Reviews
2008 Vina Borgia Campo de Borgia
Posted on September 25, 2009 - Filed Under Grenache, Reviews, Spanish wines, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
5.99!
5.99!
That’s how much this wine cost!
It was very quaffable, great with pizza, and a very solid weekday wine. Highly recommended for when you’re broke or when people who don’t know much about wine are in town.
The Heiress
Posted on September 20, 2009 - Filed Under Blend, Red wines, Reviews, Spanish wines, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
Life is so good.
This movie…so good. Aaron Copeland’s score is perfect. The emotion & humanity…so pin-point. The performances are classic, the storyline, devine…they truly don’t make movies like this. Can you imagine asking Aaron Copeland to score your movie?
The wine…A 2007 Spanish Syrah / Tempranillo blend from Care..with hints of caramel, cedar, rusty pipe, strawberry, and seltzer water, rated 90 pts WS…
It’s just okay.
2005 Windhurst Reserve Merlot
Posted on September 19, 2009 - Filed Under American wines, Merlot, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
This puppy is $19.99 @ Westwood Liquors and worth every penny! It’s mellow, confident, with nice flavors of cocoa, blueberry and medium tannins.
If this wine were a guy at a party, he would just sit in the corner wearing sunglasses, and not saying anything, but then at the end of the night he would take your girlfriend home.
2006 Perrin & Fils Vinsombres
Posted on September 19, 2009 - Filed Under Cotes du Rhone, French wines, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
This is a subtle cotes du rhone with mild tannins, and a very pleasant, perfumy taste. Nice hints of lavendar, hazelnut, and honey blossom…but I find myself wishing for a little more bite.
Mike says, “It’s like a chick with big gigantic tits that are fake.”
2008 Punto Final Malbec
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Malbec, Red wines, Reviews, South American wines, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
Now this wine I like!
Good round, rich flavor, with the hints of earth and spice that I really enjoy in a malbec. A gem @ 14.99.
2006 Louis M Martini Cabernet
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Cabernet, Reviews, Wine Reviews, style | Leave a Comment
They sell the shit out of this wine every you go. It sports some high rating from some place, and you can get it for $12.99. I found it to be thin, obnoxious, and generally lacking in flavor or uniqueness. I poured it down the sink.
Comment of the night: “This wine tastes like it was made by the same person who made Two Girls One Cup.”
Good times…
2007 Nabuko
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Blend, Red wines, Reviews, Spanish wines, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
This wine is from Southern Spain, and 90 pts for $15 @ Central Market.
I found it to have some nice notes of cedar, spice box, and brine.
Sara says, “It smells like terrible.”
E Guigal 2005 Cotes Du Rhone
Posted on September 18, 2009 - Filed Under Cotes du Rhone, French wines, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
This wine was $12.50 @ Spec’s, which is a great value. Has the typical hazelnut, earth and mild tannins, if a little tart. This wine starts off a little tight, and should be opened for 90 minutes or so to really enjoy.
2007 Tapiz Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted on September 15, 2009 - Filed Under Cabernet, Red wines, Reviews, South American wines, Uncategorized, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
All in all, this is a light, compact wine. WS gave it 90 pts, I believe, which, in my humble opinion was a little generous.
Some nice flavors of spice box, cedar, and violet, but I think this is a wine that needs some time to ripen.
At $15 you can afford to pick up a few bottles and let them age a bit…but don’t expect fireworks right away.
2007 Velvet Devil Merlot (http://www.kvintners.com/wines.php)
Posted on September 14, 2009 - Filed Under American wines, Merlot, Red wines, Reviews, Wine Reviews, region, style | Leave a Comment
At Mulberry for restaurant week, finishing up with a nice bottle of Washington Merlot. Very strong flavors of chocolate-covered bacon, believe it or not…
That said, the green tannins make it a little too bitter for my taste. Very similar to drinking baking chocolate without any of the fruit forward flavors to redeem it. Definitely a head’s wine, and a very complex flavor for the price.
Later: The wine really opens up with hints of plum, blackberry and vanilla…definitely something you want to let breathe for an hour or so…
Price: $10 (retail), $25 (at Mulberry)
