
Saturday, May 23, 2009
#128 Schioppettino

#127 Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano)
#126 Seyval Blanc

This is a seyval blanc. It has a really fresh nose but surprises with a sweet taste and finishes with something perhaps a little metallic. One of us thought it tasted like "sugar water" and indeed it did improve with a few clean ice cubes to dilute and chill. It is a pricey $15 but the winery looks like it might be worth a visit if in the area.
#125 Inzolia
Sunday, May 17, 2009
#124 Aligote

Which could possibly (if everything were in fact possible) be translated to "A refreshing and not too complex white wine suitable for an afternoon in the sun... and a decent value at $12".
#123 Vignoles

Nose is yeasty apples, dry on the palate and a grape finish. This is a surprisingly strong wine revealing some real zing. We smoothed it out by turning it into a lazy Sunday afternoon mimosa.
Which led into.....
Sunday, May 10, 2009
#122 Ruche

Its a $16 wine that reminded me at first like a Cotes du Rhone but then seemed more like a light weight Barolo. It has beautiful aromatics, sharp tannins and a clean finish. Further research reveals that this wine is from Piedmont and does (according to wiki) share some resemblance to its elegant neighbor Nebbiolo.
#121 Vernaccia

Saturday, May 9, 2009
#120 Muscadelle

This is a sweet one. Tastes and smells a bit like Concord grape jelly with a hint of smoke (or is that cedar) and a thick sweet finish. I think this wine begs to be served cold and young with, or perhaps in place of, desert.
#119 Bonarda

That said, this was an enjoyable wine. My first taste tonight reminded me of the first taste of wine I ever had. There is something slightly hot, wispingly herbaceous, and rapidly vanishing about this one. It's a $16 wine and it wont be easy to find here. If I lived near the winery I suspect this would be a front runner for my house wine.
Monday, May 4, 2009
#118 Orange Muscat

This one has an enticingly perfumed nose of delicate flowers and fresh laundry. It is sweet without being cloying and has a wispy citrus orange finish. This is a wine I would like to try to work into a pairing menu. I would say it is a desert wine trapped in a table wine's bottle and it has the potential to raise some eyebrows. 118 varietals into the quest and I am still being surprised... thank you!
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