Wine Tasting (Week 12)

Name: Frascati
Variety: Volpetti
Region: Malvasia Trebbiano
Country: Greco
Year: 2012
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: "Straw yellow in color with a soft, delicate perfume, fruitful flavor, dry and harmonious taste. Perfect with appetizers, soups, fish.

My Review: This wine had a very fruity and honey nose to it however the wine did not have much taste to it. It was a litte buttery and silky but that is it. 

Name: Bricco Dei Tati
Variety: Rose
Region: Italy
Country: Italy
Year: 2013
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: "Fresh with aromas of strawberries, 
cherries and rose petals. This is ideal with shellfish, salads, chicken, and with appetizers."

My Review: This wine had a heavy nose to it with smells of fruit, brown sugar and cherry. The taste was not the same however. I could not pick out anything from the taste except wine.

Name: Georges DuBoeuf
Variety: Beaujolais Nouveau
Region: France
Country: France
Year: 2013
Price: $3.95
Winery Review: "Balanced and lightly creamy, offering 
pretty flavors of plum sauce and raspberry coulis threaded with hints of ground spice. Elegant, with a floral finish. Drink now."

My Review: This wine had a creamy and sugar smell to it. The wine was a little dry but had a nice plum taste to it. 

Name: Atlas Cumbres
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Argentina
Country: Argentina
Year: 2010
Price: $6.95
Winery Review: "Intense red color with violet highlights, 
with clean, fresh and complex aromas of berries, plums, figs and pepper. Strong personality is in perfect balance with a medium body and pleasant tannins. Ideal for: red meats, cheeses and strong sauces."

My Review: This wine had a very interesting nose to it. It smelled like toast and a big juicy steak that has not been cooked yet. The taste was again plum and a tad dry.

Name: Heinz Eifel Shine
Variety: Riesling
Region: Germany
Country: Germany
Year: 2012
Price: $9.95
Winery Review: "This drier-styled Riesling is bright, fruity and floral with crisp acidity and clean flavors of apple, pear and peach that compliment its stony minerality and earthy complexity. It serves well as an aperitif and matches a wide variety of foods, like lighter salad dishes, shellfish, cream sauces and also anything with a touch of spice."

My Review: This wine had a nice fruit and apple to the nose. The taste was of honey, sugar and pear however this wine was not as sweet as other rieslings I have had in the past.