Tasting - Palacio de Bornos Verdejo

Name: Palacio de Bornos

Variety: Verdejo

Region: Rueda

Country: Spain

Year: 2013

Price: Regular-$12 Sale-$5.95

Shop/wine critic/winery review: "Zesty and clean, with pure grapefruit and passion fruit aromas. It's charged up but perfectly balanced, with bright, focused citrus and pineapple flavors. Lemony acidity keeps the finish rolling, then throw in some chive and fresh greens and you have a spot-on Verdejo. 89 Points." Wine Enthusiast

My Review: The aromas that I gathered were very light and floral, like the blooming part of a fruit garden-not the fruits themselves. Upon tasting this wine the mouthfeel was again medium and a little dry, but not too much. The texture was great and there was a grapefruit flavor while still touching the tongue. I would have really liked this wine if it were not for the aftertaste. There was something so off about it and I really couldn't place the taste of it, finally settling on something like stinky feet or some kind of funk. Maybe that was the chive that was described in the previous review. I don't know, really, but it was a small thing that turned me off from purchasing the wine.

This wine was tasted at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, Virginia without food.