3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 MatSciGuy (866) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - OCT 18, 2008
[Bottle] shared by skyview. Pours gold with a tiny head. Aroma is buttery, sweet pears, and chardonnay. Flavor is sweet, buttered popcorn, figs, and a little alcohol on finish. Just a tad dry.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 BDR (2535) - Roseville, Minnesota, USA - JUN 3, 2008
Thanks to skyview for sharing this. Light firot aroma with a vaguely buttery pear flavor. very clear color.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 JK (3400) - Uptown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - MAY 25, 2008
Light apple and fruit aroma. Flavor of butter with some pear. Just a little sugar. I didn’t care for this, but thanks to Skyview for the chance to try it.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Guerde (960) - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA - MAY 19, 2008
(bottle, thanks Skyview) Pours gold. The smell is quite odd, with some cheese, funk, and vanilla. A pretty unpleasant combination. The taste is fruity sweet to begin with, but did have quite a dry finish. The taste wasn’t really offensive at all, but the aroma was pretty off-putting.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Skyview (4739) - Papoose Jct, Minnesota, USA - MAY 16, 2008
Picked up a 750 ml bottle from the winery near Bayfield, Wisconsin. Pours a clear golden amber perry/cider with some small splash bubble on the top. Aroma has a character almost like a typical Chardonnay white wine, some dried flowers and a touch of oak. Taste is semi-dry with some green pear, dried figs and some butter. Finish has a mild buttery aftertaste that slowly disappears to a faint dried fruit flavor. Definitely and dry perry throughout with a creamy butter flavor is the best to describe this.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 OSLO (1084) - Ames, Iowa, USA - MAY 16, 2008
[Bottle, thanks Skyview] Pours deep gold with a tiny white head. The aroma is really unusual, but not in a good way. The taste is sweet, but it is natural fruity pear sweetness, not intense artificial sugar. As Ben said, this was something that you could not drink much of--even the small sample that I tried was nearly too much.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20 badgerben (4092) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - MAY 15, 2008
Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Gold color. Solid pear aroma with a bit of oaky dryness. Taste is of slightly over-ripened pear. Not bad, but not something I could consume a glass or two of.
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