Vintage Cellar Tasting - Emeri

• Name: Emeri
• Variety: Shiraz
• Region: Bortoli
• Country: South Eastern Australia
• Year: N/V
• Price: $9.95
• Shop Review: A relatively light, fresh style of sparkling Shiraz, with berries and hints of chocolate picking up just a touch of sweet vanilla on the finish.
• My Review: Can you say run on sentence with this guy above me, I mean come on can't you just throw in a period every once and a while, it really doesn't hurt to take a breath in between sentences and just calm down for real gosh darnit I can't believe how grammatically incorrect everyone is these days it really just puts me in a little rage fit geez.  The wine btw, was incredibly interesting, I have seen very few sparkling red wines and I'll tell you, I was excited to try it.  The last sparkling red I had was delcious, it was just like candy.  So I took a whiff of this wine and it smelled delcious, sweet, berries, candy, just great.  I took a sip and the bubbles immediately took over my mouth, it was cool, nice and fizzy.  The taste was initially pretty sweet and I liked it at first, but then this strange bitter after taste came over me and it turned me away from the wine quite quickly.  I got hints of banana and vanilla throughout and especially in the aftertaste.  I was overall not a fan of this wine, I wanted to be because it was so different, but it just didn't fit right.  Sorry sparkling red, you didn't cut it.  And for that price?  No way.
• And without food?  Even less likely of a chance that I'd buy you, sorry.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Tres Ojos

• Name: Tres Ojos
• Variety: Garnacha
• Region: Calatayud
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2011
• Price: $6.95
• Shop Review: This wine has a brick red color with a bouquet of red raspberries, spice, and white pepper.  The palate is incredibly concentrated and rich.  The modern styles of  Garnacha in Spain are continuously being perceived worldwide as wines of extradordinaryly good quality.  This wine is fruity, juicy, and shows a great deapth, ripe tannins, length but yet with wonderful elegance and lightness.  Enjoy with sausages, roasted meats, aged cheeses, etc.
• My Review:  Now, for the record, I usually try to make my reviews as long or longer than the shop's reviews, but this was one hefty review!  It's gonna be hard to top that, so I will ramble on to take up some space before I start my actual review.  Did you know that this wine is apparently the #1 selling wine at the vintage cellar?  Makes sense now why the review is so massive.  Let's get going with our review, shall we?  The nose was extremely powerful in this wine, definitely strong on the cherry, and I could literally smell the tannins and the full-bodiedness of this wine just in the smell.  The flavor of this was very fruity, with strong tannins and extreme spices as well.  A terrific wine.  If I could buy two wines this would be the second wine I'd buy, but I can't, sadly.
• Food:  nope

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Montebuena

• Name: Montebuena
• Variety: Tempranillo
• Region: Rioja
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2010
• Price: $8.95
• Shoppe Review: 100% Tempranillo.  Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and in the mouth.  Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end energy.  Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing shape and grip. 
  Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well with an hour or so of decanting; it's an excellent value for Rioja.
• Myye Review: The nose of this wine definitely reminded me of raspberries, I love raspberries, probably definitely my favorite kind of berry hands down.  So you could probably guess that I was pretty excited for this wine.  I swirled the delicate wine in my mouth coating every surface with the delightful flavors of the dark red wine.  There were light tannins, black cherries, and a mild sweetness.  It was very good but I am cheap as hell, so you know I didn't buy this one as much as I may have wanted to.
• OMG you know what I have been forgetting????  The food part of my blog@!!!
• There was no food...

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Sainte Victoire

• Name: Sainte Victoire
• Variety: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault
• Region: Provence
• Country: France
• Year: 2011
• Price: $8.95
• Shop Review: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault.  Bright salmon pink; typical of the fresh but warm Provence style.  Refined and complex on the nose, with summer fruit and floral notes.  Dry and crisp, with a delicate flavor and full texture.
• My Review: The nose of this rose had a good bit of apple tints to it.  The flavor was also quite appley and citrusy, it was very dry but also light and mellow.  A good relaxing wine with little complexity but nice flavor.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Canyon Road

