Posts Tagged ‘Wine’
Willm Reserve Riesling 2008
17 Jan 2010Place: France Price: $11.99 Aroma: Lemons, Citrus Peel Taste: Very Short Flavors Detected: Pear, Lemon Jolly Rancher I got this Riesling because I decided to make a food & wine pairing tonight – shrimp and bok choy stir-fry. The recipe recommended a citrusy, off-dry Riesling from New Zealand. The wine store had zero Rieslings from [...]
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
Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008
In: Riesling|Washington|White
22 Nov 2009Place: Washington Price: $13.99 Aroma: Pineapple, peach, melon, lemon peel, grass Taste: Short Body Flavors Detected: Grassy, melon skins, lemony This was another wine chosen purely on the label. I was browsing the Riesling area when this bottle caught my eye. Fun label? Check! Fun name? Check! It also had a little recommended tag and was [...]
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- Tags: 2008, Charles Smith Wines, Kung Fu Girl, Riesling, Washington, White, 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
Place: Germany Price: $10.99 Aroma: Butter, Toffee, Oranges Taste: Smooth, Bit Sour Flavors Detected: Pineapple Another week, another good Riesling. Although this doesn’t quite compare to the Dr. Konstantin Frank Riesling for me it is a good wine. I am not a fan of sweet wines and the sour bite to this definitely helped cancel out the sweet. [...]
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- Tags: 2007, PJ Valckenberg, Riesling, 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 [...]