Cramele Halewood Fetească Neagră Hyperion Limited Release

This is actually for the 2010. Dinner with M&H, and a gift from M upon his return from Romania. As with the Menestral (reviewed earlier) this was more of a novelty than a wine experience. But what fun to drink a Romanian red! Hot and ruddy upon first pour with a brick-red color and thin legs. Not much going on aromatically -- perhaps some soil and blackberry notes. The palate is lean as well, with nuances of black and blue …

Wine Education Service - Romania (LSE) : Opaque, some age showing. Lovely nose, mature notes, raisins and coffee. Still fruity but this tastes mature, complex, very soft mid palate, pretty long, at its peak.

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Very overt, off-putting iso-amyl acetate notes. No idea how this will integrate over time since this was my only bottle, but I wasn't expecting this high a concentration of over-ripe banana peels. Wonder if it will EVER integrate??? On the palate, this maintained its blowsy banana notes, and I frankly couldn't swallow more than the first gulp. Far more abhorrent than any Bojo, Nouveaux or otherwise, I've ever tasted. So disappointed, I am, as the packaging and storyline for the …