On the nose I got pineapple, white flowers, honeysuckle, orange zest, fresh pear, and white pepper. In the mouth I found jasmine, lemon, tropical fruit, honeysuckle, and grapefruit. Oh yes, and the lemon Pledge…or what I would imagine lemon Pledge-read more-
On the nose I got pineapple, white flowers, apricots, tropical notes, honey, pear, lemon, spice, and white pepper. The nose on Torrontes wines is almost immediately recognizable…the florals and honey notes just float out of the glass without you having-read more-
On the nose I found orange sherbet, flowers, honeysuckle, lemon zest, and spice. I didn’t find the nose on this one as aromatic as I’ve come to expect from Torrontes, but I enjoyed the orange sherbet notes. In the mouth-read more-
On the nose I got blueberry, blueberry crumble, cream, white pepper, crushed violets, black cherry, and boysenberry. I want my next pie to smell like the nose of this wine. In the mouth, I found it to be almost Syrah-read more-
On the nose I got espresso, bittersweet chocolate, herbs, spice, pepper, dark black fruit, plums, apple cider (yea, I realize that’s odd and out of place), earth, cloves, wood. I said in my notes “this smells like Christmas!” In the-read more-
On the nose I got spice, pepper, black fruit, pepper, black plum, black currants, black cherry, earth, raisins, peppers, and chocolate. I thought the nose was fruity and very very peppery. As it sat in my glass, more layers appeared.-read more-
There is little doubt that the Australian winegrower has had a tough time of it lately. If it’s not climate change playing havoc with the ripening cycles and rain fall averages, it’s the strength of the Aussie dollar relative to-read more-
The Cocina Blend is literally “The Kitchen Blend”, almost everything but the kitchen sink in theory. I tasted this as a media tasting presented by VineConnections, a local importer that specialized in Argentinian wines. Bonarda what Argentina calls Charbano, adds-read more-