8/26/2020 - beerenauslese wrote:

Tart dark red cherry fruit with some spice, but lacks complexity. Purchased in a K&L closeout providing good QPR.

7/31/2012 - beerenauslese wrote:

The nose is big and aromatic, a bit floral with strong notes of dark fresh berries and spice--green herbs and cinnamon. The taste is dark and deep with jammy berry flavor. While it seems a good expression of the sagrantino character, it lacks complexity. Has a somewhat peppery and spicy, but short finish. It has a good level of acidity but is still quite tannic, and seems over extracted. Could have aged this another year or two to allow it to develop a bit more. Overall, a very full bodied, fruity and spicy wine that is best consumed with food.

4/13/2013 - beerenauslese wrote:

look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Deep amber gold, clear as a whistle. Poured at cellar temperature into a Lost Abbey tulip, produced a half inch head of foam. Some small curtains of sticky lacing.

Light, airy, well integrated notes of fresh apple and citrus, light funk, old wood, touch of mint.

Lovely taste of green apple and lemon, oak, grassy hops. Good acidity balanced by malt/sugar sweetness. Finishes clean with a light citrus peel/tannic bitterness.

Light body with fizzy carbonation, has a crisp and refreshing mouthfeel.

Overall, a really pleasant Oude Geuze to drink, light and airy, yet subtly complex. The whole beer is so well integrated in taste, body, and carbonation--nothing is out of place and the flavors sit on a mousse of carbonation, another example of a geuze as good as some fine champagne.