Slightly bitter, smooth, nice digestif — 9 years ago
Funky introduction with subtle tannins. After 2-3 hours of opening, bitter vanilla with nice end tannins and fresh acidity. Nice savoriness. — 9 years ago
Bitter yet sweet — 10 years ago
Great with fish and chips at Huxleys — 10 years ago
Soft too. No back taste. Barely bitter. — 10 years ago
Bitter, medicinal, lovely — 11 years ago
The name almost had me turned off but the bitterness is quite mild. A very impressive ale, refreshing as drinking an iced tea! — 11 years ago
Excellent. Pleasantly bitter with a dark chocolate finish. Try using it in place of sweet vermouth in an Anejo tequila manhattan with Fee brothers Aztec chocolate bitters — 12 years ago
1st wine of Lafon-Rochet in top year @ £40+ drinking good now but a great 94-95+ in 5-10yrs 👍
🍇 67% Cab Sav, 27% Merlot, 5% Petit V & 1% Cab Fr
🍷Opaque ruby w/ purple hue
👃 Gravel, lead, minerals pushing through spiced blackberry/currant with sweet cedar, light smoked oak & earthy wet leaves
👄 Med body of velvety creamy smooth rich black berry fruits w/ earthy feel, black tea & bitter cocoa tones in fine dry tannin
🎯 Med+, slight dry. earthy dark fruit & black tea finish
🎶 Earth Song MJ 👑 — 9 years ago
No bitter taste. Subtle flavor — 9 years ago
Chocolate-y brown nose, with malty coffee, caramel and a smidgen of maple and wheat bran. Frothy cappuccino head with sudsy lacing. Wooden, dark-toast entry shows a mousse of some finesse, a rootbeer type character that becomes honeyed, then bakers Choctaw, but always with a sugared black coffee playing shadow. Ends with an expansive, bitter kola nut hangs around to make interesting conversation with your taste buds. Her name is Caryatis, and her wooden demeanor should not be taken as a surly distillation of her character, but merely a symptom of the Sazerac she had for breakfast. — 11 years ago
Quinine, bitter orange peel and a touch of burnt sugar. 40% ABV. Zesty and delicious. — 11 years ago
Decent, a bit bitter. Paired with steak and lobster. — 11 years ago
Aromatic, phenolic & complex. Rose, lychee, cured pork, bitter herbs. Full bodied, lots of texture, fruity but very dry. — 12 years ago
Blood orange,liquorice , strawberry, violet (?), grilled meat(?!) on the nose. I could spend the evening with my nose upon this glass! What a nose ! Blood orange again on the palate which tends to have this bitter feeling all along the acid backbone. Red fruits around there too. Not as Burgundian and ethereal and precise as the chateau (cdr) in the same vintage but I can feel the lineage here. The finish is long with a bitter salty touch. Wow again. For a 13€ price-tag I could have this any given day. Perhaps one of the best value ever encountered. I can’t wait to open the big big brother fonsalette — 8 years ago
The nose opened with hints of cedar dust, dried cherries, and crushed fall leaves. On the palate, I found refined and silky textures, with pure red fruits, spice, intense minerals and savory depth. The finish was long with hauntingly dark floral tones and hints of bitter herbs. — 9 years ago
First time try this producer with very high hope. First time tried amarone like way of making wine. It is aromatic with sour cherries, spice and pretty good balance of acidity and mineral. Tannin is pretty resolve and with a mild bitter core and some sweetness. Smell of light barnyard and fig and menthol. Overall ok. Burgundian like — 10 years ago
Rye whiskey in beer form. Rich smooth delicious and 15% abv?! — 10 years ago
Good, but not life-altering as some would seem to think. — 10 years ago
Tons of power and richness, it's an impressive wine but the bitter tannin on the finish suggests that it still needs a lot of time. — 11 years ago
Thank you Corkbuzz! I dig this amaro. — 11 years ago
Delicious. Bitter as a homeless man's unwashed ballsack, but tasty — 12 years ago
Sara Halbur
Citrus and clean not bitter! 💜 — 8 years ago