Quite pronounced silver gold. Nose is elderflower tea. Palate is immediately overpoweringly alcoholic (14.7%) and mainly sour apples and other sour white fruits like peach and pear. Almonds on the back end. Painfully heady and a bit of a hoodlum on the finish..almost sugary. Tried to give it respect as a very locally produced wine for our hosts, but I couldn't finish even the first glass.

Our hosts' bargain from the promotions rack at their local Trader Joe's. Totally transparent. Nose is very light strawberry and coal...which allows you to know it is Barolo, if a bargain basement one. Palate is tart and astringent.Unmemorable and one glass was enough for me.

Decanted for 6 hours based on a bottle I test drank a week ago. Deep opaque ruby with a translucent edge. Nose is slightly candied, coffee grounds, boysenberry. Palate is bitter Chinese green melon and mothpuckeringly astringent black Chinese medicine. Brought from Hong Kong at my Seattle friend’s insistence as he hasn’t drank a Chinese red for 15 years and wanted to see if they have improved. He won’t ask me again...ha,ha.