We've been loving Armenian wine more and more, and always seem to pick up a bottle when we can find them. At one of our favorite local bottle shops, we were recommended to try an Areni Rose from Shofer.
A varietal bottle with some great rose characteristics from a grape we can't try all too often? We were in, and this one was quite delicious.
Our first wine from Armenia comes from the Armenia Wine Company and was simply labeled “Dry Red Blend” (without even a vintage found on the bottle).
Thankfully, this one did label the grapes at least and we found out it was from two new-to-us grapes of Areni and Haghtanak. However, had the bottle been hidden from us we would've claimed this one was a young Pinot Noir or possibly even a Gamay as the flavor profiles were quite comparable.
For a basic red blend, well, we'll take that!