Tasting- Depot Red

 

Name of the wine: Depot Red

Variety of the grapes: Concord Grapes

Origin: Fairlawn, VA: New River Vineyard and Winery

Price: $19.50 

Winery review of the wine: A light, fruity, fresh pressed flavor profile. It's adult grape juice! Pairs well with poultry and seafood dishes and gorgonzola cheese. 5% Residual Sugar. 

Appearance: Strawberry (According to my wine color guide attached) 

Alcohol content: 13%

Aroma: light and fruity aroma, primary aroma of grapes, similar to that of grape jelly, also a light floral smell of jasmine. Secondary aroma's are lightly earthy and slightly musky. 

Grape varietal characteristics: grape, plum sauce, musk, potting soil, cumin. originated in Concord, MA. Most commonly grown in US and Canada. Pair with peanut butter sandwich. 

Taste: Sweet and rich, strong flavors of grape, musky and spiced flavor on the back. Low-mid acidity, low-mid tannins, seamless alcohol taste, light-mid bodied, 0-1 second finish (very quick finish), well-balanced. 

My review: I enjoyed this wine. It reminded me of Chateau Morrisette's Red Mountain Laurel wine, but with some added complexity and secondary flavors. It had some aftertaste of muskiness, and spice, in a more subtle way than the cranberry wine I tried did, but much more so than the Red Mountain Laurel. I slightly disagree with the Winery's description of it being "adult grape juice" because of this added flavor profile with the notes of musk and slight spice. However, the primary and immediate flavor does match that description and I found it to be a great sweet wine.