Tasting--Chateau Morrisette Blackberry

The Wine

Name: Chateau Morrisette Blackberry Wine

Variety: Blackberry

Region: North America (Floyd Country, VA)

Country: USA

Year: none given on the bottle

Price: about $11 (Kroger)

Critic's Review:

Winemakers at Château Morrisette just couldn’t leave well enough alone. Not content with only grapes, they have crafted a delicious new fruit wine from summer’s bounty of sun-ripened blackberries. One of life’s simple pleasures here in our little part of paradise.

Sweet and smooth, this Blackberry Wine is packed with the vibrant fruitiness of succulent, sun drenched berries. Try it lightly chilled with most any grilled or spicy food. --Radford Florist

My Review:

For a non grape wine, WOW!

I know what you are thinking-- a non-grape wine tasting like anything other than alcoholic kids' drink mix? But man! does this wine deliver. This wine, when chilled, was light bodied and thin, keeping its juicy blackberry taste in check. The mid palate had a sweet, cinnamon and nutmeg note that kept this from tasting like a jug of juice.

Plain and simple: you have to try this wine. For its price and the ease of drink, this wine would convince even those who don't like wine into second guessing their choices. While it does not pack the seeming sophistication of the more established, common wines, this wine did not hang around long in the bottle. This wine is perfect for a tasting among friends...but you want to be sure to bring a couple of bottles along because it goes so fast.