Tasting: Attimo Sudden Downpour

•Name- Attimo Winery Sudden Downpour
•Variety- Apple/White Blend
•Region- Virginia
•Country- United States
•Year- 2010
•Price- $13/375 ml $18/750 ml
•Shop/wine critic/winery review- Sweet, apple wine with bourbon notes and earthy tones(from tasting menu)
•Your review- Upon first reading the description for this wine, I could not wait to get a sip of it. I am quite the fan of apple wines, and to age them in bourbon barrels even makes it that much better in my mind. Upon first pour it was a very light goldish color, similar to a lightly colored apple juice as expected. I gave the wine a swirl, and upon sticking my nose into the glass, it became evident that this is a very fruit forward apple wine. The smell of apples were quite evident, but at the tail end of the nose, I was able to identify the addition of the bourbon barrels, with the standard somewhat bourbon smell, with maybe a hint of vanilla from the barrells as well. Once I took a taste I was slightly let down, the apples and the wine factor to this were very evident in the taste and quite overpowering, but I was unable to locate the bourbon barrel within the taste. I believe this wine could benefit from more aging in the barrel, as the taste would be much more balanced with the bourbon/vanilla flavor that could be gained from the barrels. Overall this was an enjoyable apple wine, but I do not believe it is all that it could be.
- I did not have food with this wine.