Tasting - "Peter Mertes Sweet Red Dornfelder"

• Name: Peter Mertes Sweet Red
• Variety: Dornfelder
• Region:  Rheinhessen
• Country: Germany 
• Year: 2014
• Price: Regular Price $12 Sale Price $6.95
• Vintage Cellar Review: The trademark German red grape varietal Dornfelder has a lovely purity of soft red berry fruit. Integrated soft tannins combined with forward fruit flavors make for a perfectly balanced everyday sipping wine. Great with grilled red meat, sausage and chicken. Best served slightly chilled.
• My review: This has to be one of the most confusing wines that I have ever smelled. The notes were very hard to separate and I was left with a muddled mess of smells. There was a wet dog smell as well as a baby diaper that made me quickly remove my nose from this glass. Based on these smells alone I was ready to give up on this wine and not even try it, however I was glad that I took the sips. On the palate the flavors were completely different from the smell. There was a yummy fruity taste that was blended like a jam. The wine was very sweet throughout the entire sip. It almost was a like a fruity NyQuil blend that was very enjoyable on the palate. Despite the off putting smell I would drink this wine again. 
• Food Pairing: I had no food with this wine.