Feb 22 2010

Berberana Dragon Tempranillo (Spain, 2006)

Category: TempranilloMike @ 4:00 pm
This is a Tempranillo from Spain that we picked up at Total Wine and had it with homemade tortilla soup with fresh avocado and tortilla strips.
$8 from Total Wine
Two and a Half Trophies
  • Smells like bubble gum initially with dark berries in the middle followed my mint at the finish.
  • Taste is very tart.
  • One dimensional plumb flavors.  Improved greatly with decanting.
  • This wine is easy to drink and does not offend… Sort of like a macro-brewed beer… it feels mass produced to appeal to a wide variety of tastes.
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Feb 10 2010

Matuco Malbec (Argentina, 2008)

Category: MalbecEddie @ 5:56 pm
This wine is a Malbec from Mendoza Argentina and available at Fresh & Easy.  We got this wine as part of a three bottle twitter tasting with Fresh & Easy that we did yesterday.  We were very excited to try this since the last Malbec from Fresh & Easy was so good.
$10 from Fresh & Easy
Three and a Half Trophies
  • Smells of plumb off the nose.
  • Deep dark and rich colors.
  • Tastes dark fruit and spice with prune at the end.
  • Out of the bottle it was very harsh, but much nicer after decanting.
  • This wine is like a crazy Uncle that says a lot of outlandish things… yet every once in a while, comes up with a comment that really displays a lot of wisdom.

Justagrape.com was provided a complementary bottle of this wine from Fresh & Easy and was not compensated for this review.

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