• Name: Canyon Road
• Variety: Chardonnay
• Region: California
• Country: United States
• Year: 2011
• Price: $6.95
• Shop Review: Medium-bodied wine with notes of crisp apple and ripe citrus fruit with a hint of cinnamon spice.  Delicious complement to grilled chicken, lighter pasta dishes or mild cheeses.
• My Review: The nose of this wine was sort of oaky and spicey though it was not oaked, and perhaps the spices I was smelling was the cinnamon.  The flavor was nice and sweet, appley if that's a word, and I got a bit of a peach aftertaste that lingered on my tongue.  I actually enjoyed this wine despite its simplicity.  I bought this wine.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Potluck

• Name: Potluck
• Variety: Sweet malbec
• Region: Mendoza
• Country: Argentina
• Year: 2010
• Price: $7.95
• Shoppe Review: Deep red and brilliant with violet hints.  Complex, fruity, and predominant red fruits.  Easy to drink, round with persistent sweetness, very well balanced with sweet tannins.
• My Review: Smells of this come off as extremely sweet, sugary, and I got the hint of cherries.  But upon tasting this wine, I was surprised to find not as strong of a sweetness to the flavor as was in the aroma.  Don't get me wrong, it was definitely sweet, being a sweet malbec wine it better be, but the aromas were stronger than the flavors.  Honestly, I got a kind of charcoal flavor with the sweetness, I like to define it as a charcoal sweet flavor.  Yummmm, like I'm out back grillin' a bottle of vino, or perhaps a malbec grape on open charcoal heat.  Good stuff man.
• If I was grillin' there would be food, but I wasn't at the time.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Grange de Payan

• Name: Domaine de Grange de Payan
• Variety: Grenache
• Region: Cotes du Rhone
• Country: France
• Year: 2011
• Price: $8.95
• Shop Review: Intensely spicy and precise, with lively red berry flavors and a hint of black pepper.  The Grenache, which makes up the majority of the wine, is deeper and more powerful, offering cherry and black raspberry qualities lifted by zesty minerality.
• My Review: The smell of this wine was bitter, and gave a hint of used gym clothes (as if I would even know what that smells like...who goes to the gym?).  Once tasted, the tannins were noticeably much stronger than the previous.  It was very bitter, especially on the aftertaste, it also had a very spice oriented flavor, specifically of pepper.
• I pity the food who is required to read my wine blogs.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Tinto Figaro

• Name: Tinto Figaro
• Variety: Garnacha
• Region: Calatayud
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2009
• Price: $6.95
• Shop Review: Figaro is 100% Garnacha, made from a selection of the best grapes grown in the oldest vineyards.  While not truly an "oaked wine," a short stay in oak barrels provides a nice spicy flavor boost.  Bright violet.  Dark berry and cherry aromas show a jammy aspect.  Supple and gently sweet, with good lift to its black raspberry and boysenberry flavors.  Smooth and broad on the finish, leaving behind a hint of spiciness.  Extermely easy to drink and an excellent value.
• My Review: Smells like blackberry, rich and earthy.  In my mouth it was soft and velvety which was comforting like an ancient stuffed bear that you have owned forever and you love to snuggle with at night...alone...And yeah, the tannins were light but tingly on my tongue and it gave off a very deep rich flavor.  Also, it was very tart but slightly bitter as well with hints of blackberries.  I really liked this one, but my budget only allows one wine per week sadly.
• Food?  Ain't no one got time for that!

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Maipe

• Name: Maipe
• Variety: Malbec
• Region: Mendoza
• Country: Argentina
• Year: 2011
• Price: $7.95
• Shop Review: Intense pink color with violet hints.  Fresh red fruit bouquet, strawberry and cherry flavors, balanced acidity, dry and lingering finish.  Excellent with tuna or green salad, pasta, spicy Asian dishes.
• My Review: In my attempt at writing notes I said that this wine smelled "sweety with light spicey."  I was in a rush, so no judging.  But yeah, this was a nice smelling wine, very tempting.  And the aromas proved to be quite precise to its flavors, it was extremely good, nice and sweet with a hint of strawberry and very warm to the mouth probably from the spice flavors.
• They tell us all these tasty foods it would go with, well then give em to us!  Geez, don't tempt us with the mouth watering sensations of food pairings if you're not gonna provide!

