Hmmmm. I get… subtle hints of cola toward the back palate, don’t you?
Cola? No. No not at all.
None?
No. No cola. Lots of Bing cherry though. It’s dominant.
Bing cherry? More like black cherry I’d say.
Black cherry? Black cherries and bing cherries aren’t the same thing.
I know that. And this wine absolutely tastes like black cherry.
That’s totally bing cherry. And maybe some cranberry.
Cranberry? Yeah, I can see that. But not fresh ones. More like the canned kind that poor people eat at Thanksgiving.
Yeah. Bing cherry and poor people cranberries. No cola. 89 points.
89? You’re crazy. 88 all the way.
Whatever. You thought you tasted cola.
I do taste cola. 88.
I taste canned cranberry. 89.
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