Tasting - Moscato

 

Name: Barefoot Moscato
Variety: Moscato
Country: United States
Region: California 
Vintage: NV (non-vintage)
Price: $5.99

Now that I had a decent amount of reds under my belt, I felt as if it was time to return to the white wines that I had not had a great time with as of yet. I decided to go with this Barefoot Moscato because it was a good price and I did not want to go overboard with a wine that I did not have high expectations for. I also choose it because it had "Deliciously Sweet" written on it which pretty much sold it for me. 

The smell test gave me some strong tart flavors and I could also feel like I was getting a little bit of the acidy from the wine, even though I had not tried it yet. However, the more times I repeated the smell test it felt as if I was looking at that tart smell and was getting more of the acidy smell. I was very surprised when I went to take my first taste of this wine. It had a very pleasant sweet taste that was very well balanced. It was crispy and refreshing (pg 151), and almost had this very cooling aftertaste effect to it. The tartness of the wine is only present on the aftertaste which makes for a nice flavor. I did not have any food with this wine, but I feel like this wine would compliment a dessert of any kind because of how sweet it is. I can imagine this being paired with a cake or pie of any kind. 

The wine review that I choose is called Honest Wine Reviews by Jon Rogers. He stated that "The wine presented a mostly clear and clean appearance with mild color typical of a Moscato" and that "The sweetness did not overpower the enjoyable tastes of lemon". This review pretty much agreed with my general tasting of the wine. However, they were able to distinguish more flavor than I was able to. I really enjoyed this wine and will put it on the list of whites that I have enjoyed so far.