BevX Reviews Different By Design
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX on October 16, 2024. Click the links to get each beverage’s score and full analysis. 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 review 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
Shucked Lulu’s Blend 7 Years Old Bourbon Whiskey
Shucked Bourbon is an absolutely beautiful and charming Whiskey. It has been matured to perfection, showing great complex caramel, toffee, fruit, and spice notes that were never dominated by the oak cask. We all love Bourbon and have seen countless examples of where the cask dominates and tramples on the spirit… See the Beverage of the Week feature
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Clif Family Winery Unoaked Chardonnay Oak Knoll District 2023
Brilliant, medium green/gold color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of pear, meringue, and apricot stone with supporting notes of jasmine, lychee, citrus zest, and slate. The palate echoes the nose delivering a ripe orchard fruits-driven core with flavors of white peach, quince, green melon, and lemongrass. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. $38 – 4 Stars/91 points
Clif Family Winery Rte Blanc Sauvignon Blanc Oak Knoll District 2023
Brilliant, light green/gold color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of grass, red grapefruit, citrus zest, and fresh herbs with supporting notes of star fruit, green tea, and kiwi. The palate echoes the nose delivering a ripe orchard fruits-driven core with flavors of red grapefruit, lemongrass, quince, and wet stones. The finish is crisp. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. $30 – 4 Stars/92 points
Clif Family Winery Kit’s Killer Cab Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2021
Brilliant, dark ruby color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of boysenberry, cassis, and dried herbs with supporting notes of earth, blueberry, black tea, and oak. The palate echoes the nose delivering a red and black fruits-driven core with flavors of black currant, raspberry, slate, baking spices, and oak. The finish is long and lingering with supple tannins. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with a opulent texture. $85 – 4 Stars/90 points
Spirits Reviews
Bols Cocktails Margarita Azul (RTD)
The color is a striking blue — not fully transparent. The nose is bold, offering scents of orange peel and orange juice with hints of lemon and mineral. The palate echoes the nose delivering a semi-tart, citrus-driven core with waves of lemon, orange, and sweet citrus punch. Medium-bodied and vibrant with a sweet and tart citrus blast that is focused on Blue Curaçao with a faint homage to the Margarita. Blue Curaçao $2.99 – 3.5 Stars
Bols Cocktails Pornstar Martini (RTD)
Semi-translucent atomic orange. The nose is filled with the scents of sweet, ripe tropical fruits with hints of vanilla. The palate confirms the nose delivering a sweet tropical fruit-centric core with tart passion fruit accents rising on the finish. Medium-bodied and extremely juicy. $2.99 – 3.5 Stars
Bols Cocktails Espresso Martini (RTD)
Deep, dark brown to amber being nearly opaque. The nose is filled with scents of dark roasted espresso beans with supporting notes of cocoa nibs and hints of caramel. The palate echoes the nose while being sweeter with the sugar notes adding depth to the espresso elongating the palate with hints of vanilla bean and cocoa. Medium-bodied with nice balance and length. $2.99 – 4 Stars
Bols Cocktails Red Light Negroni (RTD)
Brilliant, medium ruby color. The aromatics are pleasingly bold and intense, offering scents of tart red berries and cranberry with supporting notes of orange peel and juniper. The palate confirms the nose delivering a macerated red fruit-driven core with flavors of orange peel, sweet red berries, and semi-tart red fruits. The finish is soft and sweet. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. The look is right, the nose is spot on but the palate is a bit sweet lacking the tart accents that would make this RTD world-class. $2.99 – 4 Stars
Bols Cocktails Very Old Fashioned (RTD)
Brilliant, orange/amber color. The nose is wonderfully fragrant offering scents of orange peel, brown baking spices, vanilla, and barrel-aged spirit. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a fruit and spice-driven core with the aged Genever rising on the mid-palate and carrying through to the finish. Medium-bodied and ideally balanced just like a perfectly made craft cocktail. $2.99 – 4.5 Stars