A product of Greece chosen by Melissa.
Appearance: slightly leggy, and dark red. Melissa says it's "Pretty in the light." Smell: dry, cherry, peppery, (tomato Brit says but no one agrees with him) smoky, earthy, buttery, and some citrus rind at the end that we couldn't identify specifically.
Taste: short smooth finish, dry, tastes differently from the smell, peppery notes, very light, fruit at the end note, vinegar at the front, not very grapey
Pairings: For an Actual meal, Sherry and Erin had burgers. Meatball sandwich for Brit. After the initial tasting we found Hermes was good with cheese: Gouda or cheddar. Dark Chocolate brings out the vinegar note.
Overall impressions:
Brit on his own special wine...2
Robin 2
Melissa solid 3
Gerry 1
Sherry 3
Erin 3
We all agreed that for a dry wine this was very good.
I was actually really surprised by how much I liked this wine. I normally don't like dry wines. But the fact that this wine was so different and had such a short silky finish really made me like it. Now don't worry I'm not in love or anything, I still love my sweet/semisweet wines. But I liked this dry wine so much that I may have to rethink my outlook on dry wine....and life.....
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