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Matthew Shoemaker

17 wines • 5 followers • 10 following

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Il Duca Imperiale 1917 Rosa Imperiale Frizzante Semi-Sweet Nebbiolo d'Alba

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9.1

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Island Grove Wine Company

Crisp Green Apple

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Matthew Shoemaker

9.5

This wine is blended with the Gewürztraminer grape. This is not a complex wine but still very good.
I would recommend this one to anyone that likes Apple fruit wine, Riesling, or Gewürztraminer. Very light in body, crisp, with light acidity. I enjoyed this wine at a chill 48F

Nose- Apple, and floral notes

Pallet- Hint of Green Apple but wasn’t over powering with sour. This wine reminded me more of a Gewürztraminer then a Apple wine.
— 6 years ago

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Island Grove Wine Company

Blueberry Moscato Wine

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Matthew Shoemaker

9.0

Lower alcohol content. Good flavors with the combination of blueberry moscato. Thus wine is on a sweeter side of wines It’s refreshing on a hot day. — 6 years ago

Island Grove Wine Company

Black & Blue Dry Berry Wine

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Matthew Shoemaker

8.0

Found in Florida. Dry but fruity since it’s 85% blackberry 15% blueberry. Lower alcohol content. — 6 years ago

Mendoza Station

Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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8.5

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Il Duca Imperiale 1917

Peach Semi-Sweet Sparkling Blend

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Matthew Shoemaker

9.0

This peach wine is not over peachy like you are chewing on peach candy.

Great peach sweetness balance with a balance of acidity.

I would recommend this to anyone that is just getting into wine or likes peach wine but not that super sweet over powering peach.
— 6 years ago

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Bota Box Vineyards

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Matthew Shoemaker

8.8

Good house wine if you have a glass or two a night. I know box wine has a bad reputation but this is a good wine.

Nose- lighter in smell with hints of cherry
Mouth- light to medium body easy to drink with hints of fig and cherry

This is not your typical Cabernet Sauvignon but still a good wine to share when you have guest over or to have a couple of glasses a night.

— 6 years ago

Mendoza Station

Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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Matthew Shoemaker

8.5

My initial thoughts on this wine are:
This wine is a young wine. I am a big fan of Argentinian wines especially Cabernet Sauvignon. With this wine being a 2018 it could use about a year or two of bottle aging. The cork is a synthetic cork which makes me wonder if you could really get 2 years of bottle aging out of this wine.

Body- light
Nose- Black cherry and currant
Pallet- cherry, lower acidity

Over all review- I rated this wine an 8.5 because it’s not the worst Cabernet Sauvignon I have ever had but could definitely use some bottle aging to get more of those typical Cabernet Sauvignon traits.
— 6 years ago

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Rilento

Terre Siciliane Inzolia

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Matthew Shoemaker

7.5

I am not big on white wine but thought I would give this a shot

Pallet- dry, with a hint of green apple, higher acidity, reminds me of a dry Riesling

Nose- Not much nose, getting mild hints of jasmine.

I tried this in two different glasses, I use Riedel glasses and neither glass could pin point the nose that I expected from this wine.
— 6 years ago

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Island Grove Wine Company

Backporch Peach

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Matthew Shoemaker

9.5

Great peach wine. Not really a fruit wine fan. This was good. Lots of fruity peach notes. Good wine for anyone just starting out in wine. This wine reminds me of Riesling without the Riesling traits. — 6 years ago