LEAFNOTE MINT CRACKED

The stem is square-shaped, a defining characteristic of the mint family of herbs. It is 30вЂ“100В cm (12вЂ“39В in) tall, with variably hairless to hairy stems and foliage, and a wide-spreading fleshy underground rhizome from which it grows. Spearmint is a perennial herbaceous plant. The species and its subspecies have many synonyms, including Mentha crispa, Mentha crispata and Mentha viridis. The aromatic oil, called oil of spearmint, is also used as a flavoring and sometimes as a scent. It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas. It is naturalized in many other temperate parts of the world, including northern and southern Africa, North America and South America. Spearmint, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is a species of mint, Mentha spicata, native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from France in the west to southern China in the east. A contemplative wine well suited to enjoying, say, sunset on the first warm day of the year, but also any number of other occasions. This Syrah is quite acid-driven and very layered, showing notes of pepper, mint, baking spice, dried blueberries, black plum, cocoa and cinnamon, underpinned by an earthy tobacco note. Special occasion pricing for many of us and quite worth it. ItвЂ™s a little on the hot side, so if you like to stay in the lower alcohol range, find something from Washington. Youthful but not without intensity, this is a bit of a jam-bomb with dense blackberry and currant flavors, licorice, violets, and a pronounced vanilla oakiness. Strong smoked meat characteristic as well. Dense dark fruit (blackberry, blackcurrant, a little cherry), strong earthiness, hints of pepper and leather and roses and thyme. Nice and simple.ДЇrom Sonoma, this is a well-crafted Syrah with a grounded, solid kind of feel. Lightly cherried, some blackberry, a modest ration of spice and a little violet. If you want an entry-level Syrah that doesnвЂ™t deliver a knockout punch and wonвЂ™t throw your palate that much of a gauntlet, consider this easygoing Spanish character. Tannins in the range generally referred to as вЂњchewy.вЂќ A versatile food wine. Prominent notes are marionberry, licorice, plums, graphite, with some stoniness and very balanced acidity. If this wine cost twice as much I wouldnвЂ™t bat an eye it is a steal at this price. LвЂ™Ecole #41 Columbia Valley Syrah 2015 (Washington, $25) A hint of chocolate on the finish, and a sexy, fleshly kind of feel throughout. Herbs, pepper, leather, black plum, a little blueberry and blackberry. That name means вЂњhidden jewel,вЂќ but honestly this stuff isnвЂ™t that hidden, itвЂ™s easy to find.

Really good.Дomaine de Bila-Haut Occultem Lapidum (France, $25)

LEAFNOTE MINT CRACKED

Supple, with blackberry, violet, and a cracked peppercorn spiciness. If smoked meat is not your thing, keep shopping this Syrah has a lot of it. IвЂ™d open this with steelhead or salmon, but you can try it with whatever you like.Дemorgenzon DMZ Syrah (South Africa, $15) Dominant notes are currant, blackberry, cedarwood, smoke and peppercorn. Syrah is hugely responsive to terroir, picking up such a broad range of secondary and tertiary characteristics in different locales that itвЂ™s almost hard to say what itвЂ™s вЂњlike.вЂќ ItвЂ™s most typically full-bodied and powerful, and beyond that it depends.Д®xcellent solidity for the price. If itвЂ™s aged, which it often does with aplomb, it can express a forest floor character with notes of damp leaves and even something a bit like black truffle. Prominent notes can include mint and chocolate, cherries and earth, tobacco and pepper and in some cases smoked meat. Depending on the particulars, it can be rich and jammy or restrained and stony, but itвЂ™s always pretty damned tannic and fairly high acid. A dark-skinned grape from France, it is planted around the world in coastal climates like Santa Barbara, moderate ones like Walla Walla, and hot zones like AustraliaвЂ™s Barossa Valley. And even after I learned to appreciate Cabernet Sauvignon, I secretly preferred Syrah. I confess it: Before I could ever see what the fuss was about with Bordeaux varietals, I loved Rhone natives.

Leafnote mint