Place: 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: Spain Price: $22 Aroma: Almond, Raisin, Musty Cellar Color: Dark Red Taste: Mild Tannins Flavors Detected: Cranberry, Plums, Walnuts This Spanish blend contains Grenache, Carignan, & Cabernet Sauvignon varietals. It was a decent selection, but not very memorable. The flavors are light and the tannins are mild just like the woody scent and taste.
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 [...]
In: Red|Spain|Tempranillo
25 Jan 2009Place: Spain Price: $9.99 Aroma: Cinnamon, Cloves, Smoky Color: Dark Maroon Taste: Velvety, Medium Bodied, Slighty Sour Pucker Flavors Detected: Oak, Red Fruit, Cherry This was another completely average wine. We liked it, found it drinkable and it was a good value. Sadly, there was nothing very distinct about it to make it a stand out wine. [...]
Place: Spain Price: $9.99 Aroma: Ash, Smoky Color: Dark Cherry Taste: Medium Body, Short Flavor, Dry Flavors Detected: Oak, Bittersweet Chocolate A Bierzo is made from the Mencia grape. I thought this wine was okay and ended up liking it more than Basie did. It was something different to try and not that bad, but I wouldn’t [...]
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 [...]
Wine picked up at random and reviewed. Reviews without preconceived notions.