Neyen, Espiritu de Apalta, Carmenere-Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Apalta Valley, Chile
Tasting Note: This carmenere-cabernet blend tastes predominately of carmenere (Carmenere 55%, Cabernet Sauvignon 45%) and has carmenere’s sometimes associated green-pepper aroma along with violet aromas on the nose.[Read more]
Anthony Road, Cabernet Franc-Lemberger 2013, Finger Lakes, New York
Tasting Note: You’ve probably never heard of a cab franc – lemberger blend, but you have now.[Read more]
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]
Bodega Elena de Mendoza, Red Blend 2013, Argentina
Tasting Note: A soft expression of grapey malbec typical of the region matches nicely with ruby bonarda which outshines the syrah.[Read more]
Cuvelier Los Andes, Coleccion 2010, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: If “fruity elegant aromas” needed a definition, the nose of this malbec provides ample explanation.
The red fruit in this malbec blend melds together so that no individual one is distinguishable and such that the wine presents as a unique whole. Acid? In perfect balance with the tannin.[Read more]
