Steak, Pasta, Beef Stew
Plum, Currant, Jam
Another lush and juicy wine at a great price point. Chile tends to produce wines with really nice fruit flavours and the perfect level of sweetness. There is a really nice earthy thing happening on the finish that probably from the Carmenere. I’d buy it again and would gift this wine.
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Blackberry, Leather, Cedar, Light Smoke
Red Meat
Extra dry with a full to medium body. The flavours are a bit muted and muddled. On the finish your tongue will be left bone-dry from the oak tannins. Not bad overall, but also not seeking it out again terribly soon.
Blueberry, Plum, Cocoa
Wood Fired Pizza, Beef Stroganoff, Roasted Whole Chicken
This is a truly remarkable wine that costs less than $20. If this bottle was coming out of California they would charge double. It has loads of fruit flavour but is somehow balanced and bold simultaneously. As table wines go, it is technically very dry (2g sugar per litre) but has a surprising level of implied sweetness. The acid and tannins are matched perfectly to the sweetness for that Goldilocks just right glass.
It’s a perfect blend of three Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. You can learn more about them on our About Wine Grapes page.
In the early 2000’s a version of this wine launched my search for the best inexpensive wines. I purchased more bottles than I care to admit (and have done so again). I have not seen this wine in 15 years and have never forgotten about it.
If you live in Ontario, Canada this wine is a limited release and is going fast, as in run don’t walk, fast. Click the shop link below to find it near you.
Please let us know if you love it as much as we do.
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.
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