This week I got to taste five new wines at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, Virginia. I did not eat anything with these wines. I will rank these wines from 5 being the worst to 1 being the best that I taste this week.
First up I got to taste Santola Vinho Verde Loureiro and Pederna. It is regularly priced at $7.95 a bottle, and comes from Vinho Verde, Portugal. This wine was served cold, and has a clear light yellow color. The smell was of stainless steal, citrus orange, and mango. The taste was a crisp, sour orange. With a citrusy orange aftertaste. I thought it was good, and I ranked this wine as #2 for this weeks wine tasting. This wine looks like:
Second I got to taste Terranoble Chardonnay 2014. This wine is regularly priced at $15 a bottle and goes on sale for $8.95 a bottle. This wine originated in Central Valley Chile. This wine was served cold and was clear yellow in color. The smell was of apple, sour, avocado? The taste was apple, crisp, and sour. The aftertaste was sour. The wine was good, but not as good as the first I tasted. I ranked this wine as #3 out of the wines tasted for this weeks tasting. Here is a picture of this wine:
The third wine I got to taste was Terranoble Carbernet Sauvignon 2013. This wine is regularly priced at $15 a bottle and goes on sale for $8.95. This wine comes from the Central Valley, Chile. This wine was served warm, the color was dark red with black hints. The smell was pepper, cherry, leather and rubber. The taste was not bad, cherry and dry. The aftertaste was dry cherry. I thought it was one of the better Cabernet Sauvignons I've tried, although I'm still not a red wine drinker. I ranked this wine as #4 out of the 5 wines I tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:
The fourth wine was Oasis del Cuyo Malbec. This wine is regularly priced at $12 and goes on sale for $6.95. This wine hails from Mendoza, Argentina. This wine was served warm. The color was darker than the last with a burnt red color. The smell was spicy, pepper, cherry, and rubbing alcohol. The taste was dry, cherry, ok but bitter. The aftertaste was bitter. I ranked this wine as #5 out of the five wines tasted this week. This wine looked like this:
The final wine I tasted this week was Baci Dolci Mosto Di Uve Parzialmente Fermentato Non Vintage 50% Marzemino, 50% Merlot. This wine is regularly priced at $15 a bottle and goes on sale for $9.95 a bottle. This wine is from Colli Euganei, Italy. This wine was served cold. The color was ruby red, burnt, but pretty purple notes. The smell was like dried fruit, or prunes. The taste was delicious, sweet like grape soda or strawberry soda. The aftertaste was sweet notes on the tongue. I ranked this wine as #1 out of the five wines I tasted this week. This wine looks like:
Thanks for reading, I hope you have a wonderful week!
Cheers!
~Michelle
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