Medium yellow color; citrus, lemon, grapefruit, wet stone on the nose; lemon, white pepper, melon, white peach, pear, wet stone on the palate. Continue reading
Category: Tasting Notes
Zeni Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2009
Deep garnet-ruby color; black fruit, peppercorn, clove, smoke on the nose; dark fruits, tart black cherry, blackberry, ripe plum, chocolate, spice on the palate. Continue reading
Lamole di Lamole Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2012
Medium ruby color; earth, cherry, potpourri on the nose; black cherry, redcurrant, raspberry, chocolate, leather, plum on the palate. Continue reading
Varozza Vineyards Estate Cabernet Franc St. Helena Napa Valley 2012
Deep ruby color; black cherry, blackberry, raspberry, violets, gravel, leather on the nose; sour cherry, plum, blackcurrant tang, blackberry, strawberry on the palate. Continue reading
Ravenswood Old Vine Zinfandel Sonoma County 2014
Deep purple-black color; blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, baking spice on the nose; blueberry, strawberry, boysenberry, some oak on the palate. Continue reading
Avignonesi Desiderio Merlot Toscana IGT 2012
Deep ruby color; blueberry, raspberry, spice on the nose; redcurrant tang, black cherry, raspberry, blackberry, plum on the palate. Continue reading
Cooper Mountain Vineyards Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley 2016
Pale gold color; lemon, lime, citrus zest on the nose; citrus, yellow apple, honeydew melon, peach, pineapple on the palate. Continue reading
Kim Crawford Pinot Gris 2017
Pale straw color; pear, apple, citrus, ginger, lemongrass on the nose; apple, citrus, lemon, lime, melon on the palate. Kim Crawford says this tastes of Braeburn apple—a hybrid created in New Zealand in the 1950s by crossing Lady Hamilton and Granny Smith apples, but may just be NZ pride. Continue reading
E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde de Guigal 2012
Dark ruby-purple color; spice, red berries, olive, chocolate, whiff of oak on the nose; raspberry, plum, blackberry, bacon, herbs, spice on the palate. Continue reading
Marchesi de Frescobaldi Castello di Pomino Chardonnay 2016
Deep straw-gold color; apricot, green apple, lemon on the nose; tropical fruits, cardamon, green apple, lemon, peach on the palate. Continue reading
