As a note I will review each wine separately giving both my impression of the wine and the description from the winemaker themselves. Following that I will rate each wine on a scale [-2, 2]. Where:
-2: Bad wine, undrinkable
-1: Disliked, but drinkable
0: Okay wine, neither disliked or liked
1: Good wine, might buy
2: Great wine, definitely will buy
Wine #8
Name: Fontana Candida
Variety: 60% Malcasia Bianca di Candia
30% Trebbiano
10% Malvasia del Lazio
Region: Frascati
Country: Italy
Year: ---
Price: $12 (Sale $5.95)
Winery review: A blend of 60% Malvasia Bianca di Candia, 30% Trebbiano and 10% Malvasia del Lazio. This Frascati, made from grapes grown in volcanic soils near Rome and cold filtered, is a pale straw gold. On the nose it offers light-as-a-zephyr lemon and a hint of grass. On the tongue it is ultra crisp and delightfully flinty, its lemon and clementine flavors as smooth as old silk. At the end of a nice clean finish a dab of ripe pear takes a bow.
My Review: A blend of different white grapes the Frascati had a slightly sweet fruity flavor to it. Appley on the tongue and with a slightly bitter peppercorn finish. Overall a good white with a lot of interesting flavors.
Rating: 1
Wine #9
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Price: $5.95
Winery review: This Chardonnay’s aromas of tropical pineapple, crisp green apple and citrus are supported by underlying nuances of vanilla. The finish is smooth and creamy yet balanced with enough acidity to accentuate the vibrant fruit flavors with a hint of orange blossoms.
My Review: An okay wine, quite wet on the tongue without much heat to it. It has quite a bit of spice playing around as well as some fruity flavors. All of the flavors were subdued however and was rather boring overall.
Rating: .5
Wine #10
Variety: 50% Grenache
30% Syrah
20% Carignan
Region: Rhone Valley
Country: France
Year: 2011
Price: $5.95
Winery review: 85 Points – Wine Enthusiast
A blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 20% Carignan. Deep red garnet color with purple highlights. Intense nose of morello cherry, tobacco and liquorice. Good structure on the palate with lots of fruits and a long fruity and spicy finish. A true delight.
My Review: A fruity red wine the Chicken and Turkey was a quirky wine to begin with (look at the name!) and a quirky wine overall. With flavors of cherry throughout it seemed to be a good red until the heat of the alcohol broke through and ravaged my mouth creating an unpleasant feeling that left me wanting.
Rating: -1
Wine #11
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Variety: Cabernet Sauvingnon
Region: California
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Price: $5.95
Winery review: Rich and supple with juicy plum, blackberry and chocolate flavors and a pleasant sense of sweetness backed up by good acidity and moderate tannins. Offers early complexity and charm with real richness and depth
My Review: A strange wine with very little in the way of smell, the Foxhollow had an earthiness to it that lended itself to some spiced earthy flavors with a blackberry and licorice finish. The aftertaste of this wine was also quite sweet.
Rating: 0
Variety: Muscat
Region: La Mancha
Country: Spain
Year: ---
Price: $15 (Sale $6.95)
Winery review: 85 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Flowery and sweet smelling, then round and fairly smooth in the mouth. The bubbles and flavor package of tropical fruits galore is pleasant and shouldn’t offend anyone. Finishes clean and easy. A mango boat of flavor.
My Review: Similar to other Muscatos that I have had this was a very sweet wine, slightly sparkling with an earthy-sweet flavor of blackberries and cinnamon. This had many of the properties of the other Muscatos that I liked including a zing on the tongue and an overall sweet flavor but it was not as well done as I would have hoped. The wine seemed to have traded complexity for a simplicity of sweet.
Rating: 1
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