This past week we finally got a taste of spring! Which was glorious. I also got to taste 5 new wines at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, Va. I did not eat any food with any of the wines I tasted. I will rank the wines that I tasted for this week 1 being the best, to 5 being the worst. I realize that these wines are of different varieties so it is hard to truly compare them to one another. I still prefer sweeter wines, although I would like to think that I am beginning to become more open minded toward red wines.
The first wine that I tasted this week was Aveleda Praia Vinho Verde 2013. This wine is regularly priced at $10 and goes on sale for $8.95. This wine is a blend of 40% Arinto, 30% Loureiro, 20% Trajadura and 10% Azal. It comes from Vinho Verde, Portugal. This wine was served cold. The color was a tinge of yellow. It smelled a little like a metallic pear. The taste was bitter, crisp apple. The after taste was a fruity apple. I thought this wine was alright. I ranked this wine as number 2 out of the wines I tasted this week, meaning that it was the second best wine I tasted this week. Here is a picture of the wine:
The second wine I tasted this week was Tenuta le Velette Orvieto Classico 2011. This wine is regularly priced at $18 and goes on sale for $6.95. This wine hails from Orvieto, Italy. This wine was served cold, and was a darker yellow than the first wine. The smell was delightfully filled apricot and apple. The taste had hints of pepper, was very crisp, and fruity. The aftertaste was dry with crisp fruit hints. I thought this wine was O.K.. I ranked this wine as number 3 out of the wines I tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:
The fourth wine I had the pleasure to taste was Castello Sonnino Chianti Montespertoli 2010. This wine is regularly priced at $15 and goes on sale at $8.95. This wine comes from Chianti, Italy. This wine was served warm. The color was a sort of burnt orange-red. The smell was a rubber, pepper, leathery strawberry. The taste was sort of pukey. It was sour, bitter, pepper mixed with rubber. The after taste was of pure rubber and leather like some sort of horrible nightmare mixed with something awful. I really did not like this wine. I ranked this wine as number 5, the worst, out of the five wines I tasted this week. Here is a picture of the bottle:
The next wine I tasted was Bolla Bardolino Magnum 2013. This wine is regularly priced at $18 and goes on sale at $9.95. This wine originated in Bardolino, Italy. This wine is a blend of 60% Corvina, 30% Rondinella, and 10% Molinara. This wine was served warm. The color was a burnt red. The smell was filled with pepper, leather, cherry, and rubber. The taste was dry, with pepper, cherry, and rubber. The after taste was of rubber. I did not appreciate this wine very much. I ranked this wine as number 4 our of the 5 wines I tasted this week. This wine looks like:
The final wine that I tasted this week was Peter Mertes Sweet Red Dornfelder 2014. The regular price was $12 and it goes on sale for $6.95 a bottle. This wine originated from California, Germany. This wine was served cold. The color was a ruby red. The smell was a light airy strawberry. The taste was sweet, with hints of strawberry. The aftertaste was dry, but fruity. I liked this wine the best. I ranked it number 1 out of the five wines I tasted this week. It was a pleasant surprise after that Chianti that probably needed more time to breathe. Here is a picture of this wine:
That is all I have for this past weeks wine tasting, I look forward to tasting more new wines this week! I hope you all have a wonderful week! Until next time,
Cheers!
~Michelle
Cheers!
~Michelle
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