Wine Week Ten at Vintage Cellar(Trattoria; El Cortijillo; Cavit; Jip Jip Rocks; Lost Vineyards)

Hello There,

This week I got to taste 5 new wines at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg Virginia! I did not eat any food with any of the wines. Also Spring is finally here! I think at least...*fingers crossed*. I am going to rate these wines from 1 being the best of the wines tasted this week to 5 being the worst wine tasted this week.

First up I got to taste Trattoria Busa Alla Torre Pinot Grigio 2014. This wine is priced at $7.95 a bottle and comes from Veneto, Italy. This wine was served cold and is a light clear yellow color. This wine smells like stainless steal and honey. The taste was crisp and bitter. The aftertaste was bitter. I did not like this wine and ranked it as #4 out of the 5 wines tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:

Second I got to taste El Cortijillo Verdejo 2014. This wine is priced at $5.95 a bottle and originated from La Monacha, Spain. This wine was a darker yellow in color and was served cold. The smell was honey suckle. The taste was bittersweet and crisp apple. The aftertaste was bitter. I ranked this wine as #2 out of the five wines tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:




The third wine I got to taste was Cavit Alta Luna Pinot Noir 2011. This wine is regularly priced at $20 a bottle and goes on sale fro $9.95 a bottle. This wine hails from Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy. This wine was served warm. The color was a warm red. The smell was of cherry and pepper. The taste was a bitter pepper cherry. The aftertaste was cherry. I ranked this wine as #3 out of the five wines tasted this week. Here is a picture of this wine:

The fourth wine I got to taste was Jip Jip Rocks Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is regularly priced at $19 a bottle and goes on sale for $8.95 a bottle. This wine was born in Padthaway, Australia. This wine was served warm and was very dark, almost black red in color. The smell was of pepper, oak, and some sort of fruit...cherry? the taste was dry, bitter worse than #1. the Aftertaste was just dry. I ranked this wine as #5 out of the five wines tasted this week. Meaning I did not like it very much. Here is a picture of this wine:

The fifth wine I got to taste this week was Lost Vineyards Spumante Italiano Moscato Non Vintage. This wine is regularly priced at $6.95 a bottle and it originated from Piedmont, Italy. This wine was served cold and was clear yellow in color. The smell was of soap, flowers, and fruity. The taste was delicious, it was sweet and bubbly. It leaves sweet notes on the tongue and was definitely the best one out of the bunch. I liked this wine so much I bought 3 bottles. It was just so pleasant. The cool thing is the bottle has a really cool plastic cork that you can screw back in. Here is a picture of this wine:

That is it for this weeks wine tasting! I think we only have a few more weeks left for our weekly wine tastings, the semester is coming to an end much quicker than I would like. Hopefully I can continue to taste many more wines, as there are many out there that I still have yet to try! I look forward to this weeks wine tasting. I hope you all have enjoyed my input on these wines! Have a wonderful week!

Cheers!
~Michelle