OK. I don't know what the heck kind of grape viura is, except that it's a white Spanish variety. The thing that sold me was the screw top. It certainly wasn't the piddly 11.5% alcohol content. But back to the screw top. Oh, how I love a screw top on a bottle of wine. It makes things so much easier.
Oddly enough, when I take a sniff of this wine, it reminds me of Matua, my sister's favorite sauvignon blanc. It smells fresh & mineral-y. There is no heft to this wine, as evidenced by the flat sheet falling down the side of the glass. Oh, and it's so pale it looks like I poured it out of a gallon jug of spring water, but before I poured, I measured out three drops of yellow food coloring into the plastic.
Wow. This wine is a disappointment.
Literally, it tastes & feels like water. If I closed my eyes, I wouldn't know from the mouthfeel that I wasn't drinking water. I get some semblance of a taste as the wine travels from mid-palate down my throat, but it's nowhere near as clean & impressive as its scent. It also tastes nothing like the "citrus fruit, pineapple and wild flowers" that the back of the bottle promises. Bummer.
I wouldn't buy this again, nor would I recommend it to any of my readers, which is why I won't even bother to give you the web address. But hey, at least it was under $10. And it has a screw top.
Cheers!
Kate
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