Variety: Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95
Winery 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.
My Review: Very light in color with light hints of apple on the nose. Very nice subtle apple flavor, great taste to it. Would love to try this with some grilled chicken.
Variety: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault
Region: Provence
Country: France
Year: 2011
Price: $8.95
Winery 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.
My Review: Extreme fruitiness on the nose, also an odd color for a rose, almost an orange color, which makes sense with all the citrus scents. A nice fruity rose, nice sweetness to it.
Variety: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $8.95
Winery 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.
My Review: Medium Red, strong cherry on the nose. Light cherry flavor to start but then almost a bitter, not so enjoyable taste to the tail end. Not sure what it is but it went downhill, fast. Not a fan.
Variety: Garnacha
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95
Winery 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 wines of extraordinarily 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.
My Review: Deep medium red. All I'm smelling is pepper, no fruit. Strong overwhelming scent. A lot a lot of tannins, with a very strong peppery taste and almost no fruit. Definitely not a wine to drink by itself but I could see it pairing nicely with a good steak.
Variety: Shiraz
Region: South Eastern Australia
Country: Australia
Year: NV
Price: $9.95
Winery 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.
My Review: A nice fruity scent with a touch of vanilla, really nice on the nose. A nice berry taste with a touch of acidity, a little strong though. Not bad, but not worth my ten dollars.
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