Nose: Freshly cut grass complete with the exhaust from a gas lawn mower, clay pottery, the brown bottle cap candy (root beer), fried green tomatoes with remoulade, incredibly ripe cantaloupe, bbq lighter fluid, green olives, sal de gusanito

Palate: A trip to the gas station, clay / limestone – strong minerality and earthiness – potting soil, intense chamomile tea, melon pear (which is actually a sweet and strange sour cucumber) slightly metallic finish, hickory, long long finish is subtle touch of tea tree

Rating: 5 (Ryan) 4 (Shane) / 10 – this is a fine pour and I quite like the nose. I wouldn’t turn it away if offered, but that’s about where it ends. It has a very environmentally unfriendly bent to it : )

Nose: Imagine a spicy version of the Big Mac sauce (thousand island), roasted tomatoes, lemongrass, rotel, celery, black canned olives, worcestershire sauce, tire shop, maíz blanco (white hominy), classic bloody mary. With more time in the glass, you get a super intense beef jerky note.

Palate: A very refined version of the nose. A classy sunday brunch. An insanely smooth 51.5%. Tiny bites of cecina. Beets. Blackberry vinegar. Buckwheat pancakes with smoked breakfast sausages and a touch of potato / turnip / onion hash.

Rating: 6 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – an elegance and flavors