Nose: It’s dark out but still hot tonight. The clouds just rolled in to cover the stars. I keep putting a shirt on for zoom meetings and then taking it off between. This bottle needs a cicada soundtrack. It smells like indian summer. Pineapple on a stick. Fresh strawberry mint lemonade popsicles. Damn I need to make those again. Old spice aftershave. Big wood and a spice hit of cloves and cinnamon…

Palate: Lightly fermented pineapple kombucha. Brazil nuts. Turron leaning into the nougat side. Nutmeg. I loved dried spiced lemon and orange peel my buddy Eddy Fei used to share with me. I think they were from china. Spiced with chili and star of anise. Probably other spices. Wish I could try them again. A light aspirin vibe underneath, but it’s not bothering me this time.

Rating: 7 / 10 – now we are talking. Big bold palate. yum.