Honestly, I should have known better. What is the point of having almost as many wine certifications as I have fingers if I don’t use the knowledge? 🙄
I admit, I was seduced by the price, and the possibility that I found a delightful new wine to complement the warmer spring days. Alas, nope. Public service announcement: DO NOT BUY THIS WINE!
Do you see the wilted plant in the background?
That’s what this wine is like… wilted.
Riesling is supposed to be all about precision, balance, bright acidity and the crisp clean purity of fruit flavours.
This wine is more like a murky, muddled jumble of nondescript fruit purée.
There is nothing joyous about this wine.
Avoid!
KEY INDICATORS THAT THIS WINE WOULD BE BAD THAT I FOOLISHLY IGNORED:
#1 - it’s packaged in a Bordeaux bottle, not a classic flute-style bottle. While not all rieslings that are in Bordeaux bottles are immediately bad, it should have been a red flag 🚩 ….they don’t make riesling in Bordeaux.
#2 - the label is an obvious rip-off of the always-delightful Kung Fu Girl Riesling from Charles Smith Winery, also in Washington State. Sometimes an attempt at imitation is just a bad idea, and is not flattering at all.
Oh, what a fool I’ve been! Don’t make the same mistake as me.