Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of clear purple. Nose of spicy alcohol, a bit chocolate, fermented cabbage, cherry jam, and medicinal note. Taste is round, silky, and like concentrated Pinot Noir with nice berry and cherry note, peppery, good alcohol content, marginal tannins, and good acidity. Aftertaste is medium long, savory with really no pitfall. Good. — 9 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of beautiful bright pink with grapefruit touch. Nose of ripe tropical fruit like banana and mango, a bit spicy and salty, and nice warm feeling. Taste is similar with ripe fruits, and subtle minerals. Aftertaste has some more spice and subtle acidity. Nice rose. — a month ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of dark yet clear amber. Nose of spicy sweetness, a touch of crayon, powerful strength of alcohol, and a bit baked apple. Taste is quite spicy and dry, sweetness is marginal, some oaky note indeed, still very powerful and dense. Aftertaste of baked apple jumping back to the scene, menthol, spicy and strong. Bold and manly. — a month ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of mix of red and purple. Nose is plenty with vanilla, medicinal note, green pepper, ripe cherry, cherry jam, some strawberries, and savory spice. Taste is similar, with some more stuff: quite silky, round tannins, ripe sweet fruit, oak, tobacco leaves, with some flowering note. Aftertaste shows some more zest also. Done well. — 14 days ago

Frank Kuo

8.8

Spicy and edgy, just shy of average. — a month ago

Frank Kuo

9.2

Color of dark ruby. Nose is chocolate, plum, raisin, spicy alcohol, and tiny bit of medicinal note. Taste is sweet, with peppery abs spicy mouth feel, sweet raisins, milk chocolate, a bit zesty, and really mellow but enough density on the tongue. Aftertaste is some spicy note again but still very smooth. A bit too much bitter note in the after taste. — a month ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of dark purple, a bit gray. Nose of dried sweet strawberries, sweet oak, plums, spicy alcohol, and some paint or crayon. Taste follows similar notes with some more salty bacon type of feeling, round and low tannins, peppery, a bit bittersweet, dried strawberries, matured acidity, and indeed some raisins. Aftertaste is right, medium long and resonates with overall tasting experience. Good. — a month ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of bubbly egg white. Nose of roasted nuts, honey, some tropical fruits, mineral, spice, and indeed quite nice. Taste of zest, acidity, mineral and tinkling spice. After taste of some more peppery note. Very good indeed. — 17 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of deep bloody red with purple hue. Nose is pretty with strawberries ice cream, raisins, cherries, and some medicinal note. Taste shows firm but polished tannins, thick and round, milk chocolates, raisins, subtle acidity, slightly sweet, and slight mineral. Aftertaste is medium long with silky tasty feeling. She is a hidden gem with this price tag. — 20 days ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of saturated copper, almost like dense black tea. Nose of intense aldehyde, crayon, power, oily, paint, and spicy. Taste of spicy cinnamon, heat wrapped in dense structure with slight sweetness leaked out slowly, chocolate, baked apple, menthol, and smoother than what nose hints. She is powerful in a reserved format. Not for a faint heart. — a month ago