Steven Richardson

8.3

Nose: Smells like a stuffy change room at a chlorinated public pool.

First impression: Not sweet, much better than expected. Plummy, as expected. Subtle to flabby (tannin) expectations.

Tasting: Is there alcohol in this? Dark cherry, to goji berry or light cranberry? Cedar or dry pine. Smooth. Seamless.


Did Trius end up being a 7.8-rated (in this app) ‘travesty’ ? No.

Trius: Trees(are)us 🌲 — a month ago

Steven Richardson

9.2

Odd treats to bring to a picnic. Three courses of: butter, oak/rye, leather. — 7 months ago

Steven Richardson

8.5

A dogleg of a wine: sweeps from the brightness of grape stem, to meaty plum, to school paste, or maybe pencil shavings. Of course never actually ‘savoured’ the latter two, but since this is just a wine review, let’s say: it ends on my pallets with conceptual notes of school paste and pencil shavings. — a year ago

Steven Richardson

8.4

Me to my partner: We need to start buying more Sangiovese!

That said, ever seen or tried that wine “Cupcake”? It reminded us of that so, this one is overall very entry level or, introductory let’s say. So job well done, you drew us in. But, again, it’s like a cupcake: appealing at first blush but then, it’s just a fancier muffin. — 3 months ago

Steven Richardson

8.5

Cherry stone, rye whiskey/ oak, mandarin orange fruit cup, hint of extremely flat cola. — 6 months ago

Steven Richardson

8.6

Thankfully neither fishy nor litigious. Nice fruity sauv, notes of green pear and apricot still clinging to the stone (and not the first husband).

At least it made us feign cheekiness to post this review - so maybe it has the intended effect? You be the judge @11$. — 8 months ago

Steven Richardson

9.1

Vanilla is known as ‘the salt of the baking world’ and this wine embodies that. Velvety smooth vanilla, maybe black cherry or Concord grape, peppercorn, tea leaf. I was skeptical at first finding an 11 year old wine in 2021 that had bottle gimmicks like fake gold wire, but is worth the 30$CAD if you can find it! — a year ago

Steven Richardson

9.2

Very Soft apple cider. Maple wood, the “milk” in milk chocolate, not the “lavender” in lavender, but the “milk” of lavender? Whatever it is, there is like a floral or herbal substance or spirit animating the flavour that’s carried by the “milk chocolate”. Some kind of cucumberism?

Lots of complexities to this despite being a red blend. I guess, maybe that explains the encompassing or hard-to-nail flavours. It’s an archetype or an ensemble rather than something singular. That said it’s got plenty of personality. — 4 months ago

Steven Richardson

8.8

Pomegranate, new inner tube rubber, tobacco, cantaloupe /peppercorn tongue feel. A delicate yet affordable Chianti-Sangiovese blend. 🍷🍈🚬 — 6 months ago

Steven Richardson

8.4

First sip: Strong Cotton candy/ Grape cough syrup but not in a totally bad way. Next sip: Bran muffin and vanilla again but in the sense of vanilla Bacardi. Third sip: Windex/milk chocolate essence. My tasting may seem all over over the place, but the name of the wine made me think of pairings. I don’t recommend actually trying the pairings I just suggested, but if you ever did then this wine is for you! — 9 months ago