Menthol

Dark tootsie roll, earth and herb scented fruit greets the nose and slowly ... opens to reveal a tight, menthol inflected core of baked black cherry fruit. On the palate this has a silky, open feel to it with integrated...

Very nice herbal and menthol nose. Very rich and fruity with flavors of cherry, plum and cassis. Smooth attack, but with good acidity later. Raspberries with a light leathery flavor on the finish. Long finish. A nice wine.

Sumptuous nose of menthol and eucalyptus which carries over into the mouth with grand tannic cherries and an encore of the medicinal eucalyptus on the finish. Damn sophisticated.

Warm and plummy on the nose with a touch of toasty and actually quite smoky ... fennel fronds, roasted meat, menthol cigarettes and a growing note of perfumy wood. On entry there is a touch of woody sweetness followed by...

Almost opaque cherry-black in colour. There is cracked pepper, red currant and menthol - eucalyptus on the nose. The entry is warm and viscous; tannins are soft and supple. Rusticity is apparent, but in acceptable -...

Toast oak, leather, moist earth, mineral, woodsy, a touch of menthol, a touch of medicinal underbrush, Silky entry, very restrained, almost Bordeaux like but the fruit is bright, juicy and very red toned with raspberry,...

The bright aromatic of this wine are full of heather, licorice, smoke, olive brine and menthol notes but the fruit is still a bit reticent. In the mouth one finds superbly fine-grained tannins that are powerful but...

As it stands today (September 26, 2009), the tannins in this wine greatly ... promise for the future. The menthol, notes of sour cherry and green acidity which predominate now should open up to something a bit more soft...

This has a very expressive nose of sweet oak, menthol, lovely rose petal and licorice and cardamom spice tones. Bright and full in the mouth with a fleshy feel and nicely presented notes of amarena cherry and bitter herbs,...