Strawberry Jam, Raspberry Jam, Light Oak
My impression was that it smelled artificial and manufactured. A one dimensional juicy, jammy red upfront, with an oak driven tannic finish. Not the value find I thought it might have been. However, if you love-love-love value reds, I’ve had waaaaay worse, roll the dice on a cheap-de-la-cheap weekday pizza wine if that’s your game.
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Black Cherry, Tobacco, Oak
Lasagna, Pasta with Red Sauce, Roasted Vegetables
The house red lives. I’ve been recommending this wine for 5 years now and will continue to do so. This is the bottle that I always keep stock of because not only is it an amazing wine for $8.95 but it’s a crowd pleaser that’s very versatile. Used to be called Farnese instead of Fantini.
If you liked this one, you’ll love my similar top value Italian Red.
This wine was featured on Episode 3 of The Wine Podcast for Everyone.
Currant, Black Cherry, Violet
Roast Beef, Collard Greens, Roast Vegetable Pasta
Expectations were high going in to this one. It’s a well known label from a wine growing super power, Columbia Valley in Washington State. The initial tasting has me wanting more. A bit thin, a bit simple, a bit tannic. Fast forward a couple of hours and the wine changed, a lot. Nice subtle flavours, smooth, great with the meat pasta I served it with. A great wine, just didn’t totally deliver it’s potential.
Currants, Cocoa, Spice
Oil & Garlic Pasta, Roasted Vegetables, Sauteéd Mushrooms
Starts a bit hot, really well combined flavours. Some words and terms really get people going. For instance “moist” and “mouth feel” make my brain skip a beat. This wine has a really great mouth feel from start to finish. Very lush! (add “lush” to the above list)
Notes of ripe cherry, blackberry, light-medium oak. Good structure and a great wine for an Italian dinner. starts off-dry but finishes dry with grippy tannins
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