Tasting -- Hall

Name: Hall

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Year: 2014

Price: $157.5 current market price

Country: Diamond mountain district california

Winery Review: Opaque purple, it offers up beautiful notes of chocolate, espresso, blackberry and cassis. The wine hits the palate with a gush of deliciously pure, unctuously textured fruit and offers up full body, a multi-layered mouthfeel, and a long, long finish, nearly disguising some serious structure and tannin. This is a gorgeous, classic Diamond Mountain wine to drink over the next 25-30+ years.


Personal Review: This wine had a rich full bodied smell. It had a smell of dark fruit and a little sweetness to it. It had a full bodied rich taste that hit all sides of the mouth. Its fruity flavors were pronouced of a sweet blackberry. It had a smooth after taste that can easily be sipped or drunk like water. Eaten with steak and asparagus.

Tasting -- Carnivor

Name: Carnivor


Variety: Zinfandel

Year: 2015

Price: $9.99

Country: California 

Winery Review: Carnivor Zinfandel is a captivating combination of full-bodied flavors and elegant spice. Bold notes of dark cherry and blackberry jam complement hints of mocha and toasted oak. Carnivor Zinfandel’s rich flavors end with a plush, smooth finish.

Personal Review: The wine has a nice full bodied smell to it at the start, with a dark current and maybe tannin smell. When tasting it has a full mouth feel that hits the sides of your mouth. It had a bold dark berry
flavor with a spicy after taste that surprisingly has a smooth finish.

Tasting-- Farmhouse Sangria

Name: Chateau Morrisette

Variety: Sangria

Country: Dan Virginia

Year: Not specified

Price: $8.19

Winery Review: Sweet Blend of red wine and fruit. Serve chilled or over ice. excellent choice for any festive occasion

Personal Review: The wine had a very soft smell to it of mostly red fruit and a tad bit of citrus fruit. It had a nice soft sweet taste of a red berry. with a longer sip it had a sort of citrus flavor coming out. It didn't have a large mouth feel. Felt very summery.

Taste by itself.

Tasting--Invino

Name: Invino Si

Variety: Pinot Girgio

Country: Lombardy, Italy

Year: 2014

Price: $5.95

Winery Review: Pavia, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy where viticulture dates back thousands of years is home to the Si Pinot Grigio vineyards. The wine is creamy on the palate with a crisp, dry character, fresh citrus and pear flavors and an elegant finish.

Personal Review: This wine opened up with a fruity and pear like smell that was very sharp, almost attacking your nose. When i tasted it, it had a flowery note along with the pear and general fruity flavor. It was soft and refreshing though you could feel the acidity as it attacked your cheeks.

Tasting Fossi

Name: Fossi

Variety: Sangiovese, Merlot, Primitivo and negromaro

Country: Fiesole, Italy

Year: not stated

Price: $7.95

Winery Review: A blend of Sangiovese and Merlot with a touch of Primitivo and Negroamaro. It will remind those who have traveled to Italy of one of the local house wines they consumed while there.  Simple, juicy, and perfect for drinking with or without food, it’s packed with bright cherry, strawberry and cranberry fruit aromas and flavors.

Personal Review: This class had an earthy, raisiny smell to it. Like a dried sunny earthy smell. It tasted a bit spicy with a black cherry and cranberry flavor to it. It had a bit of spice or a sharp kick at the end. 

Tasting-- Layer Cake

Name: Layer Cake

Variety: Grnacha

Country: Calatayud, Spain

Year: 2011

Price: $7.95

Winery Review: The Layer Cake Garnacha from Calatayud, Spain is rich and powerful, yet clean and balanced. Layered with aromas of ultra ripe black fruit. On the palate, the wine shows intense dark fruit with a background of rich dark chocolate and fresh ground coffee with a long creamy finish.

Personal Review: It had a sweet smell to it with a hint of a black fruit and a small spiciness to it. When tasted you can find the hints of the black fruit while also feeling a soft spiciness that kicks at the end. It was a dry wine though good. 

Tasting-- Alvaro Domecq

Name: Alvaro Domecq

Variety: Aranda Cream Sherry

Year: not provided

Country: Jerez, spain

Price: $9.95

Winery Review: Golden-brown in color, this has heady aromas of cola, nut, nutmeg, root beer and caramel. A pure, creamy palate of cinnamon apple, mocha, coffee and chocolate. It's quite smooth and balanced, and very long on the finish.

Personal Review: The wine had a strong piercing aroma to it, with a brandy smell in it. It also gave off a kind of buttery smell and texture to it while smelling, almost as if the wafting air was thick with a butter feel. Tasting it released a soft butterscotch like taste, with an odd after taste. It was good though i think i should have let it air out longer for it to mellow a little.