Minnesota State Fair Extravaganza (pt.3)

Greetings and Salutations!

This post I'll being finishing up the reviews of the wines I sampled at the Minnesota Stat Fair.

The wine is NOVA from Morgan Creek vinyards in New Ulm, Minnesota.

Morgan Creek was born in 1993 but their first vintage season was in the fall of 1998, celebrating the creation of Minnesota's only underground winery. Underground shelter is a plus for production and aging while adding to the unique atmosphere of their tasting room and gift shop. The vineyard specializes in German, French and American style wine while supplying Minnesota cold-hardy wines.

Onto the wine!
Nova semi-sweet (no photo available)
Another award winning wine is made as a rich colored Rose with a hint of the hardy north! This beautiful garnet color wine has a light cherry nose and beaujolais style body. A lively sipping wine and a great pairing with Italian food.

My review is as follows.

-Nova had a very dark, blackberry color. It seemed as if no light could permeate this wine.
-This varietal had a very dark berry aroma that was very pleasant.
-Although the wine was light to medium bodied there was a very slight dryness with also a very slightly dry finish.
-There were fruity undertones noted with a very smooth mouth feel.

I give an overall rating of 70/100.
Normally a Rose' is rather pink in color and can sometimes be mistaken for a White Zinfandel, but this was much darker and, in my personal opinion, much more pleasant. I normally have a hard time finding a tasty red wine, but I was very pleased by this. I can see myself enjoying this brand in the future.

That's all for now. I seemed to have misplaced my review notes for the next post so I will be updating again tomorrow (hopefully).

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Minnesota State Fair Extravanga (pt.2)

Greetings and Salutations!

Sorry for the long wait, but here we continue with local Minnesota wines that were spotlighted at the state fair.

Today's wine is "Sippin' From a Slipper" from Glacial Ridge Vinyards in Spicer Minnesota.

Glacial Ridge is a fairly new vinyard opening in 2007. The vinyard is located on an apple orchard with over 850 trees with other 12 different varietals. The winery was originally built as a bait and minnow house which was then converted into an apple house. During the fall customers can purchase apples, pumpkins and other large varieties of produce. The vinyard has several differnt exciting events such as a summer concert series, grape stomping and Friday Night Soup in the winter.

Onto the wine!

Sippin' From a Slipper (No photo available. Average price $16.95)

A Glacial Ridge favorite! LaCrescent grapes give this sweet white wine the taste of juicy, ripe pears with a bright citrus finish.  The perfect afternoon sipper.

AWARDS

Silver Medal 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

 

 

My finders are as follows.

 

-This wine had a very light, golden color.

-Had a lighty sweetened, fruity aroma.

-This wine was very sweet, but not overpowering.

-There was a slightly dry finish, but at the same time had a honey-like mouth feel.

-Slipper was medium bodied and very pleasant to drink.

 

Overall, I give this wine 75/100.

Sippin' From a Slipper was tres' delicious and I would recommend this varietal to anyone who has a sweet tooth. I highly suggest that if you are in the area, visit Glacial Ridge and give their wines a try.

 

Next post I will be finishing the Minnesota State Fair reviews.