I will stated what I personally taste what these alcoholic beverage taste like and not from anyone else. These try/taste is for myself and not anyone. My body, my taste preference.
Here some layman information about (grape) Wine:
- Truthfully all (grape) wine are blended; however they are not officially consider blended if they are from a single variety of grape with a vintage labeled.
- Non-Vintage wine are always blended
- There are "Named" blend that the wine world will recognized just by the name alone (Vintage or Non-Vintage).
- Non-Vintage wine are either inexpensive wine or a "Named" blend wine.
- Blend wine are either "a single variety of grape from different vintage year" and/or "different variety of grape with one variety of grape as the majority".
Afterthought (After Tasting #1-16) [02/04/17]: The first question I ask myself/yourself are "Is is bitter (grape wine)?" The answer to that question after trying some are both "yes" and "no", let me explain. First off after trying other alcoholic beverage before this type of alcoholic beverage test, I realize that I have moderate to high bitter tolerance. With that be stated, when I first try (grape) wine it taste bitter. It only after trying a few more time (taste test x-amount) that I become immune to it and the bitter taste disappear and some other flavor appear. It depend on your bitterness tolerance and how long it will take from x-amount of sample before you will become immune to the bitterness. Once gone, it will mostly be gone from the flavor. Unlike all my other previous alcoholic beverages taste tests (on other blog post) which are have an ingredient that make it bitter. OK enough of that; I neither dislike it or like it, but I can tolerate it (grape wine). Unlike sake (Japanese Rice Wine) which I can clearly stated I don't enjoy it, this (grape wine) I can tolerate it. If I have to say I have a preference of what grape wine I would prefer, that would be that they would have a moderate strength in term flavor factor and/or have fruity like flavor. The one that have this (one of my preference of choices) on my taste test are: #1, #3, #4, #8, #10, #11, #12, and #14. Grape wine to me at less taste either funky or like grape flavored medicine.
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Squealing PigMarlborough, New Zealand
Sauvignon Blanc
2012
13.5% ALC/VOL
750ML
*Type: White Wine
Taste #1:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a light fruity flavor with a taste of alcohol that similar to "hard cider" flavor alcohol.
Sutter HomeChardonnay
California
ALC 13.0% BY VOL
187ML
*Type: Blended White Wine
Taste #2:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a citrus like peach flavor with alcohol peppermint-like effect.
Reuscher-HaartPiesporter Goldtropfchen
2014
Riesling Kabinett
Produce Of Germany
ALC 8.5% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: White Wine
Taste #3:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a somewhat sweet flavor of a fruit. Overall taste somewhat like a non-bittersweet hard cider.
DonnhoffRiesling
2014
Produce Of Germany
ALC 10% VOL
750ML
*Type: White Wine
Taste #4:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has somewhat sweet and somewhat bland of fruit flavor; the alcohol flavor taste like hard cider.
ChaloneVineyard
Estate Grown
2013 Chenin Blanc
Chalone Appellation
13.75% ALC/VOL
750ML
*Type: White Wine
Taste #5:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine taste a little bit sour a little bit bitter with an aftertaste of alcohol.
Jean-Marc BrocardChablis Premier Cru
Vau De Vey
2011
Produce Of France
12.5% VOL
750ML
*Type: Blended White Wine
Taste #6:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine taste somewhat sweet at the start but have the taste of minor bitter oak (tree) flavor.
LamarcaProsecco
Sparkling Wine
Product Of Italy
ALC 11% BY VOL
187ML
*Type: Sparking Wine, Blended White Wine
Taste #7:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine smell of sour and it taste of bland and minor sour (grape sour flavor).
Barefoot BubblyBrut Cuvee
Sparkling Champagne California
ALC 11.5% BY VOL
187ML
*Type: Sparking Wine, Blended White Wine
Taste #8:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine smell sour but it taste of sweet sour.
Sutter HomePinot Noir
California
ALC 13.0% BY VOL
187ML
*Type: Blended Red Wine
Taste #9:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine smell funky and it taste like grape flavored medicine.
Robert MondaviWinery
Napa Valley
Merlot
2011
ALC 14.5% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: Red Wine
Taste #10:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine unique grape like taste with alcohol. It mostly bland like flavor as an aftertaste.
BrancaiaChianti Classico Riserva
2011
Produce Of Italy
ALC 14% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: Blended Red Wine
Taste #11:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine taste acidly but not alot of alcohol flavor. Overall it taste mild in term of the flavor factor but it doesn't have that usual funky grape flavor.
RavenswoodSingle Vineyard
Teldeschi
Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley
Vintage 2012
ALC 15.1% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: Red Wine
Taste #12:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine taste kind of dry with that unique grape wine flavor but on the mild side.
Robert MondaviWinery
Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
2013
ALC 15.0% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: Red Wine
Taste #13:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a strong wine grape and alcohol flavor, not alot of acidity flavor and it has no funky taste flavor. It also kind of taste dry.
Barreri & RovatiBarolo Riserva
2005
Produce Of Italy
ALC 14% BY VOL
750ML
*Type: Blended Red Wine
Taste #14:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has the taste of wine flavor acidity flavor and nothing else. It quite mild in term of flavor strength.
MugaRioja Reserva
Unfiltered
2011
Produce Of Spain
750ML
ALC 14% BY VOL
*Type: Blended Red Wine
Taste #15:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a strong acidly wine flavor taste.
Taylor Fladgate10 Year Tawny Porto
Bottled in 2015
ALC 20% BY VOL
750ML
Produce Of Portugal
*Type: Fortified Wine/Dessert Wine, Blended Red Wine
Taste #16:
- First and/or Only Impression: This wine has a sharp taste close to funky taste, similar to grape flavored medicine with an aftertaste of sweet.
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