Proving once again, Dear Readers (and even the Undear ones) that no danger is too great nor any trip too arduous to bring you a new wine view, this week I took a field trip for this particular tasting. Yes, you’ve read that right. I went Outside. (TL;DR: Don’t recommend. There are People Out There.)
It being of a pleasant evening one day after work recently, I took my wine glass, my bottle of wine, my Coravin, my notebook and two pens (just in case) and trekked across the grass to the picnic table, set incongruently near to the other car park. Seating myself down, I drank in the new sensations of Outside, whilst I drank down my wine. Speaking of which:
In the glass
Pale salmon. Not really salmon-coloured, but that pinkish hue that wine people insist on calling salmon. It’s not quite a rosé shade, but close. Afterwards, I google the Bacchus grape, to see if it is darker than I thought. It isn’t.
Having written all that, in reviewing my photos for this post, the wine looks a lot more like a white wine than it did in real life. Make of that what you will.
The nose
Nothing. There’s a very faint whiff of acetone at the beginning, but that quickly dissipates, leaving: Nothing. So nothing that Cordelia springs to mind. Admittedly, that may be a personal sort of association.
The palate
The first impression is thin, almost watery. Later mouthfuls reveal a bit more substance to the body, moving it up to a low-end medium. Dry. Peaches My first reaction is that it’s pleasant, but that’s about it. Perhaps there’s some apricot and even a memory of melon, but it’s really mostly peaches. It comes across as rather one dimensional. The finish, (still peaches) is quite long. There is also something floral lurking around the margins.
There’s enough acidity to provide some structure, but it doesn’t really provide much lift or zing. Similarly, the tannins stay in the shadows.
It’s pleasant enough on its own. Fine for a warm evening, when the main focus isn’t the wine. Not sure how well it would stand up to most foods. Perhaps some poached white fish, or something. Otherwise, just some decent weather. And Outside, if you are into that sort of thing.
Rating
Yummy overall; for the visuals: It’s wine. Definitely a beginner’s orange wine. I think it works better as a wine if you don’t go in expecting an orange wine. Just a pleasant enough wine.
Sustainability
No info available on their website.
The technical info
12.5% ABV; Bacchus, £19.99 from Grape Britannia.