1.
Name: Canyon Road
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: US
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95
Store Review: Medium-bodied wine with notes of crisp apple
and ripe citrus fruit with a hint of cinnamon spice. Delicious compliment
to grilled chicken, lighter pasta dishes or mild cheeses.
I enjoyed this wine. Really good for the price- I usually
like chardonnys it seems as if the green apple came in a little to stong for my
taste – but overall great buy for $6 dollars. I would have this with a light
salad or chicken.
2.
Name: Sainte Victoire Cotes de Provence
Variety: Grenache, Syrah,
Cinsault
Region: Provence
Country: France
Year: 2011
Price: $8.95
Store Review: Bright salmon pink; typical of the fresh but
warm Provence style. Refined and complex on the nose, with summer fruit
and floral notes. Dry and crisp, with a delicate flavor and full texture.
I really liked this wine. I usually dont like rose because it is really
sweet or too dry and "cheap" tasting. I liked this rose because
it was more like a red in the sense that its very balanced. I got a lot
of citrus and grapefruit notes as well as strawberry. I think itd be good with
a seafood dish.
3.
Name: Montebuena
Variety: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $8.95
Store Review: Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and
in the mouth. Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end
energy. Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing
shape and grip. Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well
with an hour or so of decanting; it's an excellent value for Rioja.
I really liked this wine. I enjoyed the fruity flavors of
cherry and raspberry , however I didn’t enjoy the bitterness of the wine. It
could use a little more smoothness but overall a solid wine – I would eat this
with a meat dish.
4.
Name: Tres Ojos
Variety: 50% Garnacha, 50% Tempranillo
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95
Store Review: This wine has a brick red color with a
bouquet of red raspberries, spice, and white pepper. The palate is
incredibly concentrated and rich. The modern styles of Garnacha in Spain
are continuously being perceived worldwide as wine as extraordinary good
quality. This wine is fruity, juicy and shows a great depth, ripe
tannins, length but yet with wonderful elegance and lightness. Enjoy with
sausages, roasted meats, aged cheeses, etc.
I enjoyed
this wine but it was a little to peppery for me. A little earthy for my liking but I’m sure if
it opened up the slight fruitiness I tasted would be more poignant. Like
the montebuena I would eat this with a
meaty dish.
5.
Name: Emeri de Bortoli
Variety: Sparkling Shiraz
Region: South Eastern
Country: Australia
Year: NV
Price: $9.95
Store Review: A relatively light, fresh style of sparkling
Shiraz with berries and hints of chocolate picking up just a touch of sweet
vanilla on the finish.
This was the first time I tried a sparkling red wine and I
really liked it! It was sweet fruity and had a bit of vanilla in it. I think
this would go great with chocolate or any dessert for that matter!
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