Wines 2-6: More for the Power Rankings

Tried a few more wines on Thursday. All of the naming can be a bit confusing; what's on the bottle could be the name of the grape, the winery, or even the wine's region. So when you have a chardonnay, that's the grape, and Cotes du Rhone describes a wine region in France.

Foxhollow Chardonnay
California, USA 2012
$5.95

Smell: a little like orange juice and pineapple. Very fruity.
Taste: like the smell, hints of orange, but a good balance of smooth and bitter.

Verdict: 3/5

Fontana Candida (60% Malvasia Bianca di Candida,  30% Trebbiano, 10% Malaysia del Lazio)
Frascati, Italy
$5.95
Smell: a bit sour, lemony.
Taste: lemony, fruity. Different tastes here probably come the three grapes used in varying percentages. Not bad! I like crisp and bitter tastes that aren't too strong. This wine does it well.

Verdict: 3.5/5

Barton and Guestier Chicken and Turkey (50% Grenache,  30% Syrah, 20% Carignan)
Cotes du-Rhone AKA Rhone Valley, France
$10--> $5.95

Smell: dark, like cherry and licorice.
Taste: really smooth, with texture like black coffee, but fruity too. My favorite so far

Verdict: 4/5

Foxhollow Cabernet Sauvignon
California, USA
$5.95
Smell: a little blueberry/blackberry
Taste: very dark and rich. I feel like this is an acquired taste that I'm not ready for just yet.

Verdict: 2.5/5

Opera Prima Sparkling Moscato

La Mancha, Spain
$15 --> $6.95
Smell: very fruity, but you can smell the carbonation more than anything else.
Taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvHZiRirAU ---hated this one. My mom never gave me Coke as a kid, so this is how carbonation makes me feel. Blech. I could've just bought a Fanta.

Verdict: 1/5