The clear winner, scoring 29 out of a possible 35, was an 2007 Italian brut prosecco called Hi! Priced reasonably at $16, the wine elicited comments like, "smooth and silky," "good for a toast" and "light and crisp." The wine comes in at 11% alcohol.
Coming in a close second was a Southeast Australian pink moscato, Emeri, with 28 points. This wine was served with dessert and was a great choice with our peach pie and plum upside down cake. "This is a great party wine," said one of our members. Another commented, "This is like having Barbie in a bottle." (OK, it WAS our seventh bottle!) We especially liked the back label where it said, "Don't wait for the celebration, BE the celebration." At 8% alcohol, it was easy to drink.
The bronze medal winner for the evening was a California sparkling wine, Viansa Brut Classico, a Carneros sparkler with pinot noir and chardonnay grapes made by the Viansa Winery in Hopland, California. Scoring 27 points, a particularly eloquent fan of this wine said that the wine provided "a mouthful of air and light." Most of us just who liked it said that "it was good." One of our members invited those who wanted to dump their glass to dump it directly into his! On sale at the Wine and Spirits Shoppe!
The other wines and their scores included:
- Sofia Rose (the "welcome wine")---California, 24.5 points, "beautiful color," "great bottle"
- Voga Pino Grigio, Italian sparkling---24.5 points, "the best bottle" "refreshing"
- Taittinger, French champagne---25 points, "smoky"
- Toso Brut, Argentinian Chardonnay----19 points, "party in your mouth" "light"
Next up for our wine club, Saturday, October 31st. Theme? Wines with ghosts, goblins, witches, black cats, and any other Halloween-centric labels.
