Nose: Honeycrisp apples, high tannin and acidity fresh pressed cider, cedar closet.
Palate: Brown sugar and tannins, toasted pecans, ryan, being a touch more glencairnes half full, thinks it’s piquant. Fresh blueberry, Apple cider vinegar, licking an envelope.
Rating: 6 / 10 – one elegant pour
Nose: It’s like getting hugged by maple syrup. creme brulee with an apricot reduction, right at the end of the aroma there is something with a bit more character, a hint of white pepper. The nose is gourmand.
Palate: Maple syrup indeed. Fluffy pancakes with a dusting of brown sugar. Oatmeal cookies. All the goodness from long aging with none of the heavy tannins. The white pepper wasn’t a figment of my imagination.
Rating: 6 / 10 – elegant and quite lovely, but misses some depth. Wish I knew which year it was bottled. I’d love to try a higher ABV from this domain.
Nose: Cachou lajaunie, fig tree sap, wet cut grass, fig newtons, orange marmalade, allspice, vanilla bean.
Palate: Oversteeped peach black tea, lavender tea cakes, anise syrup, clove cigs … spicy and very woody and oily. Dried grapefruit peel. Concentrated.
Rating: 4 (Ryan) 5 (Shane) / 10 – Unusual as on Grosperrin Ryan is the fanboi and I’m a tougher customer. But today this gelled for me on the palate making it acceptable. It’s a doozie and you need to be in the mood for a tongue twister. I’m sad that the samples had neither ABV nor the region.
Nose: I struggle to love Welch’s grape juice. Only because it was one of only two options as a kid until snapple finally burst onto the scene. And yet decades later, I remember the smell so distinctly. Bright and vibrant, with a touch of tannins and must. Frankly, a note I find more typical in cognac than armagnac. Underneath, hints of an herb garden, lemon balm and catnip. Sage.
Palate: Pretty spot on from the nose. Grape jam n herbs. Which could be pretty cool. A mouth drying effect, like eating pear skins. Even a touch of moist tobacco. A baking powder vibe, tannins balanced like tangerine peels and dried cherries. Reminds me of the mass-produced panettone that carrefour has during the holidays. I can eat a whole one of those things all by myself, and then often regret the indulgence.
Rating: 5 / 10 – too herbal for me, but this will appeal to the right crew.
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