Wine Drank by John Jaster
I went from tea totaler to Wine Century Club member and have tried 156 different wine grapes in three years.
Domaine Mittnacht Freres Pinot & Auxerrois; Baltos Mencia; Ronca Cami Garganega

Domaine Mittnacht Freres, Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois, "Terre d'Etoiles", 2006 (Alsace, France) - This was the highest percentage of Auxerrois I could find (60%).  The back of the label says simply "dry, fresh, and light wine" and that about sums it up.  In the background you get a faint almost undetectable hint of apple (must be the pinot blanc), and you get a faint hint of grass (must be the auxerrois).  The combined result is a basic low average white wine.  5 out of 10.


Ronca, Cami, Garganega, 2007 (Italy) - We had this at a wine tasting in Boston's Italian North End several months ago and I'm just now setting down to write a review.  I remember it as a fairly basic white.  The back label says it actually has hints of hazelnut but I didn't pick up on that.  Still, it's fairly rich and balanced and I'd call it upper average for 6 out of 10.


Dominio De Tares, Baltos, Mencia, 2005 (Spain) - We first had this a full year ago at an event at work.  I'm just now reviewing it because we popped some leftovers for a recent event.  This is actually a quite nice bold red with some pepper and jamminess not unlike a not overdone zinfandel.  Apparently Mencia is a regional grape which is quite respected, so there's another new one for my list.  Anyway, I'd score this about the same as a basic zinfandel so I'm going 6 out of 10 for upper average.

2008-08-02 11:55:28 GMT
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