May 2011 - Backyard White Party

Hello!

I just found the notes from the May wine club...whoops!!

I'm exhausted, so am heading to bed, but I wanted to give some basic info while I have them in my possession again.

Basic facts: "white party" in my backyard. Although we had lots of good white food, overall, the wine was not the best. We were all not feeling the sauv blancs that night and our scores were all pretty low.

Kristin was our big winner with...

Basa '09 - a spanish white that had a "great post-samosa bite" and was crisp and light.

13% alcohol and on sale for $8.99 from Potomac liquors.

score - 3.5

#2

Laura's Trader Joe's (don't have the name, but I remember a muscat blend???)

3.04

It was sweet with a smooth finish and taste of apricot and mango

#3

Ricki's Pinot Grigio from Whole Foods

Yellow/green color

Apple/pear aroma

Score 2.89, on sale for $11.99

#4

Blair's Starborough Sav Blanc

From Marlborough

Citus/herb on the nose

From Whole Foods for $9.99

Socre 2.5

#5

Tara's Naked Vineyard in Santa Barbara

Smells oaky and tastes bitter

stainless steel aged

Dean & Deluca for $14.00

13.9% alcohol

Score 2.47

#6

Julie's Mussle Bay

Marlborough Sav Blanc

Smells like dew/wet grass

Herbaceous on the nose with an acid finish

$11.99/12.5% alcohol content

2.44

#7

Katherine's Tiki from Marlborough

'09 Sauv blanc

Tropical fruit and gooseberry flavors

Herbal on the nose

Watergate wine store for $16.99

Score 2.39

#8

Kate's Albarina from Rias Bauxas

"Spain's most respected wine"...but apparently not wine club's!

Peach aftertaste

Skunky/cat piss on the nose...yum

Safeway on sale for $13.00/12.5% alcohol

Score 2.36

#9

Lauren's Chilean Sauv Blanc

Rich fruit flavors, with crispt citrus notes and a clean finish (this sounds good to me, so I don't know why it has such a low score???)

"Deceivingly beautiful bottle"

Whole Foods on sale for $9.99

Score 2.16

After typing that up, we really didn't like wines from Marlborough. Keep that in mind while shopping!

I'll try to add a photo too so that we can connect the labels with the wines we shouldn't buy :)

Have a good night!