Wine Tasting Castello di Amorosa

I was quite curious when our friends mentioned we were going to a castle for some wine tasting. We traveled to Castello di Amorosa. It was indeed a castle and quite a popular destination for wine tasting in Napa Valley in part probably because of the tremendous photo ops. We purchased our tickets for the entrance that included a short tour and the wine tasting.

There were six wines on display and each one's characteristics were explained to us by our host. 

Our host, Mr. Constanza, was very kind and entertaining. We ended up tasting eight bottles instead of the six visitors were supposed to sample. 

The wines were perfect with the dark chocolate with sea salt. The paper on the counter are our rating and ordering slips. Based on what we had, the Clairvoyant and I got 2 bottles of wine that we brought back to Manila.

Sheep roaming around the castle grounds.

Even without a DSLR, one is assured of a picturesque shot of the countryside

We ended up purchasing two bottles of wine - a bottle of their 2010 Gewurztraminer Dry (white wine) and one of their 2010 Gewurztraminer Late Harvest, which I learned later to be related to the Australian Botrytis Semillon - "noble rot" (Noble One and Wolf Blass have these) that we usually enjoy after dinner while in Singapore and purchase from Changi where it is usually cheaper.

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