Thursday, January 14, 2016

New Hampshire - Sandown - Zorvino Vineyards

Zorvino Vineyards and Winery - (July 2015) With so many wines available, it was a surprise that they had chosen the wines for the tasting. They do one thing we have not seen at other wineries and have their more popular wines in splits and/or halves.

We started off with the skinny guinea pinot grigio, semi-dry but bold in flavor, but it was the reserve chardonnay, lightly oaked, its hints of butterscotch and slight buttery finished made it seem like a dessert. We then tried the sangiovese and malbec. Both would be good with dinner, but the sangiovese was better on the palette.

For the fruit wines, we tried the cranbreez, similar to what we tasted at Ten Gallon Hat (PA) but more tart; we purchased a split to see if it lives up to the splash of lime test. The pineapple was not as sweet as tasted in Hawaii, but it was the missing sweetness that made it enjoyable.

They also blend some of their fruits with grapes. We tried the baccaZ, their blackberry, and fragoleZ, their strawberry, which are blended with white grapes. The baccaZ was better with the bold berry flavor and not as sweet.

As a treat, the owner stopped by with their mango magnifico, a combination of mango and moscato, It was good, but I found it too sweet and needed more mango; but my wife enjoyed it.

Our last wine was a surprise, it was the jumping jack's pumpkin wine. This wine, made with local pumpkins does taste like pie in a bottle. The spice is not overpowering and the pumpkin taste is evident.

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