Tasting- AmRhein Traminette

•Name- AmRhein Traminette

•Variety- 100% Traminette

•Region- Virginia

•Country- United States

•Year- 2011

•Price- $14.95

•Shop/wine critic/winery review- A delightfully crisp wine featuring the flavors of pineapple and grapefruit. The acidity is balanced with the natural residual fruit sugar reminiscent of the German Spätlese style of winemaking.

The wine is a very light golden color, similar in that to many sweet white wines that I have had in the past. After giving the wine a spin it became evident of the overpowering fruitiness of the wine, without even placing my nose inside of the glass. Upon first smell within the glass, it smelled as though I was drinking a straight glass of grapefruit juice. Was able to find a small hint of pineapple within the nose, but that was pushed out by the overwhelming grapefruit qualities. Upon first taste it again had the grapefruit tastes, and this overpowered the wine. Overall I would say this is a lackluster wine, very one sided, and in my mind was similar in that to a fermented grape fruit juice.

I drank this wine without food.