Posts Tagged ‘White’
Marc Kreydenweiss Kastelburg Riesling 2004
28 Feb 2009Place: France Price: $70 Aroma: Straw, Pear Color: Dark Gold with an Orange Brown Tint Taste: Tart, Very Clean, Distinct Flavors Detected: Tart Apple, Rocky, Dirty Ahh, the wine bargain basement! Since all of Pennsylvania wine is sold in state liquor stores they have lots of specials. Overstocks, wines that are getting too old, etc. It’s like the end of the [...]
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- Tags: 2004, France, Marc Kreydenweiss, Riesling, White, Wine
Casa Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc 2007
21 Feb 2009Place: Chile Price: $12 Aroma: Pear, Pineapple Color: Pale Golden Taste: Fresh, Dry but Sweet Flavors Detected: Fruit, Pineapple We paired this fruity wine with Linguine, Crab, and Avocado with Scallion Vinaigrette from Food & Wine. Both the food and wine were very tasty and went well with each other. If the linguine and sauvignon blanc were [...]
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- Tags: 2007, Casa Lapostolle, Chile, Sauvignon Blanc, White, Wine
Pessagno Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay 2005
20 Feb 2009Place: California Price: $24.99 Aroma: Pineapple, Caramel, Honey Color: Very Golden Taste: Sweet, Delicious, Full of Awesome Flavors Detected: Honey, Pineapple, Lavender, Pear Wow, this was a tasty chardonnay. The honey flavor really stuck out and it was so delicious in both taste and aroma. We had this with roasted chicken legs with kale and potatoes. [...]
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- Tags: 2005, California, Chardonnay, Pessagno, Sleepy Hollow, White, Wine
Folie Á Deux Menage Á Trois White 2007
11 Jan 2009Place: Napa Valley, California Price: $10 Aroma: Peaches, Fruity Color: Pale Yellow Taste: Sweet Flavors Detected: Peaches, Pineapple The trois part of this wine comes from a mix of chardonnay, chenin blanc and muscat grapes. Both the red and white wines in the Mengae Á Trois lines are very tasty and a great value, but I prefer the [...]
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- Tags: California, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Folie Á Deux, Muscat, Napa Valley, White, Wine
Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc 2008
11 Jan 2009Place: South Africa Price: $13.99 Aroma: Hay, Apples Color: Pale Yellow Taste: Dry Flavors Detected: Pear, Haystack, Golden Raisin This was a very long lingering wine that we both enjoyed a lot.
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- Tags: 2008, Chenin Blanc, Mulderbosch, South Africa, White, Wine
Louis Latour Pouilly Fuisse 2005
In: Chardonnay|France|White
10 Jan 2009Place: France Price: $24.99 Aroma: Grass, Peaches Color: Straw Yellow Taste: Light, Acidic, Dry Flavors Detected: Pear This had the acidic fruit taste of a semillion without the zing. It was a pretty disappointing wine for having such a fancily scripted label. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t very good either. Just average.
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- Tags: 2005, Chardonnay, France, Louis Latour, White, Wine
Anton Bauer Riesling Berg 2007
1 Jan 2009Place: Austria Price: $16 Aroma: weak, fail Color: Very pale yellowish green Taste: Acidic, sour, young, crisp Flavors Detected: Lemon, citrus Very clean finish. Does not linger on the palette. We first tried the Anton Bauer Riesling on New Year’s Eve along with a Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc and a Tangley Oaks Chardonnay as part [...]
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- Tags: 2007, Anton Bauer, Austria, Riesling, White, Wine
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2007
1 Jan 2009Place: Marlborough, New Zealand Price: $24 Aroma: Floral, Dewy Spring Morning, Sweet Color: Pale Yellow Green Taste: Balanced, Acidic, Crisp Flavors Detected: Tropical Fruit, Citrus This was the wine that we decided to finish off New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately, the label does not warn that consumption may cause you to fall asleep before midnight and miss the ball dropping! I’m sure [...]
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- Tags: 2007, Cloudy Bay, New Zealand, Sauvignon Blanc, White, Wine
Tangley Oaks Chardonnay 2005
1 Jan 2009Place: Santa Barbara, CA Price: $15 Aroma: Strawberries, Stone, Oak Barrels Color: Straw Golden Yellow Taste: Bold and Balanced Flavors Detected: A mellow lemony flavor with a vanilla finish This wine smelled amazing! It lingered longer than both the Anton Bauer Riesling and the Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc that we also tried on the same [...]
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