Lightly floral, fruity aroma and flavor, a pleasant minerality expands in the mouth. Later, orange essence comes to mind. WHO: Colombelle WHAT: Colombard, Ugni blanc WHERE: Côtes de Gascogne, France WHEN: 2008 HOW MUCH: $10 (Media Sample)
The familiar honey-honeysuckle nose of prosecco, then a touch of fruit in the flavor with a nice balance of acidity. This is a very sturdy prosecco with a medium body, not light yet pleasing, finishing with a hint of raspberry.-read more-
2007 Domdechant Werner Riesling Classic – Rheingau, Germany I wish this was the first Riesling I ever tasted: I would have fallen in love with the grape immediately. Incredibly easy to drink, perfectly balanced, a hint of sugar offsetting wonderful-read more-
The Palate Press Wine of the Week, June 7-June 13, is:online survey
2007 Domdechant Werner Riesling Classic – Rheingau, Germany I wish this was the first Riesling I ever tasted: I would have fallen in love with the grape immediately. Incredibly easy to drink, perfectly balanced, a hint of sugar offsetting wonderful-read more-
This is a clear bright straw color and very viscous. The palate is rich with tropical fruit flavors, mango and pineapple, all with a light wood undercurrent rather than the heavily toasted oak of so many Sonoma Chardonnays. The finish-read more-
After a few hours to blow off some funk, this showed as earthy, with raspberry, some dried strawberries, allspice and cloves. Use of new oak is a little heavy, loading jarring vanilla onto the finish. A couple of years in-read more-
2008 Lions Drift Pinotage – Breedekloof, South Africa Selected as the Palate Press Wine of the Week, May 30 - June 6, 2010, by the readers of Palate Press: the online wine magazine. Clear, bright ruby red with purple. Clean-read more-