I picked up some Asian wines from Chinatown in Chicago in my most recent trip there. This is the first one I tried because the bottle got damaged on the trip home, so I had to drink it before it spoiled :)
This is a Chinese wine made from grapes, flavored with cassia. I'm assuming cassia leaves. I'm fairly confident this one in particular was made in Taiwan.
Basically this is a sweet wine, but the cassia flavoring adds some complexity to the flavor. It's an herbal flavor, but a more savory one (think of oregano or curry leaves), rather than a "fresh" herbal flavor (such as coriander or mint).
This wine does have noticeable alcohol taste for those who care. However, there was not even a hint of tannin bitterness.
3/4 I liked it. Good for sharing with others, because I think that most people could appreciate this alcohol for some reason.
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