Ryan Holgerson

  Ryan’s Wine Tasting: Posted on 1/24/23 by ryanh19 Photo of the wine/label: Photo holding the wine bottle showing: Name of wine: Yalumba Varietal: Shiraz Region: Barossa Country: Australia Year: 2017 Price: $29.99 Shop/wine critic:  : “ A new look for Yalumba's Cab-Shiraz blend The Scribbler, now with 51% Shiraz and 49% Cabernet. The powerful, inky blue and purple fruit profile is still there, with structure and spice from light oaking in French, US and Hungarian hogsheads. Silky, savoury and long. (https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/australia/south-australia/yalumba-samuels-collection-shiraz-cabernet-barossa-2017-30696)” References of specific flavors: Blackberry, Dried Currant, Mocha, Tobacco, Clay Pot Your review: You can smell the blackberry before you taste this elegant red wine. It was very good and had a consistent sweet taste throughout. If you had food: None   

       Ryan Holgerson       First Wine Blog     1/22/23                      I am definitely not a first-hand wine drinker compared to other alcohols. I wanted to take this course just to get exposed to the language of wine because I was not that familiar with its expansive nature. I hope by taking the course I will be able to explain and understand the language much better than I did previously. I am also going to take this course with others and taste different wines along with dinner and cheeses.                     I have tried different wines before this course despite all this. In the past, my family and I would share different red wines on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's but that is the most I would have with them. I enjoyed the sweet taste of them and each one definitely had its own distinctive taste to it. A couple times when I have been in Blacksburg I have had a couple cheap local brands, such as Pino Grigio white wine from Floyd, VA. I think I enjoyed the taste o