http://www.justagrape.com Simple Wine Reviews By Regular Guys Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:00:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.justagrape.com/golden-kaan-cabernet-sauvignon-south-africa-2005/ http://www.justagrape.com/golden-kaan-cabernet-sauvignon-south-africa-2005/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:28:58 +0000 Mike http://www.justagrape.com/?p=505 This is a Cab from South Africa producer Golden Kaan.  We haven’t done a lot from this region of the World, so we thought we’d give this one a shot.  It would be really interesting to cellar this one for a few years. $15 from Fresh & Easy

• Strong cherry aromas with a hint of pine.
• Flavors of oak and smoke with the pine coming in at the end.
• The label says that the tannins linger – and they really mean it!
• Decant this bottle for as long as you can!
• Like the person who you think is really cool when you first meet them… but not so much when you get to know then…  They are only tolerable with many other people around.

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• Aromas of leather, wood, citrus grove and figs.
• Flavors are big and bold.
• Earth, leather and tobacco.
• Toasted oak and figs.
• Wild and rambunctious with a purpose… like and old west outlaw who rides into town… shoots up the saloon… steals the women… and rides out of town on a mission.

]]> http://www.justagrape.com/campo-viejo-gran-reserva-spain-2002/feed/ 0 http://www.justagrape.com/martha-stewart-vintage-cabernet-sauvignon-sonoma-2005/ http://www.justagrape.com/martha-stewart-vintage-cabernet-sauvignon-sonoma-2005/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:30:03 +0000 Mike http://www.justagrape.com/?p=422 This is our second review of one of the wines in the new Martha Stewart line that was released last year.  Earlier we reviewed the Merlot from the collection. The wine is produced and distributed by E & J Gallo Winery, of Modesto, Calif and made from grapes from the Sonoma region.  The wines are so far only available in the select cities of Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland.  The wine is usually sold in the $15 price range, but we recently picked some up on clearance for $6.  It will be interesting to see if they make any changes to the wines this year.  Overall we think these wines should be better if they intend to sell them in the $15+ range. $15 ($6) from Bashas.

• Aromas of mint and hickory BBQ.
• Tastes of oak wood and strawberry.
• Great food wine with a medium finish.
• This wine is like watching a good movie by yourself… the movie is pretty decent and you find it entertaining… but at the end of the movie, you wish you had someone else there to share it with.

]]> http://www.justagrape.com/martha-stewart-vintage-cabernet-sauvignon-sonoma-2005/feed/ 3 http://www.justagrape.com/martha-stewart-vintage-merlot-sonoma-2006/ http://www.justagrape.com/martha-stewart-vintage-merlot-sonoma-2006/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:15:26 +0000 Mike http://www.justagrape.com/?p=280 This is one of the wines in the new Martha Stewart line that was released last year.  There is also a Cabernet and a Chardonnay available.  The wine is produced and distributed by E & J Gallo Winery, of Modesto, Calif and made from grapes from the Sonoma region.  The wines are so far only available in the select cities of Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland.  The wine is usually sold in the $15 price range, but we recently picked some up on clearance for $6.  We have also reviewed the Cabernet and will be posting that review soon. $15 ($6) from Bashas.

• Aromas vanilla and fresh green beans.
• Flavors are complex, but tend to compete with each other.
• Strong blueberry flavors that improve after decanting.
• Smooth and very dry.
• Very fruit forward but not sweet.
• This wine is like a “buy one get one free” coupon to a semi-upscale restaurant that you haven’t been to before… you are happy that you went, but wouldn’t go back if you didn’t have another coupon.

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• Smells like green apple.
• Very rich and creamy mouth feel.
• Full bodied.
• Peppery and bold with a great finish.
• Looking at the label we did not expect much from this wine. It was kinda like going out on Halloween and expecting those little bite size candies that you usually get……but…every once in a while you run into that house that that gives you the full size candy bar….now that is exciting!!

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