(38-42) Vintage Cellar Tasting

Terre di Poggio Laude- Peccorino 2013

Check the website for this wine out: it's one of the better looking ones, which obviously means it has better wines, right?

Smell: lemon, like a newly installed air freshener.

Taste: very good balance of crisp and dry taste, like a rich lemonade, with just the right amount of sugar. Definitely a good wine to drink alone. Not alone, like by yourself, that's a little depressing.

Verdict: 3/5

Torre Castillo Cosecha Monastrell

Cosecha is "to harvest" in Spanish, a fitting description. With this on the label, at least 85% of grapes must come from the Monastrell grape. Lucky for them, it's 100% Monastrell.

Smell: spicy, with licorice and black cherries

Taste: Nice and smooth on the way down. Good body, but pretty limited in taste: dark blueberry/berry, which is a broken record with these reds.

Verdict: 3/5











Chateau Suau Bordeaux Rose 2013

Chateaux in France are the lifeblood of the country's wine industry. This one is 10% Cab Sav. Trying the abbreviations here.

Smell: orange and melon, but very fresh. cool how that works.

Taste: leans towards fruit juice at first, but levels off with a great finish. All the orange, melon, and pear you'd expect, and this is good to drink by itself.

Verdict: 3.5/5

















Tres Ojos Garnacha Calatayud 2012

Guess how many grapes are in this blended wine? The Spanish tempranillo is one of them, with the titular Garnacha as well. I buy these Spanish ones just because they're fun to say sometimes.

Smell: Cherry on the nose, and a bit like roses too.

Taste: A more complex cherry, like eating it in a spicy salad. Hard to handle on its own, though. Best paired with some grub.

Verdict: 2/5
















Hahn Piesporter Michelsburg Riesling

I think I'm in a Riesling stage right now. I had a dream where I drank some, and it was the 2nd greatest dream of my life. The 1st was meeting the cast of the Lord of the Rings. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Smell: like a flower bouquet with orange wedges in it.

Taste: like orange wedges with flowers in them. See what I did there? Perfectly sweet, great wine to have as is.

Verdict: 4/5