Dried cherries and licorice; long warm finish — 3 months ago
Clear light straw gold, with some sediment; lime, lychee, toasted coconut, vanilla; lime forward, coconut (you mix de lime an de coconut an steer em right up!), moving to vanilla and a touch of licorice on the back palate, with more mouthfeel and weight; tangy finish but not long-lasting.
Sourced in the TX High Plains; 12.1% ABV — 7 months ago
Deep ruby/indigo; spice, leather, spring mud layered over ripe black plum on the nose; pepper, leather, sour cherry, fine and dusty tannins upfront; finishes mid-palate w lingering cherry notes.
Tasted while listening to Schubert’s Fantasia for Piano Four Hands in f, Op Pos, D 940 with David Fray and Hacques Rouvier — a month ago
Beautifully smooth, light bubbles, delicate fruit — 3 months ago
Inky purple, blackberry and cassis on the nose; dark cherry, blackberry, black plum, grippy tannins, intense acidity; tangy finish, deep on the back of the palate; still too young — 3 months ago
John had this 2 months ago
Good texture, rich flavor, matched most Thanksgiving foods — 3 months ago
Wonderful, yeasty and nutty, chestnut, lychee; smoith, light small bubbles — 3 months ago
Medium clear ruby; stewed strawberries, leather, licorice on the nose; Red Twizzler but not sweet, earthy, spicy, almost cruncy tannins, medium body but with depth; long spicy finish — a year ago
John Roselli
Dark ruby/indigo; leather, spice, pencil lead, ripe black plum on the nose; black pepper, sour cherry, leather, with fine dusty tannins upfront; lingering cherry on the finish, slightly tart.
Tasted while listening to Schubert’s Fantasia for Piano Four-Hands in f, Op. Pos., D. 940, Evgeny Kissin and James Levine tecorded live at Carnegie Hall (RCA Gold Seal) — a month ago