A few cagey moments right out of the bottle. It didn't want to smell like anything. But then it seemed like it might want to make friends: cocoa dust and something damp and black like macerated licorice. It seemed like it might be warm and perhaps even lush-summer-fruity, but when tasted--not just inhaled--it balked at me as if I'd offended it. A pinch of bitter herbs and old-world aloofness; cherries, OK, perhaps, but ones angry at being picked. Tastes slightly pale, as if it's been kept inside all winter. A bit like licking bark.
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NV Korbel Cream Sherry
2/26/2010 - lyzadavid wrote: 84 Points
A great sherry for the price. Nothing stands out, but no real flaws.
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2002 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino
1/6/2010 - lyzadavid wrote: 86 Points
A few cagey moments right out of the bottle. It didn't want to smell like anything. But then it seemed like it might want to make friends: cocoa dust and something damp and black like macerated licorice. It seemed like it might be warm and perhaps even lush-summer-fruity, but when tasted--not just inhaled--it balked at me as if I'd offended it. A pinch of bitter herbs and old-world aloofness; cherries, OK, perhaps, but ones angry at being picked. Tastes slightly pale, as if it's been kept inside all winter. A bit like licking bark.
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2005 Three Rivers Winery Gewürztraminer Late Harvest Biscuit Ridge
12/26/2009 - lyzadavid wrote: 81 Points
Floral, delicate aroma--almost like cosmetics for old ladies. The fragile nose was promising, but in the mouth it was somewhat thin and insipid.
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