On those nose it smells of minerals, citrus and if you rinsed your glass with lemon Pledge™. Tasting it you get creamy citrus zest, minerality, sweet pine. And that pines lingers around like a party guest that doesn't take the hint that they need to leave.
Glad I got to try this. I think this wine has more use being cooked with than drunk!
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Deep, intensely green color with very small bubbles forming on the inside of the glass. Very weird nose with aromas of moist soil, paint thinner, some apple, a little bit of ozone, a hint of herbal greenness and a touch of menthol. After a few moments I pick up a vague yet discernible note of pine resin and deduct that this must be Retsina. The wine is dry, moderately acid-driven and quite chemical on the palate with flavors that repeat the nose rather verbatim. Overall the wine doesn't come across as pleasant in any way. The medium-long finish repeats the nose and the palate.
Pretty much how I remembered it to be. I wouldn't touch this.
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11/23/2019 - Rudolph Schmidt wrote:
On those nose it smells of minerals, citrus and if you rinsed your glass with lemon Pledge™. Tasting it you get creamy citrus zest, minerality, sweet pine. And that pines lingers around like a party guest that doesn't take the hint that they need to leave.
Glad I got to try this. I think this wine has more use being cooked with than drunk!
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7/11/2017 - kevkcho Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Typical Retsina, good acidity makes it a bit more drinkable but still not my type of wine.
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4/22/2016 - Hodby Does not like this wine:
Pale straw color. Lemon, pine sap nose. Bitter, piney, oily. No rating.
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10/13/2014 - forceberry wrote: 58 Points
Tasted blind.
Deep, intensely green color with very small bubbles forming on the inside of the glass. Very weird nose with aromas of moist soil, paint thinner, some apple, a little bit of ozone, a hint of herbal greenness and a touch of menthol. After a few moments I pick up a vague yet discernible note of pine resin and deduct that this must be Retsina. The wine is dry, moderately acid-driven and quite chemical on the palate with flavors that repeat the nose rather verbatim. Overall the wine doesn't come across as pleasant in any way. The medium-long finish repeats the nose and the palate.
Pretty much how I remembered it to be. I wouldn't touch this.
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10/11/2014 - Eisch wrote: 83 Points
Light pine tones,slight frizz ant & sweet finish
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