- Name: Norton Torrontes
- Variety: Torrontes
- Region: Mendoza
- Country: Argentina
- Year: 2011
- Price: $5.95
- Shop Review: Greenish yellow with hints of gold, this Torrontes has intense aromas of white peach, rose petal, and jasmine. Norton Torrontes 2011 is pleasant and well balanced on the palate.
- My Review: This wine had a nice, sweet smell but also a little sour due to hints of grapefruit. The flavor was almost floral in taste and maybe a bit peachy. It had a very smooth finish in my opinion and had a silky feel going down. I purchased this wine, it had some of the smoothest, calmest flavors of the bunch. Not too sweet and not too bland.
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- Name: Dibon Cava Brut Reserve
- Variety: Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada
- Region: Penedes
- Country: Spain
- Year: No Vintage
- Price: $9.95
- Shop Review: Xarel-lo, Parellada, and Macabeo. The nose offers regal yeast and richness, while the palate has complexity to prop up apple, citrus, and grapefruit flavors. Solid from front to back, with health and freshness.
- My Review: The nose gave off a tart smell and light apples. This was a fizzy wine so when it was poured it immediately bubbled right up. On the tongue it tingled as it bubbled and it offered a strong bite as well. The aftertaste had a hint of strawberry and floral and ended off the taste with a mildly bitter flavor. It was an alright wine but personally the ending of bitter was offputting.
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- Name: Opera Prima
- Variety: Pink Moscato
- Region: Castilla
- Country: Spain
- Year: No Vintage
- Price: $5.95
- Shop Review: This fine sparkling presents and intense aroma of fresh berries and tropical fruits with hints of white flavor petals. Delicate bubbles caress the palate offering a silky and pleasant sweetness well balanced by a crisp, refreshing finish. Ideal on its own, as an aperitif or with all types of sweets and desserts.
- My Review: When this wine was poured it fizzed right up. I love bubbly wines. I sniffed it and I was immediately reminded of the summer. It was light and fruity with a definitive smell of pink grapefruit. I tasted this and it literally tasted like carbonated, sour, grapefruit juice, which doesn't exist, but it should because this was delicious. If I had unlimited money I would have bought this one too. This tasting was great, I wish I could have bought so many more.
- No food, I think this would be best alone anyways.
- Name: Black Opal
- Variety: Shiraz
- Region: South Eastern Australia
- Country: Australia
- Year: 2011
- Price: $5.95
- Shop Review: The Black Opal wines are sourced from vineyards found in South Australia along the Limestone Coast, at Langhorne Creek and in the infamous Barossa Valley. Black Opal Shiraz is rish red in the glass. Aromas of blackberry, pepper, and spice followed with rich plum flavors that round out the palate. Soft tannins give structure to the fruit-driven palate.
- My Review: The aromas was strongly peppery and also had a strong oakey smell. It smelled very good and I was very excited to taste it. The flavor was very deep and extremely spicey. So many spices at once, it was great. I think Shiraz is one of my favorite reds as of now. I'm just too cheap to buy two wines, so I didn't get it, but I wanted to.
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- Name: Sokol Blosser Meditrina
- Variety: Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Zinfandel
- Region: Oregon
- Country: United States
- Year: No Vintage
- Price: $7.95
- Shop Review: It's created from the finest Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Zinfandel. The taste is lush and velvety with expressive notes of raspberry and cherry. It pairs nicely with pasta and anything off the grill.
- My Review: This wine had a nice sweet smell with a smell that I almost thought to be strawberries at the time, but looking at the review it was probably the mixture of raspberry and cherry that I was smelling. The taste was a lot less like it smelled, with a much more bitter flavor than I expected. I do like a little bitter of a wine but I didn't like how the smell and the taste mixed in my nose and mouth.
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- Name: Wine Men of Gotham
- Variety: Chardonnay Semillon
- Region: South Australia
- Country: Australia
- Year: 2008
- Price: $5.95
- Shop Review: Gotham's 2008 Wine Men of Gotham Chardonnay Semillon is a blend of 80% and 20% Semillon. It give a moderate intensity of melon, guava, apricot, and butterscotch aromas. The medium bodied palate provides attractive acidity along with plenty of tropical fruit flavors and a medium-long finish.
- My Review: A light fruity smell with a bit of a sour tinge. The flavor was a nice berry with a bit of tartness to it. I know I'm not supposed to judge based on the label, but this one is just so strange, it kind of deterred me from the wine itself a little, even though the actual wine was pretty good.
- No food was served.
- Name: Beringer
- Variety: Riesling
- Region: Sonoma, California
- Country: United States
- Year: 2009
- Price: $5.95
- Shop Review: This wine is the perfect balance of honeysuckle and bright peach flavors. A perfect compliment to light fare, appetizers, or just sharing with friends.
- My Review: I didn't get the strongest smell out of this one, it was a very light wine, with maybe a slight hint of white grape. The taste was much better than the smell, as I didn't smell much of anything strong, but the flavor was very sweet and fruity, I liked it a lot. I also bought this one, I am trying out some white wines just to see if I can get into them and this was a good one for me.
- No food.
