I have never tasted a wine that so closely resembles an Italian amaro on the nose. Smelled almost identical to Fernet Branca. Holy mint and herbs. Oh and tannin for days — 9 years ago
Burly as a soy sauce shot with a layer of ginger beer. With a persistent effervescence. Tar and burnt coffee, burnt toast, burnt sugar, burnt marshmallow and black strap molasses. As to the nose: obviously secondary to this beast, which demands you first build courage to step into the haunted shack and face the fiery demons of sugar and acrimony. Nose: moldy soy sauce with burnt brittle, carbon paper, India ink, tire rubber, fernet branca, unsweetened licorice. There is brown sugar and bakers chocolate with burnt grounds and other sacrileges! The final piece of this puzzleheaded pumpkin extravaganza is as spooky as hell. Krampus is coming!!! — 10 years ago
A perfect digestif. Much more accessible that Fernet Branca, but just as effective. — 10 years ago
Nice and deep. Not too acidic. Great with Argentinian BBQ! @branca — 10 years ago
My número uno go-to amaro after Fernet Branca. — 10 years ago
Aquavit brings me home. This is Occidental. A #cocktail with Linie aquavit, Grand Marnier, Amaro and a Fernet Branca rinsed coupe glass. Linie is shipped from Norway around the globe while it is aged in old cherry casks. So awesome! Garnish with an orange twist and you're good to go. — 11 years ago
Vinho elegante, com aparência vermelho rubi brilhante. Evidente aroma de frutas vermelhas maduras com cassis e ameixa branca e insinuações de café. — 11 years ago
Interesting. A Giorgio Rivetti/La Spinetta Fernet.
Nose reminds me of Branca , but palate is deceptively light and almost thin. Interesting, but didn't work for me. — 12 years ago
O vinho exibiu bela coloração dourada brilhante e grande riqueza de notas aromáticas como pêssego confitado, amêndoas, mel, flor branca e um toque de especiarias e casca de laranja cristalizada. À boca, apresentou muita elegância, com corpo médio, dulçor em harmonia com a boa acidez e um final longo e frutado.
Um belo vinho para acompanhar fois gras, sobremesas, castanhas, ou simplesmente aprecia-lo sozinho. — 8 years ago
Not for everyone...like Fernet Branca wine with herbs and God knows what in there but Monks live off this stuff so can't be all bad. — 9 years ago
Awesomely fresh and green with out being astringent. 3 months in barrel without being oaky. — 9 years ago
Eucalyptus, prickly pear and a balsamic toast atop peppermint oil finishes out the pungent microcosm. Tight near-ripe raspberry, tannic cranberry and red clay with basil oil tend to the center. There is cola-cherry-syrup- bourbon root liqueur happening that makes it darken toward the end, almost Coke and Fernet branca, but also a very green, leafy remnant full of iron. The finale is pomegranate, and it is a chewy answer to the pointed questions in the middle. Great vintage, fabulous wine. — 10 years ago
Drank with Kat at Branca — 10 years ago
Crazy effort bordering on obsessive. 13 unlucky years and this mutant wants a fight! Alright! Let's eat some souls!! Bakers chocolate nose, rewrites chocolate to become a tannic hulk worm that burrows into your expectations of French wine. Fernet Branca on a flipping vine! Yes!!! Damn you! You are bigger! Darker!! More haunting! Black olive living inside charcoal, burnt earth, burnt rubber in a blackberry sauce! Hell. This is hate personified! A dirty monster demanding recognition from Simps beyond control! — 10 years ago
Good minerality, bits of lemon and white fruit. A bit too acid, but still good. Boa mineralidade, com toques de limão e fruta branca. Um pouco ácido demais, mas ainda gostoso. — 11 years ago
Better than cream de menthe. Loved t. At Pig and Pickle with Anderson's. great night good waiter Steven. — 11 years ago
Trying to describe Amaro in words is hard. This is something between a Nonino and a Fernet Branca. — 8 years ago
Deliciously balanced little number - dried apricot, licorice with a soft touch of fino style 'briny-ness'. Light and refreshing on the palate despite the apparent dessert wine sweetness. If you can find it - get it! — 9 years ago
Balsamic/soy. Broiled maple, brown sugar, charred apple, cedar, cinnamon and a peach in rum-blackberry reduction bordering on oyster sauce Coffee rye soaked in burnt brown syrup, bakers chocolate, fernet branca comes to mind, sage, peppercorns, dark botanicals. #stonebrewery #russianimperial #stout — 10 years ago
Yerba Mate is the main botanical in this one. Peperino and Eucalyptus lend a predominantly minty note dominating the palate. This is the Branca Menta of gins. Very good. — 10 years ago
Great taste. Not as concentrated and bitter as Fernet Branca. — 10 years ago
When is a beer not a beer? When it's something the same and somehow greater. Power with nuance like an impossible love child of Ferenet Branca, Fonseca and Duvel. Go find some. — 10 years ago
Realmente no quesito Uva Branca...não devemos nada à ninguém!💚🔰 — 11 years ago
knife with little sweetness — 11 years ago
Neuber Ferrari
Vinho seco com Acidez alta, bastante fruta branca na boca e um pouco de agulha. — 8 years ago