Tasting- Cantina Villafranca
Name: Cantina Villafranca
Variety: Frascati
Region: Frascati
Country: Italy
Year: Non-Vintage
Price: $7.95
Critic Review: Produced from a selection of the best grapes located in the Frascati Doc production area. Made from 45% Malvasia di Candia, 15% Trebbiano Toscano, 25% Mavasia del Lazio, 15% Grechetto (Greco). Intense yellow color with greenish reflections. Characteristic persistent fresh and fruity aromas. Excellent as an aperitif and paired with fish, seafood, or white meat.
My Review: This wine was very lemony smelling and tasted a little like lemons also. It had an acidic taste and was very light in body. I thought this wine was ok.
I did not have food with this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
Tasting- Morro Bay
Name: Morro Bay White Oak Estates
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Lodi
Country: United States, California
Year: 2009
Price: $5.95
Critic Review: Vanilla cream soda nose with a slice of fresh cut pineapple. Full body, tropical fruit, spice and pleasing vanilla oak note linger in the finish. Sweet flavor on the palate is from sur-lie aging the wine on the primary yeast lees for 7 months. A versatile style of wine that can be served chilled with fine cuisine or a glass with friends. Certified Green by Lodi Rules Sustainable Winegrowers.
My Review: It smelled like pineapple and vanilla. It was medium light body with a very smooth taste. It also had hints of vanilla upon tasting it. I enjoyed this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
Tasting- Coreto
Name: Coreto
Variety: Tinto
Region: Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Year: 2008
Price: $6.95
Critic Review: This red from the Coreto range has loads of dark berry fruit with a hint of new oak creating a soft, velvet structure that makes it very easy to drink. Red currant and juicy acidity.
My Review: I really enjoyed this wine. It smelled like berries and also tasted like them. It had a medium body and was very easy to drink.
I did not have food with this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
Tasting- Charles Thomas
Name: Charles Thomas
Variety: Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre
Region: Rhone
Country: France
Year: Non-Vintage
Price: $8.95
Critic Review:Wine Advocate, 87 points. From a 140+ acre estate near the well-known Cotes du Rhone village of Point Saint Esprit emerges this juicy Cotes du Rhone, a blend of 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache, and 10% Mourvedre. Well-made, with loads of berry fruit and a heady, meaty, peppery nose with a hint of Provencal herbs, the wine is fresh, lively, and best drunk over the next 2 years.
My Review: This wine smelled a little peppery with a hint of berries. It was very smooth tasting. It tasted like blackberries and I really like this wine as well.
I did not have food with this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
Tasting- Lost Vineyards
Name: Lost Vineyards
Variety: Spumante Dolce
Region:
Country: Italy
Year: Non-Vintage
Price: $4.95
Critic Review: Palate silvery straw color. Floral aromas of apples, peaches, and potpourri follow through on a round, frothy entry to a fruity medium bodied, sweet wine with good depth and tangy peach fruit and a breezy, harmonious green apple kissed finish.
My Review: This wine was very sweet smelling. It smelled of flowers. It was very sweet tasting like peaches as stated above. This was my favorite wine of the five I tried.
I did not have food with this wine.
I did not have food with this wine.
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