This past week I had the pleasure of tasting 5 new wines at the Vintage Cellar, in Blacksburg, Virginia. I did not eat anything with these wines. The weather this week has been what I'd like to call mother nature going through menopause , one minute it was hot, the next minute it was snowing. Hopefully this week will turn into a more sincere spring, with a summer in the future. Anyways, as usual I have ranked these wines 1-5, one being the best for this week, and 5 being the worst. I realized these wines are all different varieties and are hard to really compare to one another.
First up I got to taste Mars & Venus Chardonnay 2014. This wine is regularly priced at $5.95, and originates from La Mancha, Spain. This wine was served cold, and was yellow/clear in color. The smell was citrus, stainless steal. The taste was bitter, sour, and just not good. The aftertaste was sour and bitter. This wine was ranked number 3 out of the five wines tasted this week.
Second up I got to taste Mapreco Vinho Verde Rose 2015. This wine is regularly priced at $10 and goes on sale for $7.95 a bottle. This wine comes from Vinho Verde, Portugal. This wine was served cold. It was a light pinkish yellow color. It smelled like sweet pear or mango. The taste was sweet, citrus, maybe orange? The aftertaste was citrus and fruity. It was very refreshing. I ranked this wine as number 2 our of the five wines I tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:
The third wine I got to taste this week was Manoir du Carra Beaujolais Nouveau Gamay 2014. This wine is regularly priced at $12 and goes on Sale for $4.95. This wine was born in Beaujolais, France. This wine was served warm. This wine was ruby red in color, like bright red. The smell was peppery, strawberry, apples, and wood. The taste was dry, bitter, and sour. The aftertaste was fruity, bitter. This wine was ranked at number 4 out of the five wines tasted this week. This wine looks like:
The fourth wine I tasted this week was Maipe Malbec 2015. This wine is regularly priced at $12 and goes on sale for $6.95. This wine comes from Mendoza, Argentina. This wine was served warm. It was a darker red in color, almost purple in the middle. It smelled like pepper, leather, and rubber. It tasted like pepper, and cherry. It was gross. The aftertaste was bitter, sour. This wine was in last place, I ranked this wine as number five out of the five wines for this week. Here is a picture of this wine:
Last but not least I got to taste Fetzer Gewurztraminer 2014. This wine is regularly priced at $12 a bottle and goes on sale for $8.95. This wine hails from California. This wine was served cold. The color was like a clear orange. The smell was like a flower and sweet. The taste was sweet. I really had a hard time deciphering what it smelled and tasted like. However, it was the best our of the bunch. I ranked this wine as number 1 for the wines tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:
That is it for this weeks wine tasting. I hope you enjoyed my critiques. Until next week, I hope you all taste delicious wines, and enjoy warm weather!
Cheers,
~Michelle
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