Nose: Vanilla wafers, sugary frosting, diluted windex
Palate: Comin’ in hot. Wood is real intense. Lemon pledge, lightest sulfur note. Finishes on a real green note.
Rating: 3 / 10 – this isn’t great
Nose: Flambeed peaches leaning towards gummy peaches, grilled leeks, going to let it breathe a bit. Nose feels shy and restrained. White tea, jasmine flowers
Palate: How un-pouchegu, all fruits, and the oak tannins without the spice cabinet, yet quite delightful. Very elegant in some ways. Peach white tea. Gentle floral fruitiness. Then the bitter hits and this is almost aspirin bitter. It somehow work with the fruit. But not positive I can hang.
Rating: 6 / 10 – the fruits are wonderful, but like A6, the bitter finish is a love or hate thing.
Nose: Syrupy, apricots/loquat, spearmint lifesavers, white tea, overripe pineapple, juicy fruit.
Palate: So fruity, really delicious, the wood lends a really nice backbone to balance out the nose/palate
Rating: 8 / 10
Nose: Big caramel apple, honey, cabinet spices
Palate: Thin, slightly bitter, orange blossom
Rating: 5 / 10 – love the nose, I find the palate only okay
Nose: Funky fruit, garlic, hint of sulfur, oyster crackers, bad clam chowder
Palate: Super ripe nearly rotten fruit, turned mangoes, pineapple, rambutan, pencil lead, kerosene or gas undertone, hint of garlic on tiny sips.
Rating: 4 (Ryan) 6 (Shane) / 10 – really reminds me of a big hogo rum a la hampden / long pond. If it wasn’t for the garlic this could be awesome. It’s so challenging and kind of upsetting.
Nose: Walnuts & dried peaches
Palate: Nutty, black tea, tobacco, turkish dried apricots, figs.
Rating: 5 (Ryan) 6 (Shane) / 10 – rich and robust with a heavy hand
Nose: The kids and I have recently embarked on the grand adventure of popsicle making. Currently contender for the king of pop, nectarine & passionfruit. The rich fruit bouquet is almost overwhelming. Like sitting mid orchard as the fruit drops from heavy branches and birds sing their high praises. Pink peppercorn simple syrup. Pink grapefruit gummies. Man I miss those, haven’t seen them here in europe for years.
Palate: The kiss of an orchard. Yellow peaches. Even the syrup from canned yellow peaches. Which is a personal peccadillo. But something fundamentally spice along with the sugar rush. Fresh rye bread with a thin scrape of butter and peach marmalade. With a lemon twist. The lightest touch of cloves.
Rating: 8 / 10 – So darn fruity. I usually head over to the oak side, but this is such a freaking phenomenal expression of vibrant orchard goodness.
Nose: Cherry cola vibe, super glue.
Palate: Coffee beans, leather, strong wood but integrated fairly well, hints of the cherry cola on the nose
Rating: 5 / 10
Nose: Green olive brine, tangerine, lychee, honeysuckle, jasmine, good n plenty.
Palate: Note for note on the nose. With a nice sweet potato and then peppery note. What a juxtaposition. One martini extra funky.
Rating: 7 / 10 – yum. Olives in the front, fruit party in the back.
Nose: Real ripe fruitalicious, juicy fruit gum. Angel food cake and fresh made whipped cream. Christmas pudding. Nice backbone of oak standing up to the fruit, cabinet spices, black peppercorn, fresh coriander, nutmeg, cardamom which tiptoes to chai.
Palate: Oaky bubble gum, new product coming at ya! A one two punch. Big oak, with big spices. I happen to like that so bring it. Still a touch bitter.
Rating: 5 / 10 – I like oak. But no depth and no complexity. I genuinely want to like this more, but the finish has a sour note that is hard to chill with.
Nose: Chocolate turron with rice krispies, nougat, cocoa pod flesh, dried cherries
Palate: Leathery, chocolatey, delicious.
Rating: 7 / 10 – big delicious simple sherry bomb.
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