Barefoot - Non-Vintage, Riesling

 

  Do you guys ever wonder just how many wine competitions there are in this country alone? I've never counted the number myself but from what i've seen, there are many. How many of these competitions in reality offer up any true bragging rights though? Using todays review as an example, there is a sticker on the bottle stating that the wine scored "Gold" and "Best Of Class" at the Pacific Rim Wine Competition. What is that you say, you have never heard of that event, join the club because neither have I. After looking at the wines that were submitted to the upcoming competition I see that the only winery that I have ever heard of is Barefoot. Some obscure grape varietals are also being entered as well. It does sound great though I mean a gold medal in a wine competition, how do you beat that? Today I am going to be reviewing that gold medal wine so let's get this review going.

   Today, I am reviewing the non-vintage Barefoot, Riesling. Yep, you read that correctly, I, me, the Desert Wine Guy am reviewing a Barefoot wine so let's get started. To start off with here, I paid $4.98 for this......wine at Wallyworld. As you would expect, it is sealed with a screw cap and the alcohol percentage comes in at 8% which tells me that this is one sugar bomb of a Riesling.
   Let's talk a bit about Barefoot. From what I have seen on their page, the winery caters towards the younger generation and those who generally do not have an aquired knowledge of what most of us will call, real wine. These are the people who couldn't find their usual bottle of Thunderbird or ripple and the store was sold out of the Orange Mango flavored Seagrams Wine Coolers they normally buy so they did the next best thing, they bought a bottle of Barefoot instead. Barefoot is owned by Ernest & Julio Gallo and from what I see on their website, they pretty much spend their money on lower priced wines althouth they did just purchase from Constellation Brands, the Franciscan Winery (https://www.franciscan.com/) which is located in the Napa Valley and they do already own the Whitehaven (https://www.whitehavenwine.com/) label from Marlborough, New Zealand which I found to produce some very nice Sauvignon Blanc so perhaps there is are big changes coming.   Alright, now that that stuff is out of the way, let me talk about the label on this wine bottle. Ahhhh....yeah. I have nothing good to say about the label as it always has reminded me of cheap, jug wine. I get the graphic of the bare foot on the label but I still say that I don't like the label. I do not think much thought and effort was put into the labels creation and I will end this section right here.

Current Vintage E & J Gallo Riesling

   Let's talk about the nose of this wine now. Right from the beginning, the wine has a weird, chemical odor to it and is intermixed with a sweet smelling bouquet of green apple as well as some type of sugary melon, possibly honeydew as well as Skittles. The nose is just SCREAMING to me that the wine is going to be way overdone with sugar, perhaps the palate wil tell a different story though, we will see soon. There is also the perception on the nose here of a sweet type of thickness that the wine may possibly expose on the palate and that is just scaring me to death. Alright, thats is the end of this part of the review, I will see you in the next paragraph where I will talk about what I am getting on the palate.
   Starting off here, let me tell you that the wine is just a complete disaster, a mess. It is loaded with sugar and not afraid to present that sugar. I got a slight tingle of carbonation on the tip of my tongueas well which I found disconcerning and out of character for the varietal. There was fruit on the palate which I did expect and that fruit is heavely sweetened as I did expect as well. Green apple and Honeydew are just ooozing out sugary tropical notes. The wine also tastes like it is delivering up some kind of ever so slightly thick nectar that is wayyyy overblown with sweetness. As I take a few more sips I have to get to the conclusion of this review, I simply have to end this madness guys because my Kitchen sink drain is needing to be cleaned and this is the wine to do just that.

   Let me close this review out really quickly. Gross, nasty, junk.....crap! Guys, I am very sorry I bought this wine as it was a waste of $5. I could have bought a wonderful Espresso with that money. The only reason I got this wine is because one of my daughters keeps asking me to review it, and for you guys of course:) That sums it all up folks and that completes this review. I will see you next time and I will be reviewing a wine, a real wine. On The Desert Wine Guy rating scale I am giving this wine 85 points. The wine in my opinion is undrinkable and can be used in place of Liquid Plummer to clear your household drains. 

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