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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
Place: California Price: $7.99 Aroma: Musty Taste: Sour Flavors Detected: Grape Juice, Catcher’s Mitt Leather This was not really good at all. The aroma was basically rubbing alcohol mixed with a musty, stemmy basement. I was done after a few sips. Andy hated it but drank it anyways. He’s like Mikey from the Life cereal commercials. This wine was a [...]
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.
Place: Australia Price: $18 Aroma: Licorice, Musty Basement Color: Dark Red Taste: Medium Body & Tannins Flavors Detected: Licorice, Cinnamon, Dark Cherry, Plum This is a nicely balanced and enjoyable wine for everyday drinking. It has a medium body & medium tannins and a jammy grape flavor on the front end. Andy thinks it would be better with food, but I [...]
Place: Australia Price: $22 Aroma: Tobacco Color: Deep Ruby Red Taste: Light, Silky, Awesome Flavors Detected: Bacon, Tobacco, Meaty Yum! This wine was delicious and silky smooth. Like soaking in a hot bath and then shaving your legs with a fresh razor smooth. I am a major fan of Grenache and it’s thrilling to find a really good one at [...]
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 [...]
Wine picked up at random and reviewed. Reviews without preconceived notions.