This Napa wine was described to me at a tasting event recently by the wine rep as “fragrant, pea blossom and gooseberry flavors with an almond skin finish”. Yeah – where to start? It’s the absolute CRAP that made us want to start this site to begin with. Let’s break that down:
“Fragrant” – it smells like something? No kidding? Flowers are fragrant. So is a cigar. Which is this closer to?
“Pea blossom and gooseberry flavors” – a WHAT-berry? I don’t know what a pea blossom is, let alone tasted one, and the last time I had a gooseberry was, well, NEVER.
“Almond skin finish” – I know what an almond tastes like, does its skin taste like that? Why not just say “it tastes like an almond”? My girlfriend has OLIVE skin, and that’s pretty tasty – is it like that?
First of all, I don’t like when reps describe the wine BEFORE I’m done with it. They could say anything – “chocolate”, for example – now it’s in my head and that’s all I will taste.
Eventually the rep closed his mouth and poured. Luckily I can taste the wine for myself and let you know what I think it smells and tastes like using real words that are easily understood by the 99.9% of wine drinkers that are NOT master sommeliers.
Sauv Blancs are known for their grassy notes – this one was no exception. Piles of straw, grassy fields and freshly-squeezed limes on the nose with all kinds of crisp, clean, fresh peach, ripe apple and zesty citrus flavors finish up with lingering melons and mango.
Sauv Blanc is also SOOOOOO food-friendly. Drink it with spicy Asian food, chili, Thai food, artichoke dip or Caesar salad.
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