Another week of wines at the Vintage Cellar, same rules as always. The wines are meant to be both cheap and well crafted to appeal to the college aged budget. All of the wines are Under $20 normally and under $10 on sale at the Vintage Cellar. This week featured a balance of reds and whites with unusual tastes and finished with a Riesling a sweet desert wine type at the end.
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 #69
Name: Terre di Poggio Laude
Variety: Pecorino
Region: Terre di Chieti
Country: Italy
Year: 2013
Price: $8.95
Winery review:
Bright and savory, this floral scented Pecorino offers juicy tropical fruit and lemon drop sensations accented by notes of mint and thyme. The ripe fruit is balanced by brisk acidity that leaves the palate feeling cleansed and refreshed.
My Review:
Fruity with pear on the nose, this wine is a different beast when you drink. It acquires tastes like a creamy pear with a slight spice to the fruit. This wine also takes on some spice akin to a herbal floral components.
Rating: 1
Wine #70
Name: Chateau Suau Bordeaux Rose
Variety: Cabernet Sauvingion Rose
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Year: 2013
Price: $7.95
Winery review: 88 points - Stephen Tanzer
100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Light, lurid pink. Tangerine, raspberry and white pepper on the fragrant nose. Juicy and focused in the mouth, offering zesty red berry flavors with a refreshingly bitter edge. Closes clean and tight, with lingering spiciness and a touch of orange zest.
My Review:
Darker and fruitier on the nose with some darker raspberry and blackberry mixing pleasantly with some strawberry. On the pallet it displays some slightly spicy blackberry with some interesting fruity characteristics that are not fully definable.
Rating: 1.5
Wine #71
Name: Torre Castillo Cosecha
Variety: Monastrell
Region: Jumilla
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $7.95
Winery review: 89 points - Stephen Tanzer
100% Monastrell, aged in American oak for four months. Bright ruby. Powerful, spicy aromas of dark berry preserves and lavender. Fleshy and round on the palate, offering spicy blackberry and blueberry flavors and gaining sweetness with air. Finishes smooth, long and slightly warm. "
My Review:
Darker fruit, like a licorice and black raspberry on the nose. This wine becomes more tannic and dark fruit than I would like on the pallet but also takes on some leathery earthy characteristics that make the wine better, more interesting.Slightly spiced.
Rating: 0
Wine #72
Name: Tres Ojos, Calatayud
Variety: Garnacha
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95
Winery review: 88 points – Robert Parker
"The 2012 Tres Ojos Garnacha contains 15% Tempranillo (I wonder why), and unoaked cuvée of 200,000 bottles that matures in vat for at least seven months before bottling. What I tasted was a very honest, fresh and fruit-driven red with aromas of cherries, garrigue and thyme with a medium-bodied palate, some weight and tannins that would do better with food. This is a red that sells for a song.”
My Review:
The Funk! moldy earth smells abound in a taste that has more briar and wild forest smells and tastes to it. Like eating some berries in a forest, it has some fruit that accompanies the light tannins and the almost invisible acidity. Smooth and heavy in body.
Rating: 0.5
Wine #73
Name: Hahn, Piesporter Michelsberg
Variety: Riesling
Region: Piesport
Country: Germany
Year: N/A
Price: $9.95
Winery review:
This wine’s light, airy mouthfeel belies its sweetness and intensity of flavor. Honeyed pineapple aromas; similar flavors on the palate, adding gentle citrus notes toward the long, sweet finish.
My Review:
Sparkling, slightly mineral, and citrus. A fairly classic mineral Riesling that does not have true bubbles but is so clean it gives the impression of it. Not much sugar, and some light citrus and fruit flavors that are delicate and not super there.
Rating: 1
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 #69
Variety: Pecorino
Region: Terre di Chieti
Country: Italy
Year: 2013
Price: $8.95
Bright and savory, this floral scented Pecorino offers juicy tropical fruit and lemon drop sensations accented by notes of mint and thyme. The ripe fruit is balanced by brisk acidity that leaves the palate feeling cleansed and refreshed.
My Review:
Fruity with pear on the nose, this wine is a different beast when you drink. It acquires tastes like a creamy pear with a slight spice to the fruit. This wine also takes on some spice akin to a herbal floral components.
Rating: 1
Wine #70
Variety: Cabernet Sauvingion Rose
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Year: 2013
Price: $7.95
100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Light, lurid pink. Tangerine, raspberry and white pepper on the fragrant nose. Juicy and focused in the mouth, offering zesty red berry flavors with a refreshingly bitter edge. Closes clean and tight, with lingering spiciness and a touch of orange zest.
My Review:
Darker and fruitier on the nose with some darker raspberry and blackberry mixing pleasantly with some strawberry. On the pallet it displays some slightly spicy blackberry with some interesting fruity characteristics that are not fully definable.
Rating: 1.5
Wine #71
Variety: Monastrell
Region: Jumilla
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $7.95
100% Monastrell, aged in American oak for four months. Bright ruby. Powerful, spicy aromas of dark berry preserves and lavender. Fleshy and round on the palate, offering spicy blackberry and blueberry flavors and gaining sweetness with air. Finishes smooth, long and slightly warm. "
My Review:
Darker fruit, like a licorice and black raspberry on the nose. This wine becomes more tannic and dark fruit than I would like on the pallet but also takes on some leathery earthy characteristics that make the wine better, more interesting.Slightly spiced.
Rating: 0
Wine #72
Variety: Garnacha
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95
"The 2012 Tres Ojos Garnacha contains 15% Tempranillo (I wonder why), and unoaked cuvée of 200,000 bottles that matures in vat for at least seven months before bottling. What I tasted was a very honest, fresh and fruit-driven red with aromas of cherries, garrigue and thyme with a medium-bodied palate, some weight and tannins that would do better with food. This is a red that sells for a song.”
My Review:
The Funk! moldy earth smells abound in a taste that has more briar and wild forest smells and tastes to it. Like eating some berries in a forest, it has some fruit that accompanies the light tannins and the almost invisible acidity. Smooth and heavy in body.
Rating: 0.5
Variety: Riesling
Region: Piesport
Country: Germany
Year: N/A
Price: $9.95
This wine’s light, airy mouthfeel belies its sweetness and intensity of flavor. Honeyed pineapple aromas; similar flavors on the palate, adding gentle citrus notes toward the long, sweet finish.
My Review:
Sparkling, slightly mineral, and citrus. A fairly classic mineral Riesling that does not have true bubbles but is so clean it gives the impression of it. Not much sugar, and some light citrus and fruit flavors that are delicate and not super there.
Rating: 1
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