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Hi! I'm Christina, and I am a recent graduate from Virginia Tech! I'm in Northern VA now pursuing a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. I'd like to continue what I learned from the Geography of Wine class I took in Spring of 2012, so I'll be posting about different wines and wine events. I would be very grateful for suggestions, and I'm open to expanding my posts to beer and liquor as well!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Tasting - Frisk Prickly Reisling


Name: Frisk Prickly Reisling

Variety: 90% Reisling, 10% Muscat Gordo
Region: Alpine Valleys
Country: Australia
Year: 2011
Price: $11.95
Shop Review: Leave it to the Aussies to come up with a tasty values wine with a sassy descriptive name.  Frisk is a frisky Riesling with a pleasing level of prickly spritz lifting the ample fruity flavors.  It has a pale straw color, lively bubbles, loads of tropical fruit and jasmine aromas, off-dry fruity flavors, a refreshing 9.8% alcohol and a sweet/tart finish; and all that Australian goodness.
My Review: This young wine is so lightly colored, it is almost clear.  It has a very light peach aroma.  It has a pineapple taste with a finish filled with other tropical fruit flavors.  While it may not sound appealing for some as a wine, it was so light, that it almost tasted like flavored water!  For one who likes full-bodied red wines, I was surprised to enjoy it as much as I did, so I just had to buy a bottle!

I had this wine alone without any food.

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