Archive for the ‘Red’ Category
Monte Oton Garnacha 2008
10 Jan 2010Place: Spain Price: $7.49 Aroma: Plum, Spice, Cinnamon Taste: Light to Medium Body Flavors Detected: Prune, Dark Cherry, Fig I picked up this bottle during a run to the liquor store to get some beer to steam king crab legs in. I wasn’t planning on buying any wine, but this bottle hit the wine store [...]
Place: Australia Price: $23.99 Aroma: Very Floral, Pasture Taste: Short Flavors Detected: Black Fruit, Olive Juice This bottle is definitely eye catching. I noticed it a few times at the local wine store. It has a very unique and different taste, maybe due to the mataro grape. I don’t believe either of us have ever [...]
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- Tags: 2006, Australia, Blend, Grenache, Playmates Fetish Wines, Red, Shiraz, Wine
Vin De Pays D’oc Puydeval 2008
23 Nov 2009Place: France Price: $11.99 Aroma: Flowery, Violet, Rose, Strawberry Taste: Medium Body, Balanced Flavors Detected: Rose Petal, Violet, Leather, Dark Chocolate, Earthy I don’t know what it is, but I’m always drawn to the blended wines at the store. This one in particular is 69% Cabernet Franc, 28% Syrah, and 12% Merlot. I haven’t been [...]
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- Tags: 2008, Blend, Cabernet Franc, France, Merlot, Puydeval, Red, Syrah, Wine
Place: Australia Price: $26.99 Aroma: Musty, Raspberry, Spice, Leather, Black Currant, Bitter Dark Chocolate, Cedar Bark Taste: Medium Body, Medium Tannins Flavors Detected: Oak, Subtle Black Fruit, Cherry This was picked up from a random, seedy liquor store after an exhaustive day of shopping. I really wanted a decent bottle of wine, but I didn’t have the energy [...]
Tisdale Shiraz
In: California|Red|Shiraz
5 Nov 2009Place: California Price: $4.99 Aroma: Very Berry Taste: Mild, Underwhelming Flavors Detected: Berry, Pez At $4.99 this wine was decent and smelled pretty terrific. It was a berry explosion in our noses – a delicious mixed berry tart. Unforunately, it smelled better than it tasted. The bottle also does not indicate any sort of vintage, but I guess at under [...]
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- Tags: California, Red, Shiraz, Tisdale, Wine
Dynamite Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
5 Nov 2009Place: California Price: $15.99 Aroma: Damp Soil, Musty, Pruney Taste: Light Flavors Detected: Plum, Blackberry The aroma of this Cab was very interesting but the taste didn’t match up. It was damp, musty, pruney, and barrelly in odor, but the flavors were very basic. Even though it is a 2005, it tasted very young. This wine is very light and [...]
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- Tags: 2005, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Dynamite, Red, Wine
Zombie Zin Zinfandel 2007
In: California|Red|Zinfandel
21 Oct 2009Place: California Price: $10.99 Aroma: Smokey, Tobacco Taste: Medium Tannins Flavors Detected: Tobacco, Jam I will be completely honest and admit this was the second bottle of the night. My notes are sparse but the one highlight describes the aroma as a barn filled with hanging dried tobacco. Now, I don’t really know how tobacco is dried and I [...]
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- Tags: 2007, Add new tag, California, Red, Wine, Zinfandel
Darby & Joan Cabernet 2008
14 Oct 2009Place: Australia Price: $11.99 Aroma: Smokey, Dusty Attic Taste: Light, Watery Flavors Detected: Grapey This wine matches our definition of a Cabernet to a tee, but it is a little on the average side. The aroma is interesting with smokey, dusty and musty scents. It smells like a cupboard that has not been opened in a rather long time [...]
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- Tags: 2008, Australia, Cabernet Sauvignon, Darby & Joan, Red, Wine
First Drop Mother’s Milk Shiraz 2006
24 Jul 2009Place: Australia Price: $19.99 Aroma: Oak, Licorice, Cinnamon Taste: Dry, Full Tannins Flavors Detected: Leather, Oak, Char, Black Fruit, Pepper Finally a successful wine pick! A pick with a super cute label too. I’ve always liked comics to some degree and lately I’ve become obsessed with the Fables series, so picking up a Shiraz with a comic [...]
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- Tags: 2006, Australia, First Drop, Red, Shiraz, Wine
Herding Cats Merlot Pinotage 2008
19 Jul 2009Place: South Africa Price: $12 Aroma: Grapey, Blackberry, Musty Taste: Sour, Light Body Flavors Detected: Jammy, Blackberry This was a drink a smooth and drinkable wine with a little bit of heat. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anything special either. For $12 there are better options out there. I bought this because I’m a little bit obsessed with trying [...]
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- Tags: 2008, Blend, Herding Cats, Merlot, Pinotage, Red, South Africa, 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 [...]