Potomac Point Winery

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Aug 27, 2012

Favorite Wine: Abinato

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Nov 14, 2010

Norton Wine Review: Great setting for a presentation of wines. Their well scripted wine list included wine name, pictured labels, appellation (Virginia vineyard locations), varietal make up of each wine, aging (SS, French & American Oak), alcohol percentage, residual sugars, winemaker tasting notes, cost, and space for your own tasting notes. Wow, we wish other wineries would mimic this layout. At Potomac Point Winery you get a choice of Classic or Reserve tastings ($5 / $10). Lots of average-at-best wines, but again we were here for their Norton wine. An unusual cocoa bouquet 2008 wine made from Orange county grapes (leased land near Horton Vineyards) which I was not immediately enamored with, but will put up for a few years and try again in 2013 or later. // ADDENDUM: Oh what a difference one year makes, ~ sometimes. Well, just one year later we decided to uncork a PPV 2008 Norton and the texture had turned into "velvet". Amazing with only this additional short storage how the nose and taste positively shifted our original thoughts to that of one of a nice Norton example. My wife stated that this would be a wine to use with a dinner which included guests who had not been previously introduced to Norton wines. Glad to see another Virginia vintner who just may have a good handle on the Norton grape.