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Cortenova

• Name: Cortenova
• Variety: Pinot grigio
• Region: Veneto
• Country: Italy
• Year: 2012
• Price: $7.95
• Shop Review: Brilliant straw color with emerald reflections.  Fresh and floaral bouquet with a hint of pears, apricots, and bananas.  Fresh and inviting with bright fruit and an easy drinking style with a pleasing hint of almonds in the aftertaste.  Pairs well with seafood dishes, risottos with scampi, spaghetti with clams, sole in white wine.  Perfect also as an aperitif.
• My Review: This wine is pretty much straight up, see-through clear.  I don't know what they are talking about "brilliant straw color with emerald reflections" cause it AIN'T!  Whatever, when I first smelled this wine for some reason it brought me straight to a campfire, and roasting marshmellows.  Seriously, it's weird, I don't get it either, cause it's totally a fruity, light wine, but I just thought of roasty and  marshmellows.  But as soon as I tasted it that all went away; the flavors were fruity with pears and some other good flavors that made it light and tastey.  It was also very soury and made my mouth pucker, which is a good thing to me.  I bought this wine cause it was interesting and different and I liked it too.
• No food, rush hour time.

Tasting - Charles Brotte

• Name: Charles Brotte
• Variety: Syrah
• Region: Rhone Valley
• Country: France
• Year: 2011
• Price: $9.99
• Market Street Wineshops Review: This delightful French red is a spectacular value. It's 100% Syrah from the fine Chateauneuf Du Pape house Maison Brotte. Wine guru Robert Parker loves their lineup of Chateauneufs, so we know the estate is capable of making fine wine, and we flipped when we discovered this fresh, bright red bottled only for importer Monsieur Touton. Smooth and gluggable, it has enough character to keep it interesting bottle after bottle.
• My Review: This wine was not with the beer tasting of the past four posts, this is a bottle that I purchased at a local wine shop out of curiousity and am now going to review it.  On the nose this wine was very complex, it had mulberries and other assorted berries, vanilla, and a strange kind of musty smell that hit lightly in the back of the throat.  Upon tasting this wine I noticed a light tinge of tannins on my tongue but not nearly as strong as most other Syrahs.  It was very smooth, it just rolled down the throat nice and easy which made it very easily drinkable.  The flavors were definitely very cherry and also strong on the spices.  And the color was a nice violet color when held to the light.  This was a cheap, light, and very nice wine, especially for the price.
• Food: I tried it with a sandwhich at home made of roast beef and cheese.  I put the food in my mouth, chewed it up, and then sloshed in a little wine to absorb it into all the food.  It was actually a very good combination.  It enhanced the flavors of the meat and actually seemed to make the wine a little sweeter.

Downtown Wine and Gourmet Tasting - Eight Point

• Name: Eight Point
• Type: American IPA
• Brewer: Devils Backbone Brewing Company
• Region: Roseland, Virginia
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $9.99 for 6 pack
• Brewer's Review: A cornucopia of hop varieties imparts a floral-citrus aroma and a crisp bitterness to this medium-bodied ale. Concocted from Pilsen and a dash of Caramel malts, this burnished-golden brew has a sweet malt backbone for balance. IBUs - 60, ABV - 5.9%.
• My Review: The smell of this one was sweet and very wheaty on the nose.  A nice concoction of flavors, mildly heavy and rich.  The taste of this beer was much more bitter than expected and also much lower alcohol content than the others.  A great beer from a Virginia brewer.
• Food: Crackers
   

Downtown Wine and Gourmet Tasting - Union Jack

• Name: Union Jack
• Type: American IPA
• Brewer: Firestone Walker Brewing Company
• Region: Paso Robles, California
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $2 for 12oz, $11 for six pack
• Man-derstanding Review: This American IPA (India Pale Ale) has 7.5% ABV and as I stuck my nose directly to the mouth of the bottle, I got a huge whiff of the citrus infused hops. Union Jack pours a honey color and carries a very smooth, medium body brew that is quite full flavored. For an IPA, it is pretty well balanced and drinkable. I am still not a huge fan of IPAs but this is one of the better brews I have tried. I normally do not order IPAs when I drink beer, however I would consider drinking this one again. Cinko says: 3.5 out of 5.
• My Review: This beer was nice and sweet on the nose, with hints of berry, it smelled very tasty.  When poured, the head of foam rose high, I blew it down before sipping it.  The flavors were very good, nice and sweet and well balanced, a good beer.
• Food: Crackers

