Airlie: a wine review
If you have never tried this wine, you're in for a surprise.
Look at that cool label. Wine labels are super important, because a good one can inspire a shopper to pick up your bottle in spite of having no idea if your wine is good or not.Here at the Williamson Ranch we are trying to discover what wines we like so that we can drink more of them. Our hearts are clearly with the hops, but a good wine can be incredibly enjoyable. You're asking yourself what right an inexperienced wine drinker like myself has to write a review about this venerable beverage. I can name three really good friends of mine who could give you a proper review with all the conventional wine words, and who actually have some credentials in the wine industry. I respect what these people have to say about various wines.
However, when it comes down to it, drinkability in wines is entirely a matter of personal taste. A wine could be touted by the biggest wine experts in the world and still be undrinkable to me. Knowing about wines doesn't mean you're going to like them. Everyone, therefore, has a right to his or her opinion. I'm going to tell you mine about this wine.
When Philip first poured out my glass he took a taste and told me I was going to hate it. He handed me my glass and I didn't swirl it. I did sniff it however. I detected much fruitiness. A certain hint of floral sweetness. And then there was an aroma completely unexpected in a wine: a certain element of polyester was present in the whiff. Since I hate sweetness in wine I was suspicious at once. Another thing I really dislike in a wine is floraly overly fruity ripeness. Ugh.
Sometimes a wine can deceive you with its aroma, so I took a sip.
And nearly spit it out.
You know that special note of polyester I whiffed? As it turns out, there were layers of different plastic flavors. Several grades of sweet polyester, a little melted PVC, with a sickening sweet fruity/floral finish. I cannot help but wonder if someone accidentally dropped their Glad lunch container in the vat? How is it even possible to achieve such a noxious brew?
I need to mention here that Philip found it pretty drinkable. That's just so you know that I am aware that people have different tastes. Though there's obviously no accounting for them.
*I like my wines super dry, with oakey flavors, it can have fruitiness if it is tempered by being super dry. I like full bodied wine. I like the wines my close friends Sid and Dennis like. I have decided to ask them for a list of their favorites that fall in my price range. Then I will ask Dennis to tell me what to call those qualities I like in my wine. Which he obviously likes in his wine too. And as soon as the website he's writing for goes up, I will post a link to it. Dennis is writing for a website that will report on different wines, wineries, and wine related events.
However, when it comes down to it, drinkability in wines is entirely a matter of personal taste. A wine could be touted by the biggest wine experts in the world and still be undrinkable to me. Knowing about wines doesn't mean you're going to like them. Everyone, therefore, has a right to his or her opinion. I'm going to tell you mine about this wine.
When Philip first poured out my glass he took a taste and told me I was going to hate it. He handed me my glass and I didn't swirl it. I did sniff it however. I detected much fruitiness. A certain hint of floral sweetness. And then there was an aroma completely unexpected in a wine: a certain element of polyester was present in the whiff. Since I hate sweetness in wine I was suspicious at once. Another thing I really dislike in a wine is floraly overly fruity ripeness. Ugh.
Sometimes a wine can deceive you with its aroma, so I took a sip.
And nearly spit it out.
You know that special note of polyester I whiffed? As it turns out, there were layers of different plastic flavors. Several grades of sweet polyester, a little melted PVC, with a sickening sweet fruity/floral finish. I cannot help but wonder if someone accidentally dropped their Glad lunch container in the vat? How is it even possible to achieve such a noxious brew?
I need to mention here that Philip found it pretty drinkable. That's just so you know that I am aware that people have different tastes. Though there's obviously no accounting for them.
*I like my wines super dry, with oakey flavors, it can have fruitiness if it is tempered by being super dry. I like full bodied wine. I like the wines my close friends Sid and Dennis like. I have decided to ask them for a list of their favorites that fall in my price range. Then I will ask Dennis to tell me what to call those qualities I like in my wine. Which he obviously likes in his wine too. And as soon as the website he's writing for goes up, I will post a link to it. Dennis is writing for a website that will report on different wines, wineries, and wine related events.