The salad appetizer was paired with Yellowtail's 2022 Pinot Grigio. My caesar salad was very light and creamy, paired with this wine it was able to let the tiny bit of acidity in this wine pop out. My boyfriends salad was a tart balsamic which allowed him to taste the sweet and refreshing parts of this wine. This pinot tasted so light, almost like water. The wine was very full flavored and a soft feeling wine. I was surprisingly very happy with how much I enjoyed this wine. The lightness of the wine being so complementary in flavors with the salad caused these two to blend together beautifully.
Our main course of shepherds pie was paired with Rascal's 2021 Pinot Noir. The aromas of this wine were fruity, such as cherries and raspberry. The potato in the meal clashed with the dryness of this wine. The wine did have smooth tannins and a nice acidity on it's own. As a whole, this wine did not add or subtract much from the meal other than it causing a parched feeling. This wine was more oak forward, with a slight nutty taste. This wine did not overpower the meal, but was not the correct fit for this dish.
Finally, for dessert we paired velvet cupcakes with Capriccio's white sangria. This wine was bursting with aromas and flavors of so many different fruits such as pear, peach, apple, and pineapple. Following this strong fruit flavor was a taste of synthetic butter and a pungent alcohol flavor. The spongy cake did cause the alcohol taste to come forward, being a bit too much for me, almost tasting like sherry. For this being a crazy sweet wine, it was surprising how tart and alcohol forward it was as well. This wine was very overpowering for its dessert, just being all around too much.
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