Origin: Dundee Hills, Oregon | Year: 2012 | Rating: balling | Price: $12 | ABV: 12%
This is my first foray into a white blend. Once again, I picked this because of the label. Also because the top of the cork was cool.
This lovely vino was paired with spaghetti. To switch things up from the spaghetti that I've had every night for the past two weeks, I went with Roasted Red Peppers and Garlic pasta sauce. (Yum.)
At first when I poured the wine, it looked almost clear to me, but it appeared slightly darker when there was more in the glass.
I did some research on this wine, as I always do, and I learned that it is made with Muller-Thurgau, White Riesling, Semillon, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Muscat Canelli, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, and Sylvaner grapes. Holy shit, that's a lot of variety. A blend, indeed. That's fine with me. I appreciate well-rounded things.
The first thing that I thought when I tasted this wine was, "Oh my god, peaches!" Partially because I love peaches, and partially because I was happy that I had a thought other than, "So this tastes like wine."
This is a delicious summer wine. It is so yummy. So warming, but so cooling. Yum yum yum.
I apologize for this semi-incoherent entry. Blame it on the fact that I've worked for seven days straight.
If any of my Georgia homies want to try this wine, sucks for you! I bought this one on a recent trip to Asheville. My goal was to buy local wine, but I couldn't find anything but Biltmore wine, so I bought this instead because I love Oregon.
One thing that I've learned so far about buying wine that is >$10 is that there isn't nearly as much burn. It doesn't half as much going down as cheap wine does. That may seem like a super obvious observation, but it's so true. It's so much easier to drink. I can almost chug it.
Not that I would ever chug something that I paid almost $20 for.
It's a beautiful thing. I'm loving this adventure.
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