From last week's tasting led by Martine Saunier, this Basque Cabernet Franc has much to offer. I love Cab Franc, personally, with all of its aromatic funkiness and rustic charm. Herri Mina Irouleguy does this, along with notes of forest floor, wintergreen and pie cherries. Silky on entry, the tannins hit the sides of the mouth. Finishes with pink peppercorn and Herbs de Garrique. Retails for around $33.00. — 11 years ago
Great dessert wine. Yummy with dark chocolate. — 12 years ago
Showing really well. An interesting and elusive wintergreen/minty character on the finish. — 11 years ago
This is extremely resonant of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Cool damp forest floor with bright hibiscus, wintergreen, and tart cherry notes. Touches of cremini and cotton candy keep me sipping. A classic. — 11 years ago
Wild herb aromas, menthol and must. Bell pepper flavors - wintergreen, fennel. Velvety tannins, musty-dark berry in the background. — 11 years ago
Nose of peat moss and sweet wintergreen, taste would go excellent with barbecue beef, maybe with a little salt on the meat. — 12 years ago
"From the slurp factory of Barossa," single vineyard from Ebenezer. Lifted nose: milk chocolate, wintergreen, vanilla extract, brambly dark berries. Bright on the palate with rich forest berries, finishes strong with black raspberry tart. In a great place right now! — 11 years ago
The bright gold '11 Herman Story White Rhone Blend 'Tomboy' is not a lightweight summer deck wine. Gorgeous stewed peach, lemon, fresh-cut honeysuckle and nutty aromas rose from the glass. A hefty and rich mouthfeel with a refreshing acidic wintergreen minty quality. Very energetic through the palate and finishing dry, clean and long. — 11 years ago
Raymond Tosti
Complex, sweet spice and herbal elements of mace, anise, candied ginger and wintergreen, soar aromatically above the deeper fruit scents which can best be described as fresh-baked blueberry pie. The flavors are a port lover’s tour-de-force, with a dynamic flavor profile of cassis liqueur, wild elderberry and rich, decadent dark chocolate. True Portuguese style dessert port wine. Steve Glossner, the former winemaker at Justin that put the Isosceles on the map, has created another gem!! **Gold Medal-Orange County Fair — 11 years ago