Wine Reviews
Wine Tasting and Reviews From Around the World
Wine Review:
Mon Ami American Riesling
Winery: Mon Ami
Brand/Type: “American” Riesling
Vintage: 2004
Country: USA
Region: Catawba Island, Ohio
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Closure: Synthetic Cork
Appearance: Pale straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Pleasant, mild fruity bouquet
Semi-sweet. Similar to a German Auslese but not as complex. This wine tends to grow better as it has a chance to warm or settle in to your glass. The initial taste is sweet which yields to a tart apricot and melon flavor with a hint of tangerine. Having sampled this on three separate occasions, the sweetness seems to vary from bottle to bottle.
Mon Ami is a staple of the Catawba region of Ohio. The winery dates back to 1870 and has an interesting winery including a very fine restaurant on premise. Wine tasting is available on site as well.
This is a nice low price wine that won’t disappoint those whose palates run on the sweeter preference.
Wine Review:
Good Harbor Trillium
Winery: Good Harbor
Brand/Type: Trillium – Dry table white
Vintage: 2005
Country: USA
Region: Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Closure: Natural Cork
Appearance: Pale blonde, almost clear
Aroma/Bouquet: Light, mild apricot-ish
Good Harbor Vineyards produces a nice variety of wines of which encompasses a broad spectrum of varieties. Trillium is described by Good Harbor as being their semi-dry white table wine. Good Harbor claims to use a blend of blend of Riesling, Vignoles and Seyval grapes in making this blended wine. I would place this wine somewhere between a Vouvray and a non-Oaked Chardonnay. Very drinkable alone and well matched with Italian or Asian cuisine. One could probably find a good match with a blackened tuna or garlic shrimp as well.
Trillium has a slight apricot to dandelion bouquet. Again almost resembling a non-oaked chardonnay but far more complex. In some ways it has an initial Vouvray taste but it tends to lean more toward a Spanish white in bite. Good Harbor has indeed created a complex white that is quite a treat and well worth seeking out. And like most Michigan wines, you won’t go broke either.
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