Great Wine Made Simple

Chapter 3: "News You Can Use on the Wine Label"

Tasting for Body, Part II

White Wines, Two Rieslings
Lower Alcohol Wine (Less Body) German Riesling	Higher Alcohol Wine (More Body) French Alsace Rielsing
8%-10% Alcohol. Riesling Kabinett from wineries like Selbach-Oster, Strub, Burklin-Wolf, Christoffel-Berres, JJ Prum, Dr. Fischer, Robert Weil.	12%-13.5% Alcohol. Trimbach, Hugel, Weinbach, Leon Beyer, Schlumberger, Deiss, Sparr, Schoffit, Dirler, Blanck, Zind-Humbrecht, Kreydenweiss.

Red Wines, Two Merlots
Lower Alcohol, Bordeaux Merlot	Higher Alcohol, California Merlot
Christian Moueix, Michel Lynch, B&G Reserve, Arcaute	Meridian, Kunde, Robert Mondavi Coastal, Wente, St. Francis, Gallo of Sonoma, Benziger, Markham, Robert Mondavi Napa Valley

Oaky

No wine list, but might check labels on red and whites

Tannic

Suggests more Pinot Noir vs. Cabernet Sauvignon tests

Tasting for Butter

Two Chardonnays
Non-Buttery, Macon-Villages or Pouilly Fuisse from Burgundy	Butterry, Australia or California
Macon-Villages: Bouchard, Jadot, Drouhin, DuBoeuf, Verget. Macon-Lugny Les Charmes. Pouilly-Fuisse: Chateau Fuisse, Bouchard, Jadot.	Australia: Lindeman's Bin 65, Rosemount Diamond Label, Chateau Tahbilk, Chateau Renella, Devil's Lair. California: Beringer Napa Valley, Fisher Coach Insignia, RH Phillips Toasted Head, Columbia Crest Reserve, Clos du Bois, Kunde Estate, Bonterra, Cambria, Gallo Laguna Ranch.

Tasting for Grassiness

Grassy Savignon Blancs

California: Silverado, Duckhorn, Honig, Hanna, Voss, Robert Mondavi Coastal, Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc, Chateau S. Jean Fume Blanc.

Loire Valley Sancerre: Lucien Crochet, Domaine Thomas, Pascal Jolivet, Michel Redde, Chateau de Sancerre.

Bordeaux and Other French: Michel Lynch (Bordeaux), Vichon (Mediterranean), Chateau Carbonnieux, Chateau La Louviere.

New Zealand: Cloudy Bay, Stoneleigh, Villa Maria, Nautilus.

South Africa: Mulderbosch, Thelema.

Tasting for Spice

The Gewürztraminer Grape

American: Hogue Cellars, Navarro Vineyards, Beringer, Fetzer, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Meridian.

French Alsace: Hugel, Trimback, Paul Blanck, Pierre Sparr, Leon Beyer, Schlumberger.

Syrah, a. k. a. Shiraz

French - Crozes-Hermitage: Jaboulet, Alain Graillot, Colombo, Chapoutier.
French - Cotes du Rhone: Perrin Reserve
French - St. Joseph: Jaboulet, Chapoutier

California: McDowell, Joseph Phelps, Cline Cellars, RH Phillips, Qupe, Andrew Murray, Edmunds St. John, Echelon, Seven Peaks.

Australian Shiraz: Penfolds Kalimna, Wynn's Michael, d'Arenberg "The Footbolt," Leasingham Bin 61, Hardy's Nottage Hill, Lindeman's Limestone Ridge.

Tasting for Floral

Moscato d'Asti (From Italy)

Rivetti "La Spinetta," Michele Chiarlo "Nivole," Paulo Saracco, Bruno Giacosa, Vietti.