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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 |
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- 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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This is a Cabernet from the Columbia Valley in Washington. We really enjoyed the Merlot from the same winery so we were really looking forward to trying this wine when we spotted it on the shelf. |
| $12 from Total Wine |
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- Aromas of earth and deep dark berries
- Soft and smooth in the mouth
- Strong tannins in the finish giving it a tart cranberry taste
- Interesting yet unrefined. Like a sports car that is a little too loud both in engine sound and color…it may put some people off yet who knows…in a few years it has the potential of being a classic…
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Casillero del Diablo Concha Y Toro is a Cabernet from Chile. This is a companion reivew to the 2007 vintage that we also did. We recommend avoiding the 2007 for 1 or two more years. We had this with steak from the charcoal grill and it was a great pairing. |
| $9 from Fresh & Easy |
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- Fruit forward strawberry aromas.
- Earth and vanilla smells.
- At the right temperature, this wine is smooth and had velvety mouth feel that is even better after decanting.
- Great mix of fruit and earth.
- Slight peach taste at the end with flavors of apples on the tip of the tongue.
- She is spunky yet refined and able to strike the perfect balance between adolescent charm and lady like maturity. She is an example that hopefully her younger sister will follow.
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This is a blend from Paso Robles California. I picked this wine up at Trader Joes, simply because it had an interesting marketing angle, and it was only $6. Turns out it was fairly decent, although probably not capable of government leadership if it were a real person. |
| $6 from Trader Joes |
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- Fruity aromas with overtones of alcohol
- Flavors are a bit watered down.
- Short finish
- Tastes of blackberry
- Very easy drinking with good mouth feel.
- Overall it was not a bad wine. It was enjoyable while it lasted but it kind of fell off the map with the finish…kinda like the way Giuliani fell off the map after Florida. If this wine were the Governor of California it probably wouldn’t have much budget balancing success either… but people would still vote for it again.
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This is an organic Tempranillo from Spain. I hadn’t browsed the wine isle at T.J.’s in a while and was intrigued to find an organic Tempranillo from Spain there. There is also a Cabernet from Albero that we want to review as well. Jason has some more insights as to the origin of this wine and a review as well. Overall we were pleased with this $6 wine and would buy it again. |
| $6 from Trader Joes |
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- Strong cherry aroma with hints of vanilla.
- Decent balance, with a weak short finish.
- Simple and pleasant, but lacks any enjoyable complexity.
- Chocolate on the finish.
- This wine like having the Monday of a long weekend off… you’re really happy to have the day off but you don’t really do anything really exciting or very interesting.
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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. |
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- 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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We’ve reviewed the 2005 vintage of this wine already, and because it was such a great wine for the price we couldn’t pass up the 2006 vintage as well. Once again we were not disappointed as this wine proved to be excellent once again. |
| $8 at Bashas |
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- Sweet strawberry and spice in the aroma
- Tastes of vanilla and rich berries flavors
- Overall very smooth and easy drinking
- Great balance with just the right amount of tannins and sweetness
- This wine is the perennial playoff team… always very competitive… always able to put together a team that goes deep into the playoffs year after year. Pick this wine up, you won’t be disappointed… it’s a winner!!!
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I picked this wine up because I was having blackened salmon for dinner. I figured a nice Tempranillo would go great with this spicy fish dish. The wine is actually a blend of Tempranillo and Shiraz. The label even recommended that it be served with spicy fish dishes. The label also informed me that I would be tasting intense black fruit flavors and hints of vanilla and spice. Unfortunately, I did not taste any of these things. The wine was quite bland but it did hold up well to the spicy fish. In fact, the only reason it got 1.5 trophies instead of 1 was because it did hold up to the dinner. The only way I would recommend this wine would be with a meal that was quite hearty, spicy and flavorful. On its own the flavors were boring and muddled. |
| $7 from Fresh & Easy |
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- Muddled and indecisive
- Smooth in the mouth yet harsh when swallowed.
- Lingering bitter tastes like that of grape seeds
- On the tip of the tongue it was sweet like blackberries but soured towards the back of the mouth
- Like going to a nice Spanish restaurant and expecting an exotic and enchanting meal but ending up with fried rice and dried beef.
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This is a Cabernet from Fresh & Easy. We picked this up one Saturday night and enjoyed it with bruschetta. |
| $12 from Fresh & Easy. |
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- Slight aromas of nutmeg and other Christmas spices.
- Slight hint of cherry in the taste with holiday spices.
- A bit tart on the finish…a bit like raspberry
- This wine really conjured up images and feelings of Christmas….Felt like going home to family after being away for a long time and laughing together around a big Christmas dinner…..of course sine it is the middle of the summer and fond memories are all that are left we no longer remember all the Christmas fights over politics and sports with drunk Uncle “Larry”
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This wine is an old vine Zinfandel from Lodi, California. I picked this up for an end of the summer get together at my condo before heading back to work for the school year. |
| $10 from Fresh & Easy |
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- Great aroma in the glass of fresh fruit
- Heavy, Heavy, Heavy alcohol tastes
- A bit of spice and oak was noticed after decanting
- Slight burst of cherry at first but then masked by the overpowering flavor of alcohol.
- I was all excited about this wine since I was celebrating the end of my summer with friends….Only problem….the wine was not. Drinking this wine was like getting all dressed up and excited for a date you have been waiting for…..only to have the girl call you 15 minutes before you leave to tell you she cannot make it. Huge let down to say the least.
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