Light honey colored with flowers, fruit and grapefruit nose. Spicy grapefruit taste. A great wine chilled. It would be good as an apperatif or with white fish dishes. This wine is made in the Danube Valley. Gruner Veltliner is the number one grape varietal produced in Austria. A good table wine.
White Wine
Name: Grunerveltliner Wachau
Grape: Gruner Veltliner
Region: Austria
Maker: Domaine Wachau
Price: $15
Alcohol: 12.1%
Translucent pinky red in color with plum, fresh fruit and mild floral aroma. Creamy palate of cherries, licorice and black tea. Nice finish. Not a bad New Zealand Pinot.
Red Wine
Year: 2010
Name: Spy Valley
Grape: Pinot Noir
Region: Malborough, New Zealand
Maker: Spy Valley Wines
Price: $25
Alcohol: 14%
Medium in color and body, this wine has a tannic smell with notes of oak and currants. Acidic in taste with fruit and mocha overtones. Plush furry finish. Needs to mellow with decanting.
Red Wine
Year: 2005
Name: Old River Road Ponderosa Vineyard
Grape: Pinot Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California, U.S.A.
Maker: Old River Road Cellars
Price: $27
Alcohol: 13.6%