Bottle from Vine Wine in Williamburg-ish. I don't really remember, it's just what the label says. Stemless wine glass @home. Clear, faint sediment, dark, mead gold. Smell is almost savory, like cooked apples. Perceived strong acidity & tartness. Little bit of oxidation, old varnish & veg. Taste is buttery & sharp upfront, an interesting combination. Acidic, almost grape-y, lemon juice, white punch, super faint hay funk, ghost of vinegar. Some dessert apple notions, though there probably aren't any. Pithy, plum, really dried out finish. Intentionally still, moderately thin, juicy, perfect abv. Really liked this.

Bottle from some now non-existent wine shop in Williamsburg, I feel like it was 2018. A move & lots of sleep later, here we are. Stemless wine glass @home. Gentle plop of the cork, like a slug off a plant pot. Clear, vibrant, classy, medium gold. Smells mulch-y & herbal, wild & somewhat medicinal, salty & maybe a little like soiled hay. Acidic apples push through as it opens up. Taste is bright, tart, very sharp. Mild funk. Licorice, fennel, old wood. The funk is sort of like a solid dirty French cider, leathery & just slightly offal, but this is obviously filtered & way easy to drink. Lingering light mentions of menthol & barnyard. Yeasty, round finish. Thin, intentionally still, pretty strong for the listed abv. Pretty good. Why did I wait so long?