Downtown Wine and Gourmet Tasting - Sculpin

• Name: Sculpin
• Type: American IPA
• Brewer: Ballast Point Brewing Company
• Region: San Diego, California
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $9.99 for 22oz bottle
• The Daily Pint Review: It is one of the more aggressively hopped IPA’s with a good malt backbone balanced by clean crisp Hop profile. The aroma hits you first with Simcoe and Amarillo dry hops being very apparent in the finished product. The balance is superb with both the hops and malt achieving a very drinkable end product. This is one of those bigger aggressive hoppy ales that you still find yourself ordering a second as soon as you finish your first.
• My Review: A very sweet apple smell on the nose and lightly hoppy, as are pretty much all IPAs.  All these beers were IPA.  The taste was interesting, bitter on the palate but still quite light.  Punched with flavor from start to finish, giving it a nice smooth feel throughout.
• Food: Crackers

Downtown Wine and Gourmet Tasting - Ranger

• Name: Ranger
• Type: American IPA
• Brewer: New Belgium Brewing
• Region: Fort Collins, Colorado
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $8 for 6 pack
• 5280 Review: We like to think of Ranger as a starter IPA. It has all the characteristics of the style, including plenty of hops that offer fruit and citrus flavors and a hint of sweet malt. But Ranger isn't shockingly bitter, as is the case with some IPAs. (In fact, Ranger might not pack enough of a punch for hop fanatics.) The beer pours a striking clear golden color. The smell is grainy, citrusy—grapefruit and lemon—and a bit malty. Ranger's flavor doesn't stray too far from it's aroma. The citrus-flavored hops hit first. Then, there's a medium bitterness that is balanced by mild malt. Ranger finishes smooth—a nice, easy-drinking IPA.
• My Review: This tasting was done in my hometown of Harrisonburg, Virginia and at the time they were doing a beer bracket to see which beer would come in first based on taster's perception of each without knowing what each was.  They also poured A LOT more than other tastings I have been to, it was a generous serving which was very nice.  The initial smell of this beer was extremely hoppy but with a little fruity kick to it.  The color was light golden, very pretty beer.  The flavors were very interesting, a mix of bitter, which I expected from an IPA, but also a mix of sweet citrusy flavors.  Not too heavy, very drinkable and good.
• Food: Crackers just to neutralize the flavors of the last beer in between each, nice to munch on, wish more places did this.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Tarima

• Name: Tarima
• Variety: Monastrell (Mourvedre)
• Region: Jumilla
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2011
• Price: $9.95
• Wine Advocate Review: The 2011 Tarima made from non-organic Monastrell is sensational.  From an area dominated by cooperatives, this full-bodied blockbuster boasts plenty of blue and black fruit notes, impressive purity and an enticing texture as well as length.  It is hard to believe that wines such as this can be found for under $10 a bottle.  91 points.
• My Review:  This is a sneaky tasting that the tasting lady did on a whim just for me and another taster at the time.  And yes I know, it is not a beer.  This wine had been sitting out over night for about 24 hours before we tasted it.  The nose was sweet with hints of berry, a nice subtle smell.  The taste of this wine was somewhat hard on tannins, giving my mouth a light, but nice tingle.  The flavor in my opinion could best be described as blackberries.  According to our pourer, the flavors were bolder the day before, and now it was much smoother and lighter.  Just goes to show, like Boyer has said, some wines can get better when left out over night.  Or if it doesn't get better, it definitely changes in flavor.
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Grand Cru

