: a syrupy liquor of low alcoholic strength made from black currants and used chiefly as a flavoring and sweetening agent
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Frias Family Vineyard Prado 2022 has a complex bouquet of blueberry pie, saddle leather, black raspberry, and cassis that transform to flavors of black plum, ripe cherry, and black olive tapenade on the palate.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Dark earthy aromas that also include cassis and red cherries, molasses, licorice, brownies, mints and orange rind.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
His 2021 Petite Sirah is inky purple in color with aromas of cassis, dark chocolate, and blueberry.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
This 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon has the elegance and finesse of a fine Cab from Bordeaux with aromas of black cherry, boysenberry, and powdered cocoa and flavors of cassis, graphite, and cigar box.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Dark earthy aromas that also include cassis and red cherries, molasses, licorice, brownies, mints and orange rind.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
His 2021 Petite Sirah is inky purple in color with aromas of cassis, dark chocolate, and blueberry.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
This 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon has the elegance and finesse of a fine Cab from Bordeaux with aromas of black cherry, boysenberry, and powdered cocoa and flavors of cassis, graphite, and cigar box.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Cassis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassis. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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