Fresh-mowed clover with a hint of sweet smoke is its most common aroma, and its flavor is tangy and lemony. It often feels something like melted butter in your mouth. Common aromas and flavors are a complex range of pineapple, apple peel, artichokes to pure vanilla. Frequently, it is aged in oak barrels, which add woody and vanilla aromas and flavors. Washington wineries make some of the best semillon in the world.
Most red wines are dry and have a wide variety of flavors and aromas.
Many Washington wineries cater to this palate. It is a good starter dry red wine. It, too, is a good wine to start with as a dry red and has berry flavors. There are many other varieties on the market, but these are the most common and good varieties to start with. How to read those labels Generally, a label in the United States doesn't tell a whole lot other than the winery name, wine variety, the vintage or year the wine grapes were harvested, the alcohol content and, occasionally, the sugar content.