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).
Jusqu'à Demain
Racecar
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