• Name: Grand Cru
• Type: Belgian strong dark ale
• Brewer: Green Flash Brewing Co.
• Region: San Diego, California
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: 2011, winter
• Price: $9.95 for 22oz
• Shop Review: Dark brown color.  Nose of heated raisins, spicy clove, light smoke in the back; breakfast sausage like.  Smoke lingers in the background of the taste and is a good counter to the semi-sweet, brown sugar, dark fruit flavors.  Like many Belgians, it starts sweet but finishes dry.  Rather drinkable for it's alcohol level.  This beer has aged quite gracefully and could go another year easily.  9.1% ABV.
• My Review:  They call this a dark ale, and boy was it dark.  The color in the glass was heavily dark brown, almost a rusty color.  The head itself was dark brown as well, everything about this beer screamed heavy, dark, and powerful.  I immediately recognized the nose as an extremely thick syrup or malt, the malt definitely overpowered the hops, not in a bad way though.  Heaviest of the lot by a longshot, obvious why it was served last.  The flavor was deep and rich, so many flavors it's hard to name them all.  I can still remember the taste as I write this review, I can remember the heaviness of the beer and now thinking back on it I can taste the brown sugar as well.  A great beer but a little expensive for my liking.
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Merry Monks

• Name: Merry Monks
• Type: Tripel
• Brewer: Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
• Region: Easton, Pennsylvania
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $2.54 for 12oz, $13.25 for 6 pack
• Shop Review: Straw bordering on gold color.  Very Belgian yeast nose, condied banana, cookie dough.  Well carbonated, very effervescent.  The full body fills the mouth, creamy midpalette, and finishes quite dry.  Drinks less than its stated alcohol level.  9.3% ABV.
• My Review:  This was without a doubt my favorite beer of the entire tasting.  The nose was strongly of berries and yeast, very sweet and delicious.  I smelled it multiple times before drinking it because it just smelled so damn good.  When I tasted it, I got hints of strawberry and fruit, a very light tasting and colored beer that was all round good.  It had little bitterness, smooth and easy to drink.  I bought one bottle of this beer, was planning to drink it myself but I may give it to a friend for his birthday, if he likes he can have it, if he doesn't I will take it off his hands for him!
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Allagash

• Name: Allagash
• Type: Dubbel ale
• Brewer: Allagash Brewing Company
• Region: Portland, Maine
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Year-round
• Price: $2.85 for 12 oz, $10.95 for 4 pack
• Shope Review: Deep red color.  A nutty and caramel sweetness nose with a hint of cocoa.  Starts sweet but finishes dry.  Flavor of cocoa powder, dark fruits.  7% ABV.
• My Review: I forgot to mention, all of these beers are Belgian styles but brewed in the United States, adapting similar techniques to get proper flavors.  All the brewers did very good jobs.  The nose on this beer was very wheaty, immediately brought my mind to a field of wheat blowing in the breeze; beautiful imagery.  The flavors of this were definitely heavier and deeper than the previous beer.  Much more filling and more flavor coated my tongue.  Not as bitter, definitely a little bit of chocolate.  The color was very golden, a pretty beer in the glass.
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Sneak Attack

• Name: Sneak Attack
• Type: Saison (Farmhouse ale)
• Brewer: 21st Amendment Brewery
• Region: San Francisco, California
• Country: United States
• Time of Year: Winter
• Price: $1.95 for 12oz can, $10.95 for 6 pack
• Shop Review: Hazy yellow color.  Cardamon sneaks through an aroma of hay, black pepper, and flowers.  Taste has the nice refreshing and dry aspects of a saison.  Hint of banana.  High level of carbonation.  6.2% ABV
• My Review:  This is the first beer tasting that I will be recording on my blog, I have done them before but never recorded my data.  The aroma on this first beer was fruity and somewhat spicy.  A nice light brown, or golden color showed with a light head of foam.  The flavors of this beer were initially bitter and hoppy, but finished sweet and grainy.  I liked this one alright, but the flavors clashed a bit for me.
• No food

