Bodega Elena de Mendoza, Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Feel a malbec grape ripen in real-time on your tongue when you sip this wine.[Read more]
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H&M Hofer Zweigelt 2013 – Perfect for a Picnic
H&M Hofer, Zweigelt 2013, Weinland, Osterreich, Austria
Tasting Note: It feels impossible to get tipsy on this Austrian red – until you do.
The same aftertaste that follows tasting German reds follows here as well. [Read more]
Clos La Coutale 2012 – The Other Malbec
Clos La Coutale 2012, Cahors, AOP, France
Tasting Note: After tasting so many Argentinean malbecs, I’m again reminded how the same grape grown in two different places can express itself so differently.
Try this and taste it for yourself. [Read more]
Santa Rita 120 Carmenere 2013 – A Solid Carmenere for the Price
Santa Rita 120, Carmenere 2013, Central Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: An orb of purple blackness in your glass.
This wine tastes of oak and black currant at its core and is a solid carmenere — another great installment from the Santa Rita 120 lineup. [Read more]
Carmen Gran Reserva Petite Sirah 2011 – Could Easily Tackle a Steak
Carmen, Gran Reserva Petite Sirah 2011, Los Quillayes Vineyard, Maipo Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: There is nothing “petit” about this petit syrah; it reigns large.
The wine has an aromatic ripe-with-cherry nose that is uniquely Chilean (a sense you’ll develop the more you taste Chilean wines). It has a deep purple and black color with strong viscous legs that demand notice.[Read more]
Santa Rita 120 Hero’s Salute Red Blend 2012 – A Defiant Red Blend
Santa Rita, 120 Hero’s Salute Red Blend 2012, Central Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: Some red blends are delicate. This red blend is not – it’s defiant.
Red blends are where winemakers get the freedom to experiment and show off new creations before marketing catches up with the reality of a new discovery.[Read more]
A Diehe Dornfelder Rotwein Trocken 2013 – A German Red to Try
A Diehe, Dornfelder Rotwein Trocken 2013, Deutscher Qualitatswein, Pfalz, Germany
Tasting Note: This Dornfelder is unlike most reds you’ve tried.
It is soft with lightly minerality and is [Read more]
Trivento Malbec Reserve 2013 – Loud Luscious Fruit
Trivento Malbec Reserve 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This malbec pleases on multiple notes.
First, the nose. The fruity nose is a pleasure to take in before sipping. [Read more]
Fat Gaucho Malbec Reserva 2011 – A Fruit Game of Thrones
Fat Gaucho, Malbec Reserva 2011, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This more malbec you consume, the more you come to experience all the potential subtleties of flavor.
This particular malbec doesn’t disappoint, but it doesn’t impress. [Read more]
Schlink Haus Red Wine Sweet, Dornfelder 2011 – Expensive Grape Juice
Schlink Haus, Red Wine Sweet, Dornfelder 2011, Deutscher Landwein, Rhein, Germany
Tasting Note: Expensive grape juice.
Low alcohol level (8.5%) and intense sweetness paired. This wine is one-dimensional grape flavor with no pretense of complexity (which depending on what you are looking for could be a desired trait). [Read more]
