At $15.95, it's not our usual price point but we had a sweet hook-up to score this Cab and another dessert wine from Angel's Gate Winery in Beamsville, ON. If you ever have the chance to wander down to Angel's Gate, do it. They have a beautiful estate and delicious kitchen, so you can really make a trip out of it. On to the review!
M: Smells sweet but appetizing, like apple. It definitely tastes like strawberry, tastes like someone strained an apple-strawberry sauce and bottled it. I'm not really down with sweet wines, and neither is A, so this might be a bit biased. I would serve this with perhaps snack foods but not dinner. It could be a dessert all on its own.
A has acquired an injury that might be impairing her tasting abilities but she's playing through the pain, just for you readers, just for you.
A: Doesn't smell as strong as I suspected, smells like strawberry, syrupy and a little fizzy. Surprisingly alchohol-y for a 12% wine, probably due to the higher sugar concentration. It has all the worst features of a rosé with none of the good parts. A wine to chug, not because it's so smooth but because the less amount of time it spends in your mouth, the better. For real though, when you drink it quick you get strawberry and peach which is nice. But for the record, I don't think you're supposed to drink wine quickly. I think if you enjoy Wild Vines this could be for you.
So while this wine wasn't for us in terms of consumption, we need to note the absolutely beautiful effect of the wine in the bottle. Because of higher concentrations of sugar, the wine get 'flakes' in it and when you turn the sealed bottle upside down it works just like a snow globe. How magical! It's too bad the taste isn't so enchanting...
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