BevX Reviews – Different By Design
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX April 17, 2024. 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
Ayinger Maibock (Germany)
The great Beers from Ayinger have been available in the US for more than two decades. Their Maibock is brewed in the fall and released in the spring. It’s just sweet enough to fortify while offering a great balance of spice with a delicate hop inclusion finishing with a vibrant dose of acidity…
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Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Rosé Adelaida District 2023
Brilliant, light peach color. The nose is moderately intense, offering scents of nectarine, peach, and apricot stone with supporting notes of strawberry, orange peel, and lavender. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of raspberry, kumquat, dragon fruit, and citrus zest. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. Made with a blend of 71% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 8% Vermentino, and 1% Counoise — perhaps our favorite Patelin de Tablas Rosé to date. $28 – 4.5 Stars/96 points
Tablas Creek Dianthus Adelaida District 2023
Brilliant, deep strawberry color. The aromatics are intense, offering scents of red plum and kumquat with supporting notes of mineral, crushed berries, cranberry, and apricot stone. The palate confirms the nose delivering a red fruit-driven core with flavors of raspberry, orange peel, rhubarb, and slate. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture. Made with a blend of 51% Mourvedre, 38% Grenache, 8% Counoise, and 3% Cinsaut. $40 – 4.5 Stars/95 points
Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas Adelaida District 2022
Brilliant, medium ruby color. The nose is moderately intense, offering scents of bramble, black fruits, and dried herbs with supporting notes of earth, crushed red berries, baking spices, cocoa, and black tea. The palate echoes the nose delivering a black fruit-driven core with flavors of black cherry, garrigue, earth, and tart raspberry. The finish is long and lingering with chewy tannins. Medium to full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a meaty texture. Made with a blend of 44% Grenache, 33% Syrah, 19% Counoise, and 4% Mourvedre. $40 – 4.5 Stars/95 points
Spirits Reviews
Whiskey Del Bac Normandie Single Malt American Whiskey
Brilliant, medium tawny/amber color. The aromatics are very intense, offering scents of toffee, candied ginger, and charred oak with supporting notes of caramel and butterscotch. The palate is in full accord with the nose delivering a stone fruit-driven core with flavors akin to baking spices, cocoa, and nutmeg. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with a supple texture. $90 – 4.5 Stars