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New Brew Tuesday: Martin’s American Concord

Posted By: Cornelius Aesop on 2010/06/02 in Drinking, New Brew Tuesday - Comments: View Comments

Type: Wine – Concord
Name: Matus Winery – Martin’s American Concord
Price: I got it for free
Made: Wakeman, Ohio
Alc/Vol: 12%

“A sweet red wine made from Concord grapes picked from Uncle Marty’s 50 year old vines.”

This wine was given to me while I was out camping for Memorial Day weekend, while moving between a Pinot Grigio and some Boones Farm – yeah we spare no alcohol on a camping weekend. If you saw the list of beers we were drinking the wine mix wouldn’t surprise you. While chit chatting over our love for alcohol and sampling the drinks for the night I was offered a bottle of Concord wine from Matus Winery. Yes, ladies and gentlemen this is a Monkey Brewster first – a freebie just because I’m a blogging drunken monkey.

Let me start out that no free drink is a bad drink, and in this case after my initial taste test I’d go out and buy some. The scent from this bottle smelled like I had my furry little nose hard pressed to the vine, so fresh I swear I could smell the morning dew from when it was flung, err umm I mean picked.

The taste was so sweet at first that I could feel it in my cheeks, but finished with a nice mild bitter aftertaste. After the initial taste the sweet sour boldness that first hits you fades away to a nice clean taste. I wouldn’t pair this wine with a meal, but maybe a nice desert. While it is sweet I think the bitter finish would pair better with a piece of banana cream pie rather than your steak. I give this wine a 4 out of 5 bananas for a sweet wine, it’s not the best I’ve ever had but it is good. I especially like the locality aspect of it, a small local winery made not far from wear it purchased – goes with the green mentality.

What’s your take on this wine, love it, like it hate it let me know.

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