Wine Tasting: Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling and Martin's Rake Sauvignon Blanc

Wine Tasting: Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling and Martin's Rake Sauvignon Blanc



I went to Kroger to do a wine tasting. While at Kroger I was able to try 2 wines for free. 
The first wine I tried was Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling (#3 on the board). The variety of grapes in this wine are made exclusively of riesling grapes. The country of origin is the United States and the region of origin is the Columbia Valley in California. The vintage year is 2022 and at Kroger it retails for $9.99 a bottle. 

I found a detailed review of the Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling on the honest wine review website. They split this review up into its appearance, aroma, taste, and finish. Their overall review of this wine was that it is a balanced wine that wasn't very sweet and more on the dry side. They tasted floral and fruity flavors.   

Wine folly: Page 158 on the wine folly textbook focuses on Riesling grapes. They mentioned that these grapes sweetness can vary, but they have high acidity, and low tannin levels. This grape tends to have green apple and floral flavors (page 158). The wine has aromas from the tree fruit/melon group (page 30).

I tried this wine alone without any food. This wine has a light yellow coloration. The aromas I smelt from this wine were fruity; pear and some floral hints. I found this wine dry with a fruity flavor. The fruity flavors that I were tasting were pear, apple, and some melon. 



The second wine that I tried is the Martin's Rake Sauvignon Blanc (#5 on the board). The variety of grapes that make up this wine is sauvignon blanc. The country of origin is New Zealand, in the Marlborough region. The vintage year I tried is 2022. This wine retails for $12.99 a bottle at Kroger. 

On the website www.gerbes.com I found multiple reviews on Martin's Rake Sauvignon Blanc. There are a total of 17 reviews/ratings with 6 of them giving this wine 5 stars and 1 giving it 1 star. The rest of the ratings varied between 4-2 stars. A lot of reviews mentioned that this wine is a "perfect summer wine", and that it is a "crisp, fruity, and tropical" wine.  

Wine Folly: On page 165 they talk about the Sauvignon Blanc grape. This grape tends to have low levels of sweetness, high acidity, and a medium body. Lots of the flavors that this grape tends to have are herbal and fruity (page 166). The aromas of this wind are in the citrus and vegetable/herbal group (page 30).

I did not try this wine with any food. This wine has a pale yellow/gold color. It has a fruity and herbal aroma. They fruity aromas its citrusy. This wine is dry. A got a lot of herbal flavors when tasting this wine. I also picked up the citrus, pear, and apple flavoring. I found this wine to be tart. 



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Wine Tasting: Insomnia Cabernet Sauvignon

Image
 Wine Tasting: Insomnia Cabernet Sauvignon The red wine that I tried at the Vintage Cellar this week is the Insomnia Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is made of a variety of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. Its country of origin is the United States, in the California region. The vintage year that I tried was 2022. A bottle retails for $5.95 at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, Virginia.  I found over 700 reviews of this wine on the Vivino website. This wine has an average of a 3.4 out of 5. Most people noticed the dark fruity flavors, such as blackberry and plum. I also read a lot of reviews of people saying that they found this wine smooth with a medium dryness. Wine Folly: Cabernet Sauvignon grapes tend to have dark berry flavors and aromas. This includes blackberry, black cherry, plum etc. As mentioned on page 30-31 they talk about the dark aromas you may smell. I smelt a lot of aromas from the black fruit category; blackberry, cherry, a...
Read more

Wine Tasting: Lodali Moscato d'Asti and Doktor Strawberry Moscato NV

Image
 Wine T asting : Lodali Moscato d'Asti and Doktor Strawberry Moscato NV 3.) The first wine I tried was the Lodali Moscato d'Asti. The Grape that makes up this wine is Moscato. It originates from Italy, in the northern Italy/Piemonte/Moscato d'Asti region. The vintage year of this bottle is 2022. A bottle ranges from $12-16. The other wine that I tried was the Doktor Strawberry Moscato NV. This wine is made of the Moscato grape with some strawberry flavoring. The country of origin is northwest Italy in the Piemonte region. The vintage year is 2022. The price of a bottle is about $12.  4.)  https://www.vivino.com/US/en/lodali-moscato-d-asti/w/1196215?srsltid=AfmBOoryLeaPOIXb_WBl1zAQEa9E5B0H_gNs6QQ7DtTYNBO2jvQZIfKd . The Vivino website included multiple reviews on the  Lodali Moscato d'Asti wine. The Vivino website also has the Doktor Strawberry Moscato NV, so I have attached the link (there are a total of 10 reviews from customers).  ...
Read more

Wine Tasting: Cantina di Castelnuovo del Garda Pinot Grigio della Venezie

Image
  Wine Tasting:  Cantina di Castelnuovo del Garda P inot Grigio della Venezie On Thursday, March 27th, I visited the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA, for their weekly wine tasting. One of the white wines that they had to sample was the  Cantina di Castelnuovo del Garda P inot Grigio della Venezie. This wine is made up of 100% Pinot Grigio grapes. The country of origin is Italy, in the Veneto region. The vintage year is 2023 and a bottle of this wine retails for $8.95 at the vintage cellar.  I found a total of 37 review of this wine on the Vivino website; which is a website that sells various wines from all over the world. This wine had an average rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars. Most of the reviews mentioned that this wine was dry and crisp with floral aromas. People mentioned flavors of various fruits like apple, pear, etc.  Wine Folly: Page 149 in the wine folly textbook focuses on Pinot Grigio. They mention that this grape can vary...
Read more