BevX Reviews – Different By Design
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX May 10, 2023. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.)
We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share.
We have shifted our reviews format in order to offer more reviews for our review hungry readers. The review pages (links below) will now offer a full tasting note with links to a full detail review for our Featured Beverages.
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Beverage of the Week
We Know Jack! Jack Florence Sr. Vineyard Zinfandel Rockpile 2021
We Know Jack! Yes, it’s a seemingly silly name for a wine brand but stick with us and it will all make sense. The brand arose as many have in California. Wine lovers become vineyard owners who sell their fruit to select winemakers. Over time they succumb to the temptation to transform some of their fruit into a wine of their own. Owners Mark Zuckerman and Lori Hunt purchased the Jack Florence Sr. Vineyard from Jack Sr. himself…
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Latest Reviews
Wine Reviews
2Hawk Darow Series Chardonnay Rogue Valley 2019
See the Full BevX Featured Review Slightly hazy, medium golden color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of brioche, blanched almonds, and lemon curd with supporting notes of apple, kumquat, and hints of candied ginger. The palate echoes the nose delivering a tropical fruits-driven core with flavors of white peach, star fruit, lychee, and meringue. The finish is long and lingering with hints of citrus. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a supple texture. $46 – 4 Stars/92 points
2Hawk Darow Series Tempranillo Rogue Valley 2019
See the Full BevX Featured Review Brilliant, deep ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of black currant, leather, and black tea with supporting notes of cocoa, dried herbs, tapenade, and cigar box. The palate confirms the nose delivering a black fruit-driven core with flavors of black cherry, fig, cola nut, and rosemary. The finish is long and lingering with chewy tannins. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a meaty texture. $49 – 4.5 Stars/94 points
2Hawk Darow Series Tempranillo Rogue Valley 2018
See the Full BevX Featured Review Brilliant, dark ruby/scarlet color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of boysenberry, earth, and dried herbs with supporting notes of mineral, red currant, wild blackberry, and cigar box. The palate echoes the nose delivering a black and red fruits-driven core with flavors of cassis, dark chocolate, blackberry jam, and slate. The finish is long and lingering with ripe tannins. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture and an alluring sapidity. $49 – 5 Stars/97 points
2Hawk Tempranillo Rogue Valley 2019
See the Full BevX Featured Review Brilliant, dark ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of black currant skin that present like organic tar, plum, and boysenberry with supporting notes of black tea, forest floor, cranberry, and cigar box. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of red cherry, tamari, slate, oak, and five spice. The finish is long and lingering with chewy tannins. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a meaty texture. $34 – 4.5 Stars/95 points
2Hawk Malbec Rogue Valley 2019
See the Full BevX Featured Review Brilliant, dark ruby/purple color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of bramble, slate, and black currant with supporting notes of blueberry, fig, and earth. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of black plum, mulberry, graphite, and star anise. The finish is long and lingering with supple tannins. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with an opulent texture. $34 – 4.5 Stars/94 points
2Hawk Grenache Rogue Valley 2020
See the Full BevX Featured Review Brilliant, medium ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red cherry and wild berries with supporting notes of violet, forest floor, and hibiscus flower. The palate echoes the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of slate, red plum, raspberry, and hints of five spice. The finish is long and lingering with ripe tannins. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a silky texture. $34 – 4.5 Stars/95 points
Spirits Reviews
Grinta Amaro di Erbe
Brilliant, deep emerald green color. The aromatics are quite assertive, offering lovely scents of fresh peppermint, eucalyptus, and chamomile, with supporting notes of rhubarb, bitter root, and wild flowers. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering silky, semisweet herbal core redolent of green Chartreuse meeting a fragrant Gin in all its glory. Medium to full-bodied with incredible complexity, length, and balance. $39 – 4 Stars