Last red from Kale Anderson's personal wine project, Kale Wines. Darker ruby red than the Home Run Cuvée with some purplish hues. This bottle was tasted over four days and it was needed. Day one (92): Nose was tight with slight heat and back end of berries (both red and dark, more dark thou) with some dark plums. You could easily see this is a super extracted wine. Plush with dark dark fruits, creme de cassis, and some light baking spices. No heat on the palate. Heavy tannins (8/10) and full bodied with a super long finish. Day two (93+): Still a little bit of heat on the nose. Still crazy powerful on the palate, huge punch of baking spices, caramel and vanilla. Still needs time to fully integrate. Day three and four (96): Heat has dissipated on the nose but still loaded with the dark fruits and spices. The palates complexity definitely started to show, slight spiciness, and lots of dark cocoa espresso beans. So delicious, voluptuous and stunning. We could sit and drink this wine all day. Stunning value and we might have to try and grab some. Drink till 2030. — 9 years ago
The nose is big and juicy, with red fruit and minerals. There is a pretty good level of acidity, and the Gamay palate hits nicely, with that light, grapey sensation that make the wine so great with a holiday turkey. It also does very well as the jug of wine to go with “a loaf of bread” and “thou.” — 9 years ago
Old Calabria is number one on my personal travel books top list, wrote by that British genius who was Norman Douglas. Now this is the optimum wine to pair with such a reading: rarity, daring, intensity... only to mention few of the features we'got stated in here. Name of the wine's: 'A Vita - La Vite, The Vine in Calabrian dialect in harmony with The Life/La Vita as well - it focuses from the start the insane complexity and discloses the fleeing of the whole subject in itself! Salute e lunga Vita, thou good Old Cirò! — 10 years ago
Little (accidental?) CO2, fun not annoying thou; toffee, meat, leather, plum candy, raisin. drinks beautifully. — 10 years ago
Art thou still alive, Manling? — 11 years ago
Aged very nicely but needed 90 minutes to show its beauty. Be patient and thou shall be rewarded. — 11 years ago
Thou shalt not doubt Sangiovese. Baked cherries, dried cranberries and bushels of herbs. Basil, thyme, and oregano. A soft touch of balsamic, and a salami pepper. Fantastic! — 9 years ago
As I put my sweet baby girl to bed after a looong day, snuggling with her in her new "big girl bed", I found a stray eyelash on her cheek. Maybe I'm alone in this, but for as long as I can remember I have been superstitiously transferring these from one finger to another...and if I blow the lash off while making a wish, "they" say it will come true. I tried wishing this was a 2007 Screaming Eagle - or that I could magically be beamed onto David Lentine's Napa trip for the night (ha!). Alas, no such luck. Seriously thou, with my kids' lashes, I have always wished the same thing: "may you have a wonderful life." But I made this addition: "may you always have the courage to be yourself." #inthistogether #overturnHB2 #onlylove — 9 years ago
Need patience until it gets open. Right out of the bottle, no flavor no complexity - just bad... But once it opens up, bold and flavorful. This wine comes from grapes at higher altitude so darker due to more UV. Oakier than Alexander Valley Cabs. Not as pallet friendly thou. I love it but those who aren't into cabs probably won't. — 9 years ago
First pink DOCG - thou half bottle. Just so-so, strong alcohol and wood taste at the beginning and dry texture, smooth thou — 10 years ago
Excellent value from this wine produced just east of la clape. Lots of fruit and under €5 a bottle. — 10 years ago
as a matter of fact, one of the most sophisticate, pure, precise, clean, juicy Ribolla in the whole orange world. young thou. − 2009 vintage — 10 years ago
This wine made me like Chardonnay again — 12 years ago
Very palate-friendly merlot with a very good price tag! Smooth even right after opening it. 2013 didnt need to be decanted. Dry red wine lovers might not like this thou.
Black fruits♡ understand why it got 92pt — 9 years ago
Merlot gets a bad rap. Everyone always quotes Paul Giamatti's Sideways line: "I'm not drinking any f#*%ing merlot!"... could one sentence bear so much weight?! Apparently the bias was formed when producers sacrificed quality for quantity when the varietal became popular. Even thou it's more of a blending grape, I am a big fan of a good Merlot. And at our wine dinner Thur, I liked Darioush's Merlot just as much as the Cab (and it was half the price). Lots of fruit and softer in a way. (Softer is undervalued these days) — 9 years ago
Great fresh acidity and tropical sweetness. Clementines or satsumas ( I'm not able to distinguish between my miniature citrus fruits) — 9 years ago
Misty eyed quail radish, why art thou so inept? — 10 years ago
Decant and thou shant be disappointed — 10 years ago
Minerals and nuts! — 10 years ago
Syrah granach — 11 years ago
Oh Haven...where art thou? — 12 years ago
Ivan Echeverria
This apple cider I found in Sweden in the city of uppsala.
Its quite sweet and it's made of elder flower. Very refreshing thou the flower taste is quite strong.
— 8 years ago