Housley’s Century Oak Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Judy’s Vineyard

- Vintage: 2015

- Color: light burgundy, some translucence 

- First smell: alcohol (warm, burning)

- Second smell: Welch’s grape juice

- First taste: smoky

- Front/sides of tongue: acidity

- Final notes: gasoline

- Finish: yeast, slight burn

- Very dry

 

Chardonnay, Rombauer Vineyards (Buchli Station)

- Vintage: 2017

- Color: buttery gold

- First smell: apricots

- Slight burn, acidic

- First taste impression: melon

- Finish: Welch’s grape juice, medium length

- Mild heat on the mid-palate

 

Folonari Prosecco

- Color: very light gold, almost white; visible bubbles

- First smell: plum, melon

- First taste: strong peach, acidic (overall, most prominent flavor was peach)

- Finish: long