Wine Tasting Blog #2

 

Wine Name: Barefoot Pinot Grigio

Country: United States

Region: California 

Varietal: Pinot Gris

Year: N/A (not located on the bottle)

Price: $5.39

Online Review/Critique: The online review of this wine from, https://www.nataliemaclean.com/wine-reviews/barefoot-cellars-pinot-grigio/185945, they describe this wine as a great wine that would go well with seafood. They do not talk about the aroma here. They do however that the wine leaves an acidic taste and has touches of peach in it.

My Review: This Barefoot Pinot Grigio wine comes with a very gritty and acidic flavor. It left my mouth watering slightly, not overwhelmingly so however. The body of the wine was very light but it could still be felt when drinking. (pg. 149, Wine Folly). The acidity is the real standout of this wine by far. The first thing I tasted was a wave of acidity entering my mouth (Wine Folly on pg. 149). With that acidity, the flavor gave me a hit of alcohol with a hint of lemon in it, this is why I feel like the acidity stands out so much (Wine Folly on pg. 149). For the aroma, I also mostly get an acidic scent of lemons from it as well, the acid part of this wine is the real stand out component. From Wine Folly on page 149, the grapes Pinot Gris are very acidic and can very greatly in sweetness, and I definitely got the acidic characteristics of the grapes since this wine is made of them. I did not have that much sweetness that I could taste, but it was somewhat present to just be noticeable.

My personal opinion of this wine was that I did not enjoy it that much. The first tasting of it was rather enjoyable at first but then I was hit with the acidity of the grapes. The wine was also not very sweet at all. The acidity without barely any sweetness to counteract it made the acidity a little too overwhelming for my taste. As I drunk more, the less and less I enjoyed. If there was a little more sweetness and less acidity, I believe I would have enjoyed it much more. I will say however, I did not dislike it enough to completely abandon it, I will in the future try it again when I'm more acquainted with wine to see if my opinion of it changes.

I did not have this wine with food. however, I do feel like this wine would definitely go best with a seafood dishes, but since it is very acidic in taste with not much sweetness, it would not manipulate the taste of the whatever seafood dish you eat with it.