Tasting- Chateau Ste Michelle Harvest Select Riesling

This week I decided to formally try a new bottle of wine to write a blog post about. It just so happens that this past week was Valentine's Day and my boyfriend and I went to Zeppoli's for dinner that night and ended up ordering a glass of wine to have with dinner. As I typically order based on taste rather than what it will pair with I asked the waitress what I should get after telling her I like medium sweet white wines. She recommended to me that I try a Riesling, which I had never tried before, so I said yes. I ended up loving it and I think it has become my new favorite wine. Because of that experience, I decided to by a bottle of another riesling for the weekend. I completed my wine IQ videos for the week on Friday and afterwards headed to Kroger.
I took the price approach to this purchase. Since I already knew which wine I wanted I figured the only other way to approach this would be price. I wish I had gone to the Vintage Cellar at this stage because it was so hard picking a bottle on my own. So I ended up grabbing the $10 bottle or medium sweet riesling they had in the cooler. Here are the specs:
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Name- Chateau Ste Michelle, Harvest Select, Sweet Riesling
Variety- Riesling
Region- Columbia Valley
Country- USA
Year- 2016
Price- $9.99

Shop/wine critic/winery review (these will be cross-referenced with info provided by the shops to us)- "Silky and succulent, offering orange blossom and petrol aromas and slightly sweet nectarine and grapefruit flavors that finish on the dry side. Drink now."
I wasn't able to find a true critics review of the wine but I did find this critic's notes as well as the winemaker's notes along with lots of good information about the winery and grape varietal.
https://www.wine.com/product/chateau-ste-michelle-harvest-select-sweet-riesling-2015/187911 

My review (this is in your own words and opinions, it IS NOT a re-w)- I loved this wine. It was just enough sweetness on the palette without being overbearing. I typically go for really sweet wines and I have been wanting to try something dryer, and this was exactly what I was searching for. The acidity and dryness was just enough to balance out the sweetness. I picked up a lot of fruity notes that gave off very fresh tastes mixed with the acid.

Pairing- I did not intend to try this with food, but I did end up having it with my dinner. I had made cauliflower gnocci with a basic marinara sauce. I think that the sweetness did pair well with the sauce and the acidity helped bread up the bready gnocci!