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Monte Aman

• Name: Monte Aman
• Variety: Tempranillo
• Region: Arlanza
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2009
• Price: $5.95
• Shop Review: 100% Tempranillo.  Fermentation of selected grapes in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature.  Aging in American oak casks for five months followed by three months in the bottle before being released in the market.  Inky ruby.  Ripe cherry and plum on the nose.  Smooth and fleshy, with dep dark fruit flavors complicated by bitter chocolate and anise.  A spicy quality adds lift and focus to the weighty fruit.  Offers an appealing mix of power and energy and drinks very well right now.
• My review: This was a very strange wine to me, not sure I really liked it very much.  It had a very pungent smell, almost like vomit and cherries.  Yeah, that's right, I brought back the vomit again, what was up with today?  Vomit wine tasting day?  Hmm...anyways, the flavor was nice and spicey with high tannins.  The flavor had a nice hint of raspberries and strangely, a flavor deep in the back of my mouth that tasted like tuna, very strange.  It finished hot.  Overall I didn't dislike this wine, actually it was pretty good, but it had too many subtle, strange tastes that I found to be a little off.
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Cortenova

• Name: Cortenova
• Variety: Montepulciano d' Abruzzo
• Region:
• Country: Italy
• Year: 2010
• Price: $6.95
• Shop Review: 100% Montepulciano d' Abruzzo.  Deep ruby red color with violet hightlights and a pleasant and fruity bouquet.  Full bodied, soft tannins and good acidity.  Excellent with pasta dishes and red meats.
• My Review: Very nice aromas of cherries and blackberries, really enjoyed smelling this one.  The color was deep purple.  The tannins in this wine were pretty high, gave my tongue a somewhat rough feeling pretty quickly.  It starts off sweet and ends dry and bitter.  The flavor that kind of came to mind was a rubber tire.  Hard to explain why, but it kind of did.
• No food.

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Maipe

• Name: Maipe
• Variety: Chardonnay, Viognier
• Region: Mendoza
• Country: Argentina
• Year: 2012
• Price: $7.95
• Shop Review: Made from 85% Chardonnay, 15% Viognier.  30% malolactic fermentation, 30% was aged in French oak barrels.  Brilliant yellow golden color with green hints.  The wine is crisp and filled with white peach, pear, green apples flavors, toasty vanilla.  Elegant and luscious wine, well balanced.  Crisp and long finish.  Pairs well with creamy soups, pork, veal, vegetables.
• My Review: The smell was sour, acidic, and uriny, a little offputting honestly.  The flavor was also quite acidic and sour.  And an aftertaste of something I can only describe as vomitty.  I was not a fan of this wine...at all!
• No food

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Villa d' Orvieto

• Name: Villa d' Orvieto
• Variety: Grechetto, Procanico, Malvasia
• Region: Umbria
• Country: Italy
• Year: 2011
• Price: $6.95
• Shop Review: It's a blend of Grechetto, Procanico (Trebbiano), and Malvasia.  Fresh and crisp, it has a beautiful, floral bouquet.  It is wonderful with appetizers, fish, chicken, and salads.
• My review: This had an extremely light color, almost completely clear.  It had a very light, floral smell that I could barely it sense.  The flavor was fruity, with a hint of cherries and it finished nice and sweet.  I liked this wine as well but a little light for me.
• No food

Vintage Cellar Tasting - Dibon Cava

 

• Name: Dibon Cava Brut Reserve
• Variety: Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada
• Region: Penedes
• Country: Spain
• Year: No Vintage
• Price: $9.95
• Shop Review: 45% Macabeo, 25% Xarel-lo, 30% Parellada.  Light gold with plenty of bubbles, this wine has aromas of apples and pears with pleasant floral notes.  Crisp and light-bodied on the palate, stone fruit flavors are accompanied by a mild minerality and balanced acidity.  A delicious sparkler for a great price!
• My Review: To begin, obviously this is a bubbly wine, thus the reason we tasted it first.  It was a nice subtle bubble in the glass, not too crazy.  The smell was sweet and light, with that of apples and peaches.  On the palate this wine had a very earthy kind of taste, and it was very dry.  It had a light bitter aftertaste which I didn't mind, it gave a different flavor than I have had before and I enjoyed it.  I purchased this wine, which is the first time I didn't buy the cheapest wine tasted, ironically, this is actually the most expensive wine we tasted, what a jump!
• We did not have food with this wine.