Community Tasting Note
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briandavispdx Likes this wine: 89 points
May 5, 2014 - I kinda picture John Paul as an evil wizard. I recently had a bottle of his 'Giovanni' white blend which features a pear on the label, and sure enough, there was a ton of pear from the nose to the palette. Well, this wine has an artichoke on the label. Not that I'm certain I could identify the particular aromas and flavors of an artichoke (Note to self: go to the farmers' market and creep everybody out by obsessively sniffing artichokes when they come into season), but I searched this wine high and low for artichoke. No dice.
Definitely had the toffee in the nose that I noted previously, along with a big whiff of green apple. It was drier on the palette than the nose might have foreshadowed, with a pleasantly prickly grass and straw flavored finish. I served it with a seafood risotto and it was just okay. A better pairing would have been something herbier like a pesto to really complement that grassy element on the palette.1,008 views