Today I am tasting the Domaine Ste Michelle Extra Dry sparkling wine from Washington’s Columbia Valley. I found this non-vintage “House Style” wine for under $11.
Color
This is a very foamy sparkler and is a nice yellow in the glass.
Aroma
It is not particularly aromatic. It has a fruity almost white concord grape smell to it.
Flavor
On the attack this wine shows a lot of sweetness and almost artificial lemon flavor. It has some pear on the mid-palate and finishes with a sour candy flavor. The attack and finish are substantially different. There are a lot of bubbles in the beginning which mask some of the fruit.
Rating
This is a drinkable sparking wine, but I would not recommend it. I rate it 83 points.
