Tasting Chateau Ste Michelle
On Tuesday, I went to visit my boyfriend and at around 11pm I turned to him and said "I'm actually in the mood for some wine." After the shock of hearing me state this, he said he'd be up for a spontaneous trip to Crest (hooray for the new liquor laws!) to get some even though he had to be at work at 8 the next day. I didn't have class until 1:30 so I didn't care.
So off we went to Crest to pick out something.
I've learned that I really like acidic white wines with any amount of sweetness. From the lectures and notes, it sounded like Rieslings would be right up my alley, so I went in search of one. On the shelf, there were evidently supposed to be two Rieslings, the one I picked out and one called Relax Riesling, but they were out of the Relax. Evidently I picked up the other one!
After acquiring the beverage, we headed home and I immediately opened the bottle. It had already been chilled, so it was ready to go!
The wine was a 2016 Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling from Columbia Valley. According to the bottle, it had tastes of peaches and lime, and went with "your favorite food." That's a pretty big statement coming from an $8.49 bottle of wine, but I wasn't being all that picky.
I poured myself and CJ a glass and then stuck some fried ravioli into the oven (I like a good carb snack when I'm drinking).
My first impression of the drink was awesome! I agree with the bottle, as in my notes I put that I tasted peaches, pineapple, lime, and table grapes. It had a wonderful acidic quality that I enjoyed (yum, stomach acid) and wasn't too tart. The way I would describe the body is medium, as it wasn't too dry and wasn't really sweet either (as the bottle also illustrated). There was a hot quality to it, which any wine around 12% or more tastes fairly hot to me. I will say it also had a strange bite to it that I would compare to how weed smells (we've all smelled weed, my friend, you know exactly what I'm talking about). It had a slightly skunky quality that I would not say was awful.
Once the raviolis were done I decided to try one with it. They took away some of that gross alcohol bite from the wine and made it a little smoother like orange juice. I attribute that to the cheese. That delicious, herby, gooey cheese.
I remembered that y'all wanted more pictures to document the experience, so once I was good and wine drunk I chased my boyfriend through the living room demanding he let me take pictures. Enjoy!
So off we went to Crest to pick out something.
I've learned that I really like acidic white wines with any amount of sweetness. From the lectures and notes, it sounded like Rieslings would be right up my alley, so I went in search of one. On the shelf, there were evidently supposed to be two Rieslings, the one I picked out and one called Relax Riesling, but they were out of the Relax. Evidently I picked up the other one!
After acquiring the beverage, we headed home and I immediately opened the bottle. It had already been chilled, so it was ready to go!
The wine was a 2016 Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling from Columbia Valley. According to the bottle, it had tastes of peaches and lime, and went with "your favorite food." That's a pretty big statement coming from an $8.49 bottle of wine, but I wasn't being all that picky.
I poured myself and CJ a glass and then stuck some fried ravioli into the oven (I like a good carb snack when I'm drinking).
My first impression of the drink was awesome! I agree with the bottle, as in my notes I put that I tasted peaches, pineapple, lime, and table grapes. It had a wonderful acidic quality that I enjoyed (yum, stomach acid) and wasn't too tart. The way I would describe the body is medium, as it wasn't too dry and wasn't really sweet either (as the bottle also illustrated). There was a hot quality to it, which any wine around 12% or more tastes fairly hot to me. I will say it also had a strange bite to it that I would compare to how weed smells (we've all smelled weed, my friend, you know exactly what I'm talking about). It had a slightly skunky quality that I would not say was awful.
Once the raviolis were done I decided to try one with it. They took away some of that gross alcohol bite from the wine and made it a little smoother like orange juice. I attribute that to the cheese. That delicious, herby, gooey cheese.
I remembered that y'all wanted more pictures to document the experience, so once I was good and wine drunk I chased my boyfriend through the living room demanding he let me take pictures. Enjoy!
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