Name: Cantina
di Casteggio Provincia
di Pavia
Category: Moscato
Region: Lombardy, Italy
Year: N/A
Price: $10
Winery Review:This
fun dessert wine has delicate aromas of citrus, tropical fruit and fragrant
white flower. The bright foaming palate offers juicy yellow peach, candied
nectarine zest and a hint of rose. It's sweet, but it also has enough fresh
acidity to stop it from being cloying. Perfect for the afternoon, weekend, or
any other time.
My Review: I really liked this dessert wine because I am a very big fan of moscato. I liked how the wine was sweet but I could taste the citrusy and peachy flavors in it as they were the most distinct ones to me. It was light, delicious and would go really well with chocolate ganache cake.
Name: Oxford Landing
Category: Shiraz
Region: South Australia
Year: 2014
Price: $9.95
Winery Review:For such a competitively priced offering, this
delivers a lot of complexity. Dried herbs, anise, chocolate and coffee notes
add nuance to the raspberry fruit. It's medium bodied and supple, with a lush,
lingering finish. Drink now–2020.
My Review: This red wine was the best wine that I tried amongst all the ones on the list. I really liked the hint of coffee flavors in the wine. I also liked the fact that the wine wasn't too tannic. It had a very nice fruity flavors that were balanced by other undertones that I wasn't able to identify well.
Name: Indwe
Category: Pinotage
Region: Coastal South Africa
Year: 2015
Price: $12
Winery Review:“A
disclaimer: I have never cared much for Pinotage, the indigenous South African
grape variety, but this Pinotage from Indwe, named after the country's national
bird, the blue crane, comes across like a light Pinot Noir. Subtle notes of
cherries, spice and forest floor are followed by a round, light to medium-bodied,
pure, seductive, well-crafted wine that should drink well for a year or so.”
My Review: This wine had a very strong alcoholic smell to it which I did not like. It had slight smokey and spicy flavors to it but it was also pretty berry flavored at the same time. It left an aftertaste which was not very appealing.
Name: Aveleda Praia
Category: Vinho
Verde 40%
Arinto, 30% Loureiro, 20% Trajadura and 10% Azal
Region: Vinho Verde, Portugal
Year: N/A
Price: $8.95
Winery Review: It's rare to find a Vinho Verde – the famously light and
refreshing "green" white wine of Portugal – that isn't delightful,
but this is one of the best of the breed. And there's no better time to quaff
these wines than in the spring and summer. This version is lightly
effervescent, with a lively acidity that wakes up the palate. It combines lime
and peach flavors with a whiff of sea breeze. Somehow it manages to be both
ethereal and penetrating.
My Review: This wine had avery fruity and refreshing taste to it. I liked how it tasted very peachy and apple like but the taste was not over the top or too fruity to handle.The perfect balance of fruity and acidity made the wine delicious. I would love to have this wine with gourmet cheese platter.
