Elderberry

Enderle

Pinot Noir 2022

See my previous notes. Sven always works at the edge. Excellent and classic Pinot - the way it should be made. Looks light in the glass. But this carries a serious punch some whole cluster, some cherry 🍒 - but mostly other berries…cranberry and elderberry. Chalky and tart - excellent tannin management. If you consider yourself a Pinot expert - this should be on your bucket list. (Sourced by Lyle Fass). — 6 days ago

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Marotti Campi

Superiore Orgiolo Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2015

Great Thanksgiving wine! Dried cherries, rose petal, gum Arabic, cedar-Saigon cinnamon-oak, elderberry, currant, nutmeg, blueberries. Black pepper on entry softens to black and red cherry with lavender and violet. A touch of cherrywood a smaller touch of applewood, a minute touch of hickory and a nano shaving of mesquite. Laden with inlay. Sour blackberry finish speckled with lingonberries and myrrh.


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— a year ago

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Azienda Agricola Gianfranco Daino

Suber Nero d'Avola Blend 2018

Yowee this is a vigorous wine! Color is pretty saturated and youthful. Nose she’s intensely zingy dark berry (elderberry and black raspberry), animal notes and decomposing granite like a northern Rhone Syrah. Wild. in the mouth it’s joltingly electric with acidity, but that is balanced by concentrated ripe dark berry fruit. There’s also deep minerality and a note of new baseball glove leather. The tannins are present but we’ll managed. Finish is long and lip-smacking. Really good and really unique. — 2 years ago

Dawn, Severn and 15 others liked this

Sculpterra Winery

Frankel Family Estate J. Jagger Primitivo

Primitivo dessert wine from Paso Robles, California.
18.5 % ABV
Sweet dark fruit with blackberries, elderberry and plums.
Rich, ripe and round with dark fruit and tobacco.
Not cloying on the finish and great with Italian Panettone.
— 4 months ago

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El Pensador

The Thinker Campo de Borja Garnacha 2020

Classic, pretty Spanish label of abstract art evoking greens and blues of the ocean. Great garnet red color. Smells like mineral water, painter’s tape, rosewood and smoked pork products. Flavors of rosewater & cherries in a rich cheesecake. Or maybe a bit of Red Zinger and rosehip tea with a bit of red grape juice in it. Very floral with elderberry jelly, raspberry sorbet and flower essences all in the mix. For a screw-top cheapie at Grocery Outlet, this is excellent, graceful garnacha. — 9 months ago

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Mazzotta

Elderberry

Amazing amazing amazing! Best elderberry wine from an amazing winery! A nice sweet smooth wine! — 2 years ago

Château Baracan

Cadillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

NOSE: cinnamon, cedar, elderberry, cassis, leaves. Smells nice.

TASTE: strong acidity, medium bodied, much less fruit than expected. Good! 90.
— 2 years ago

Dawn, Bob and 2 others liked this

Enderle & Moll

Buntsandstein Pinot Noir 2017

Looked at Lyles, Matthew’s and Josh’s notes written in 2020. Needs a ton of air - about 2 hours to mellow out. Strong perfumed nose. In the glass cranberry, moss and what i call E&M black forest herbs, velvety, touch capsaicin, hint orange juice. Quite tannic. Fantastic fruit components develop over time! First cherries notes next are black currants and elderberry tones. What a trip!. NEEDS 2 hours of air. Drink now with a heavy decant and air? Yes 🙌. It is in a perfect spot despite the tannins. What a wine!!! I will drink this vintage up over the course of 24/25. — 7 months ago

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Limerick Lane

Russian River Valley Zinfandel 2020

Haven’t had limerick lane for 15 years. So well balanced. Nose is spices, herbs, dark berries. Palate is very nice with cherry, elderberry, spices, cocoa, cedar. Great zin. Better after 90 minutes of air. — 2 years ago

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Berryessa Gap

Yolo County Malbec 2018

Yet one more vintage of one of my go to Yolo County wine. Color is pretty. Dark red with a hint of rust on the edge of the wine. Smells like books, wet gravel and pomegranate molasses. (& maybe blackstrap molasses too). Flavors of chalk, elderberry/cherry syrup, unlit cigar, and herbs. Something slightly musky here. More of the French than the low cost Argentine style in this. This is a unique and lovely CA wine. All French wine lovers should try it. — 2 years ago

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