste is dominated by tobacco note and bittersweetness. It is actually a quite dense wine with above average structure. — 19 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of very light black tea. Nose of herbal and medicinal sweetness, mild and smooth, and abbot salty minerals. Taste is pleasantly smooth, with once again herbal and medicinal sweetness, a bit zesty, with alcohol warmth hidden beneath. The taste is long and well structured. I can see how she gets good reviews due to her well structure and smoothness, but the medicinal flavors are just not my plate. — 22 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Beautiful color of bubbly gold. Nose is really nice. First wave is buttery nutty note, roasted nuts, and oaks. The second wave shows some fruity structure drizzled with spice from alcohol. The taste is vivid acidity, a bit salty note, sweet citrus, and hotness from alcohol. Quite sweet indeed. Aftertaste is the weak link with not too long finish, but with nice zesty and vanilla note. The layers are a bit missing too. Overall she is a beauty to enjoy on any night. — 2 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Nice deep color of dark ruby and purple. Nose is jumping out of the glass with dried strawberries and dried cherry, tobacco leaves, mocha, milk chocolate, and backbone of alcohol. Taste is beautiful chocolate note, off dried, tobacco leaf, some ripe cherry, not too thick, zest citrus peel, some warm, some alcohol, and sweet concentrated grapes. Aftertaste is dominated by lingering sweetness and zesty peel. The tannins is really marginal, so enjoy her now. The only tiny complaint I have is she is not as thick as I expected. — 16 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of clear dark ruby. Nose of milk chocolate, cherry, sweet sugar plum, some salty note, some leather, and some spicy alcohol. The nose is quite average. Taste surpasses the nose, with nice raspberry, some saltiness, some vanilla note, some bittersweetness, and very easy to drink with marginal tannins. A good daily ration wine. — 21 days ago

Frank Kuo

8.8

Color of dark ruby, a tiny bit cloudy. Nose is sub par with some chalky note, alcohol, limited amount of fruit, and some aldehyde. Taste is not too impressive either, with some dried strawberries, mushrooms wetness, sweet fresh grapes, low in tannins, and quite dilute. Aftertaste of a bit zesty peel, warmth from alcohol, some peach note, and again some sweet grapes. With the price I paid, not too satisfied. — 6 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.0

Color of clear ruby, lighter than I expected as she is a cab. Nose of cocoa upon opening. Nose of some cherry, some medicinal herbs, alcohol spice, about average. Taste is sweeter than nose, with ripe cherry, some coffee, some Oaks, and some medicinal herbs once again. She does have some good backbone of tannins. Aftertaste is dominated by warmth of alcohol, and yet again the medicinal syrup note. Not my plate although she is actually decent with above average flavors. — 14 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of dark purple mixed with ruby. Nose is nice with cocoa, vanilla, some berries, ripe cherries, and dried strawberries. Taste is also very chewy, with nice zesty note, strength of tannins, beautiful dried strawberries, minty menthol, yet dried enough to be noble. Aftertaste is medium long, with flavors like vanilla lingering around. Some zest and warmth of alcohol also dance on the tongue. Overall, she is well structured and round, with dense flavors. A nicely done red mix. — 20 days ago