WINE TASTING GROUP.              HOSTED AT JOHN & SHEILA’S             

13^TH OCTOBER 2O15.

HELD AT OUR HOUSE, WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE ENJOYED THE AFTERNOON!

WINE NO. 1.         2OI4 RED MENDOZA  MALBEC  ARGENTINA.   13% VOL.  PURCHASED FROM LIDL AT £5.99.

GROWN IN THE LARGEST WINE MAKING REGION OF ARGENTINA, MALBEC GRAPES THRIVE IN THE OPTIMAL CLIMATIC CODITIONS IN THIS AREA, PRODUCING FULL BODIED, AROMATIC WINES. WE FOUND THIS TO BE A BRIGHT HEALTHY LOOKING DRINK, WITH QUITE A PALE RED APPEARANCE. WITH A PLEASANT SMELL AND WEAK INTENSITY, IT HAD SOME TASTE ON THE FRONT OF THE TONGUE, AND A TART ACIDITY. THE BODY WAS LIGHT, WITH VERY LITTLE TANNINS. THE FLAVOUR DID LAST, BUT THIS WINE WAS NOT REALLY VERY POPULAR WITH US AND ONLY ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 6.5. NOT REALLY RECOMMENDED.  

WINE NO. 2.        2009 FORTEZZA DEI  COLLI CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA FROM ITALY.  13.5% VOL. PURCHASED FROM LIDL AT £8.99.

THIS 6 YEAR OLD , WINE, PRODUCED FROM THE SANGIOVESE GRAPE IS MATURED FOR 2 YEARS AND BOTTLED FOR 3 MONTHS TO BRING OUT THE RUBY RED COLOUR. IT HAS A BRIGHT APPEARANCE WITH A PALE INTENSITY WHICH WAS AT ODDS WITH THE PRODUCER CLAIMING THAT BOTTLING IT FOR 3 MONTHS BROUGHT OUT THE  INTENSITY IN APPEARANCE.  THE AROMA WAS WEAK, BUT IT DID HAVE SOME TASTE ON THE  FRONT OF THE TONGUE.THE  BODY WAS LIGHT AND THE FLAVOUR DID LAST.  GIVEN THE AGE AND PRICE OF THIS WINE, IT WAS NOT ENJOYED AND ONLY ATTRACTED AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 5.5. DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED.

                                                                                                               

JOHN BENFIELD.