5/12 Aromatic White Grapes – Blind Tasting Buddies
Wine Tasting, May 12th, 2023
Wines:
Sparkling
- 2018 Peter Lauer Deutscher Sekt Riesling Brut Mosel, DE
White – Old World
- 2021 Do Ferreiro Rías Baixas Albariño Galicia, ES
- 2014 Domaine Georges Vernay Condrieu Coteau de Vernon Northern Rhône, FR
- 2021 Skouras Peloponnese Moschofilero Peloponnese, GR
- 2012 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Vin d’Alsace Muscat Alsace, FR
- 2021 Gabrio Bini – Serragghia Terre Siciliane Zibibbo Vino Secco Pantelleria, IT
- 2012 Selbach Oster Riesling Rotlay Mosel, DE
White – New World
- 2016 Leeuwin Estate Margaret River Riesling Art Series Western Australia, AU
- 2007 Columbia Winery Columbia Valley Gewürztraminer Washington, US
- 2021 Cloudy Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc South Island, NZ
- 2021 Familia Zuccardi Salta Torrontés Serie A North Region, AR
- 2021 Darioush Napa Valley Viognier California, US
- 2015 Trisaetum Willamette Valley Riesling Estates Reserve Oregon, US
- 2021 Continuum Mendocino Sauvignon Blanc Sentium California, US
Dessert
- 2008 Finca Domingo Cafayate Torrontés Dessert Wine North Region, AR
An exercise in deductive tasting, all levels are welcome. Each session we present a theme, and focus our tasting and theory work accordingly. Event led by Master Sommelier Nick Davis.
Aromatic white wines are very unique, and offer explosive personalities that jump out of the glass. Grapes such as Muscat, Viognier, Gewurztraminer, and Albariño are each unique in their own ways, but are unified by having “terpene” compounds that promote their floral lift. In this session, we will explore armoatic examples side-by-side, to discover these styles in-depth.
Attendance:
- Nick D.
- Michele D.
- Jessica T.
- Grant
- Jay L.
- Ben R.
- Steph Y.
- Lee B.
- Mia B.
- Jennifer D.
- Avery J.
- Joel
