Cassis Wine

A Bootful of Wine - Tasting Notes from Italy A visit to Terrabianca ... evident, with capsicum and cassis notes, but with a lovely meaty, savoury undertow. It has had 12 months of oak treatment, and needs time to allow...

This year I got the opportunity to participate in a winery employee project. ... Nose has some some spice (cassis) with leather and dark fruit. Good fruit flavors with spice and silky tannins and great balance....

Expectations and experience tend to soften excitement in wine, muffling the ... was awash with tiers of cassis and blueberry fruit, packaged by impeccably suave tannins. I found myself more contemplative after I swallowed...

Hi. In my attempts to find wines to match my courses, I stumbled upon this ... it in my first course (sans cassis) of mixed greens with pomegranate, toasted walnuts and breaded and fried camembert. My next course is...

Carmignano   I will devote this column to the small appellation of Carmignano. ... by the presence of cassis and herbal notes on the nose, but on the palate, Sangiovese dominated with cherries and plums. There was a...

One of the better Chilean wines I've tasted is the Anakena Reserva Cab 2008. ... with hints of chocolate and cassis. I enjoyed it with a very good marinated flatiron steak right off the grill. Very good

One of the things that continues to amaze me is the just the sheer number of ... varietals. Clean wine with cassis and coffee with nice smoothness and long finish. Would like to see how this ages....

Has anyone out there tried this wine?! If not, we will be pouring it on ... nose of summer raspberries, cassis, blackberries and subtle smoke, all echoed across the palate. It is full-bodied with plush mouthfeel, polite...

As many of you already know I am a big fan of older California Cabernet ... array of smoke, leather and cassis notes. In the mouth this was fairly soft and a touch past peak with a nice spicy cinnamon tone and chalky...

I got started with my first cabernet savignon in October of 2008, so not even a ... the darker cherry flavors, cassis, anis and earthy (I have been known to call them "dirty" but not too dirty). Smoky is fine. I want a...