Colour: Medium+ ruby core
Nose: Cassis, red cherry, vanilla.
Palate: Dry, medium+ body, medium+ tannins, medium+ acidity. Tart red cherry, cassis, cocoa, liquorice.
Finish: Medium finish, cherry, touch of mineral.
Score: 77+/100
Fairly well-made for the price, still youthful, classic Cabernet Sauvignon, on the simple side, tannins still grippy. Would recomming 2 more years in the cellar. Drink now or hold.
Colour: Pale Straw
Nose: Greeted immediately by notes of citrus, green apples, and a touch of peach skin.
Palate: Dry, medium-bodied, high acidity. The nose translate well onto the palate, fresh lemon, green apples, and peaches showing well.
Finish: Medium finish, mineral.
Score: 74/100
To me, this is a box standard Alsace Riesling, a great intro to the basic profile of dry Riesling. Showing a good amount of fruit on the nose and palate, balanced out by the acidity and mineral note.
Very pleasing and simple to drink, great with the usual pairing of seafood and chicken. Works perfectly well by itself as a wine you don’t have to think much about. This was a quick casual drink as you can tell I poured in my casual glassware.
This is widely available world-wide, and very consistent in quality. Would recommend those who wants to try out a dryer Riesling.
**Notes taken at about 12-14°C(~54-57°F) for better capture of aroma and flavour. Would recommend serving at 9-11°C(48-52°F).
Colour: Dark purple core, clear light red rim.
Nose: Still alive, leather, cigar box, blackberries, raspberries, musty oak.
Palate: Dry, medium+ acidity, medium tannins, blackberry, red raspberry, mineral.
Finish: Medium finish, plum.
Score: 70/100
Surprisingly still holding up, perhaps on its very last stage of life, past its prime. Got some fruit left, the tannins are well integrated, with some mineral notes to make it a touch more interesting. Still have two bottles, wonder how those developed. Drink up!
Colour: Dark purple core
Nose: Very concentrated nose of mulberry, black raspberry, black cherry, spices. Can’t escape the dark fruits!
Palate: Full-bodied, medium+ acidity, medium tannins. Again very rich and concentrated, the array of dark fruits from the nose translated well onto the palate, along with touch of baking spices.
Finish: Medium+ length, spicy.
Score: 78/100
Changing up my scoring scheme, here is the updated one.
Price does not affect scores
0-49 = Terrible
50-59 = Bad
60-79 = Ok-Good
80-84 = Good
85-89 = Very Good
90-95 = Excellent
96-99 = Magnificent
100 = Legendary
Gets exponentially harder to score higher, only the exceptional ones deserves 90+.