Wine Tasting Blog #1

Wine Name: Bartenura Moscato D'Asti

Country: Italy

Region: Tuscany 

Varietal: Muscat Blanc

Year: 2021

Price: $13.49

Online Review/Critique: The online review of this wine from, https://www.honestwinereviews.com/bartenura-moscato-review, they describe both the aroma and taste of the wine as somewhat-sweet to sweet and felt it had hints of fruit in the smell such as pears being one of the major ones. They say that this wine is a overall an enjoyable drink if you know the type of sweetness you are in for. Recommends that to enjoy it in its best form, to chill this wine.

My Review: This bartenura moscato wine hits you with a wave of sweetness that I appreciated and enjoyed from the wine. The body of the wine was not full body at all, it was very low/small bodied (pg. 138, Wine Folly). You can hardly taste the alcohol in the wine so you are just left to enjoy the sweet and also acidic taste of this wine. Stated in Wine Folly on pg. 139, it says that since the alcohol levels is so low for this type of wine, there is more sweetness from the grapes that are left to give it a much sweeter taste in the product (pg. 139, Wine Folly) The way to describe the taste of the wine would be extremely sweet with a slight kick of acidity that gives this wine that extra pop, like the acidity of oranges (pg. 138, Wine Folly), for your taste buds that elevates the wine for me. That extra acidity with the sweetness makes me not focus so much on the sweetness and be overwhelmed by it, a perfect balance for me. 

The smell of the wine has an abundant fruity scent to it. The wine's smell reminds me of hints of oranges with its acidity smell, a tiny bit of pineapples and a heavy influence of pears (pg. 138, Wine Folly). None of these elements of the smell ever are too much compared to the others to make it unpleasant. These fruity elements that combine into this unique smell feels well crafted and balanced where you could just enjoy the smell of the wine all day.

I did not have this wine with food. however, I do feel like this wine would definitely go best with a dessert, but since the acidity makes it taste not as sweet it can go with a few more main course/dinner meals besides just dessert. There would be meals however I do feel like this wine would either affect the taste of your food too much or the food will alter the flavor of the wine.