As I discussed in an earlier post this week, some friends and I had a little wine tasting party, where we paired a few wines with cheeses, but we also had a couple of unpaired wines. Two of the more zany members of the party ended up picking out a couple of wines because of their... aesthetic appeal? I will henceforth refer to them as Blue Wine and Fish Wine.
Labeled Blú Perfer, the Blue Wine is a 2016 Spanish Chardonnay and is self-described as "Fruity, fresh, soft, tasty, with its own personality," although I hesitate to vouch for any of those claims. We were able to get this bottle for around $12 and – while that isn't particularly expensive – I imagine most of that price comes exclusively from the unique experience of being able to drink "Blue Wine." That and maybe the sturdiness of the packaging. After breaking our corkscrew trying to get it out, we ended up resorting to a pair of pliers to actually uncork it. And while that may not be ideal for customer easy and wine preservation, I at least respect its resilience.
As far as taste and smell go, its difficult to attribute specific names to all of the subtle flavors, because the over all flavor was to similar to watered down "Cool Blue" Gatorade for us to get past that fact. In both the smell and taste, we were able to agree that there were definite notes of raspberry and other assorted fruits you could find in Cool Blue, but it also came with the salty chemical undertones of the sports drink. If you're looking for a vividly blue wine, then boy have I found the thing for you, but otherwise, I feel like this is a fairly easy one to skip. Which brings us to our next wine:
Fish Wine is the Opici Vino Bianco blended wine from Marches, Italy. It is in about the same price range as Blue Wine and of similar quality. Visually, it looks like a pale olive oil, and the smell/early flavors of it reinforce that resemblance, although their sour/citrus notes put the flavor somewhere between olive oil and yoghurt. It was fairly viscous, so it really had a way of coating the mouth, which would be alright if it weren't for the burnt, tar-like aftertaste. Part of me is concerned that something had gone wrong with this bottle, but it was still so off-putting that I'm not sure I want to have another go to confirm that suspicion.
Labeled Blú Perfer, the Blue Wine is a 2016 Spanish Chardonnay and is self-described as "Fruity, fresh, soft, tasty, with its own personality," although I hesitate to vouch for any of those claims. We were able to get this bottle for around $12 and – while that isn't particularly expensive – I imagine most of that price comes exclusively from the unique experience of being able to drink "Blue Wine." That and maybe the sturdiness of the packaging. After breaking our corkscrew trying to get it out, we ended up resorting to a pair of pliers to actually uncork it. And while that may not be ideal for customer easy and wine preservation, I at least respect its resilience.
As far as taste and smell go, its difficult to attribute specific names to all of the subtle flavors, because the over all flavor was to similar to watered down "Cool Blue" Gatorade for us to get past that fact. In both the smell and taste, we were able to agree that there were definite notes of raspberry and other assorted fruits you could find in Cool Blue, but it also came with the salty chemical undertones of the sports drink. If you're looking for a vividly blue wine, then boy have I found the thing for you, but otherwise, I feel like this is a fairly easy one to skip. Which brings us to our next wine:
Fish Wine is the Opici Vino Bianco blended wine from Marches, Italy. It is in about the same price range as Blue Wine and of similar quality. Visually, it looks like a pale olive oil, and the smell/early flavors of it reinforce that resemblance, although their sour/citrus notes put the flavor somewhere between olive oil and yoghurt. It was fairly viscous, so it really had a way of coating the mouth, which would be alright if it weren't for the burnt, tar-like aftertaste. Part of me is concerned that something had gone wrong with this bottle, but it was still so off-putting that I'm not sure I want to have another go to confirm that suspicion.
Well that ends my first wine tasting. It was a wild ride, so I think I'm going to end up going for more traditional wines for a while.
Wines Reviewed:
Blú Perfer: https://newbluewine.com/
Opici Vino Bianco: http://opiciwines.com/wines/bianco-fish-bottle/
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