Archive for the ‘Blend’ Category
Place: Argentina Price: $15.99 Aroma: Oak, Dark Red Fruit Color: Deep Ruby Red Taste: Soft Tannins, Acidic, Jammy Flavors Detected: Oak, Dried Black Cherry, Lilac This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec and was aged 12 months in French oak barrels. Unfortunately, this wine is all about the oak. This is probably the oakiest red wine we’ve [...]
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- Tags: 2005, Argentina, Bodegas Nieto Senetiner, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Red, Wine
Peter Lehmann Clancys 2005
27 Feb 2009Place: Australia Price: $13.99 Aroma: Spicy, Smoky, Charred Wood Color: Dark Plum Taste: Strong, Spicy, Medium Bodied Flavors Detected: Dark Burnt Chocolate, Dark Cherry, Cedar This was the wine of choice for the Top Chef finale. I thought the cast of Top Chef this year was fantastic and this enjoyable wine matched the show perfectly. It was [...]
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- Tags: 2005, Australia, Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Peter Lehmann, Shiraz
Pago del Vicario Penta 2005
In: Blend|Cabernet Sauvignon|Merlot|Petit Verdot|Red|Spain|Syrah|Tempranillo
27 Feb 2009Place: Spain Price: $18 Aroma: Venison, Cranberry Color: Dark Black Cherry Taste: Chalky, Very Dry, Heavy Tannins Flavors Detected: Tobacco, Leafy, Vanilla This has been one of our least favorite wines so far. The general notes in our wine book include not awesome and average. This wine had a very dry cotton mouth feel. The tobacco flavor was [...]
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- Tags: 2005, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pago del Vicario, Petit Verdot, Red, Spain, Syrah, Tempranillo, Wine
Place: Australia Price: $12.99 Aroma: Smoky, Meaty Color: Maroon Taste: Light to Medium Body, Sour Flavors Detected: Light Woody, Faint Cherry, Raspberry Rosemount has been a hit and miss vineyard for us. We had a fabulous Rosemount Chardonnay in Australia and a not so fabulous Rosemount Chardonnay here in Baltimore. I think this wine was definitely a hit. It was different, [...]
Place: Spain Price: $9.99 Aroma: Raspberries, Dark Chocolate Color: Dark Cherry Taste: Slight Sweetness Flavors Detected: Black Fruits, Currans, Charcoal, Licorice We had this with buffalo shrimp tacos and while it wasn’t bad it didn’t enhance the flavors of either the food or the wine. They were supposed to be chipotle tacos but Baltimore was sold out [...]
Folie Á Deux Menage Á Trois White 2007
11 Jan 2009Place: Napa Valley, California Price: $10 Aroma: Peaches, Fruity Color: Pale Yellow Taste: Sweet Flavors Detected: Peaches, Pineapple The trois part of this wine comes from a mix of chardonnay, chenin blanc and muscat grapes. Both the red and white wines in the Mengae Á Trois lines are very tasty and a great value, but I prefer the [...]
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- Tags: California, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Folie Á Deux, Muscat, Napa Valley, White, Wine
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- Dale Cruse: I love this wine. This past summer, during a dinner with the importer (Jorge Ordonez) I went nuts fo [...]