Name: Crane Lake
Variety: Riesling
Region: California
Country: USA
Year: 2015
Color: White
Price: $5.95
Wine Critic Review: "This light-colored wine displays aromas of honeysuckle and orange blossom; flavors include green apple and peach. The finish is mildly sweet, crisp, and lingering."
My Review: Very bright smell, light and fruity. Very smooth finish with a subtle light pear/peach taste to it.
Did not have with food.
Name: Vinedos Real Rubio Rioja Crianza 2010
Variety: Tempranillo, Graciamo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Color: Red
Price: $9.95
Wine Critic Review: "Lightly baked berry aromas vie for attention with leather, spice and mild earth notes, and the result is disjointed. On the palate, this is tight as a drum initially, but more expansive as it unfolds. Cherry, plum, raspberry, vanilla and woodspice flavors finish pure, clean and easy. This is a fine yet manageable Rioja that's not trying too hard."
My Review: Dark fruit smell, maybe cranberry/cherry smell. Definitely has a great nice mouthfeel, sediment left in the glass with a cherry finish.
Did not have with food.
Name: Barao de Figueira Tino Reserva
Variety: Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca
Region: Beira
Country: Portugal
Year: 2013
Color: Red
Price: $7.95
Wine Critic Review: "this is a rich and spicy wine that has a pure streak of fruit freshness and a firmly tannic core. It is perfumed from Touriga Nacional in the blend, with red berry and black plum flavors coming through strongly along, balanced by acidity. It will be better from 2017."
My Review: Dark red fruit smell, possibly cherry. Taste is very spicy, kind of like a cinnamon/cherry/deep red fruit marriage of deliciousness.
Did not have with food.
Name: Garnacha de Fuego
Variety: Old Vines Grenache Rose
Region: Aragon
Country: Spain
Year: 2014
Color: Rose
Price: $2.95
Wine Critic Review: "delicate strawberry and cranberry fruit notes, with a hint of pomegranate. It is fresh, lively, ripe, medium-bodied, and has more texture and length than one usually expects in a rose. "
My Review: Very in your face fruity smell, with some light red fruits. Quite dry, but with lots of fruity flavors coming through - Almost a mild cherry.
Did not have with food.
Name: Villa Vitas
Variety: Ribolla Gialla
Region: Venezie
Country: Italy
Year: 2014
Color: White
Price: $6.95
Wine Critic Review: "Fresh and floral bouquet and a consistent and rightly acidulous taste. Its pleasant freshness and fruity notes of green apple are enhanced by its characteristic acidity."
My Review: Smelled like some very nice light fruit - possibly a citrusy smell. Taste was very crisp and had a nice white fruit finish.
Did not have with food.
