Columbia Winery Columbia Valley Cellarmaster's 2010 Riesling

Columbia Winery Columbia Valley Cellarmaster's 2010 Riesling, $11.89-$13.99, 89 points, is glass-clear with light gold tones.
Has a mineral-water aroma with hints of sharp lemon.
The medium body is viscous, giving this wine a luscious mouth-feel, and carries good acidity with some sweetness.
Flavors of tangerine and pink grapefruit are pleasant, fresh, and linger-on the fair finish.
Once again, the North West builds a Riesling I not only will drink, but I'll like drinking it.
Cellarmaster's 2010 Riesling paired well with my fried Sea scallops.



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Treana Paso Robles 2008 Red Wine

Treana Paso Robles 2008 Red Wine, $26.99-$34.99, 92 points, is like the movie Secretariat: "Big Red", though not as good as the movie (Talk about apples and oranges!). This wine still delivers a run for your money with, big complexity, richness, and surprisingly, paired very well with my rare peppered steak.
The color is deep purple, black at the core, and having a clear rim.
The aroma is an explosion of savory spice, with sweet cinnamon, pungent clove, and cedar-box rounding off the savory sage, cardamon and thyme , but not without black fruit smoothing and rounding-off this bouquet.
A smooth full body carries good acidity, layers of tannin, floral notes early palate, licorice and plum mid-palate, and finishes strong on spice and heat (15% alcohol).
This Red wine is dry. The varietals are Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.


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Salvatore Principe Prosecco

Salvatore Principe Prosecco, $17.99, 89 points, but I'm sure this is the inflated price of a new specialty market (The Fresh Market) that opened at the Bedford mall. Though this isn't a store review, and though the prices were higher than many other "ordinary" markets, this one offers many interesting, different, and esoteric items, and this Prosecco was one of them. I couldn't resist the label :-)

To the wine:
Salvatore Principe Prosecco, is the clear color of water, with gray copper tones.
The aroma began vibrantly floral, but quickly diminished, as did the effervescence. 
With good acidity, the light body delivers typically neutral Prosecco crispness, refreshing, and non-intrusive flavors that are great with or without food; this Prosecco trends toward citrus and a hint of tangerine, especially on the fair finish.
That label should quicken almost any affair.




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ZinSane Paso Robles 2010 Zinfandel

ZinSane Paso Robles 2010 Zinfandel, $13.69, 90 points, is a monster of a wine, bright cranberry color with a broad transparent rim, bright red fruit aroma with a hint of alcohol (14.4%) and spice.
This near full bodied wine is delicious bramble fruit, warm alcohol (Some will consider that a fault),  licorice, and plum. This wine is insanely jammy, but it's morbidly under control. ZinSane has good acidity and mild tannin.
Finishes well on fruit and spice.
Paired perfectly with a grass-fed strip-steak, freedom fries and a green salad. 
Those who love Dry-Creek Zinfandel, may find this similar in style, with maybe just a bit more fruit; let me know what you think.
I bought this wine at The Harvest Market in Bedford (Good job Janice), and I'm going to grab another as soon as possible.




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Stuhlmuller Vineyards Estate Bottled Alexander Valley 2008 Chardonnay

Stuhlmuller Vineyards Estate Bottled Alexander Valley 2008 Chardonnay, $15.29-$24.99, 88 points, has a light brass color, and an aroma of citrus, a hint of brown sugar, and honeydew. Stuhlmuller 2008 Chardonnay has a much lighter oak profile than you maybe accustom to in an oaked Californian Chardonnay, yet has a medium body with mild acidity, and a gentle lemon flavor. This wine seems to be past its prime, lacking distinctiveness. It is clean and smooth, and has a medium finish which mirrors its overall profile.
My challenge, if I decide to take it, is to find a current release of this wine, because if I'm right about the "past its prime", then this must have been quite a stunner a few years ago.






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Mer Soleil Silver 2010 Unoaked Chardonnay

Mer Soleil Silver 2010 Unoaked Chardonnay, 
$16.99-$21.99, 86 points, has a deep brassy-gold color, an opening aroma of Chardonnay grape with a hint of tomato (a first for me).
The near medium body carries an easy acidity, smooth and clean.
With the nose dominating the flavor profile, including the addition of mild spice on the finish.
I'm not a big fan of over-oaked Chardonnay, but I loved their 2008 Oaked Chardonnay, and the 2010 Silver just didn't "cut-it" for me. However, the ceramic bottle is kool!






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Steininger Young 2011 White Wine from Austria

Steininger Young 2011 White Wine (Austria), $15.39-$16.99, 87 points, was a blend of: 70% Grüner Veltliner, 20% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Muskateller.
Appeared light lime in color. The aroma was citrus and lychee with a funky note.
This light-bodied white wine carried fair acidity and was off-dry with just a hint of sweetness.
Flavors were predominately citrus, but finished modestly with a hint of grapefruit and flowers.




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