Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: California
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: This bleached blonde beauty is reminiscent of fresh green apples, pineapple and has hints of hibiscus blossoms. The concentration of zesty lemon and gooseberry fills your mouth leaving notes of thyme and melon behind. The bright acid in this wine gives you a zing while the fruit keeps your mouth watering for more. This wine pairs beautifully with a grilled prawn salad with a grapefruit vinaigrette, veggie spring rolls or grilled tilapia with mango salsa.
My Review: Definitely getting the hints of pineapple on the nose, great scent to it. A nice smooth sweetness to the taste, not a tart sweetness, just very smooth and tasty.
Variety: 100% Barbera
Region: Italy
Country: Italy
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95
Winery Review: Fresh with aromas of strawberries, cherries, and rose petals, this is an ideal wine with shellfish, salads, chicken, and appetizers.
My Review: Very strong strawberry on the nose, smells so delicious. Nice strawberry flavor, which is much more prevalent on the aftertaste, and a very nice rose that I will be purchasing a bottle of.
Name: Wilson Daniels Merlot
Variety: Merlot
Region: Central Coast, California
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: Made predominantly from Paso Robles grapes, the wine is full-bodied and silky yet robust, with aromas of black cherry and plum and a palate of blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry jam laced with vanilla and toast.
My Review: I didn't get much on the nose besides some cherry hints. Can sense some of the vanilla after a few sniffs. Holy tanic, this wine has a boat load of tannins. The flavor wasn't too bad, but the tannins almost overtake it.
Variety: 100% Monastrell
Region: Jumilla
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $6.95
Winery Review: 4 months in new American oak barrels. Bright ruby red. Dried cherry, pipe tobacco and rose aromas, with a hint of woodsmoke. Sweet and fleshy on the palate, with blackberry and cherry flavors complicated by licorice and a suggestion of dried herbs. The cherry and smoke notes repeat on the finish.
My Review: Twizzlers. Period. Smells identical. Almost like a fruity smoky flavor. Some slight cherry with some oak. A nice mix, seems to be well balanced, nothing too over powering.
Name: Caprice de Bastor-Lamontagne
Variety: 60% Semillion, 36% Sauvignon Blanc, 4% Muscadelle
Region: Sauternes
Country: France
Year: 2004
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: Very clean, with lemon, mineral and honey aromas that follow through to a medium body. Shows vanilla, apple and melon flavors, with a medium finish. Lightly sweet.
My Review: Very zesty light fruit on the nose, a little bit of lemon and some citrus. Super super sweet, a little too much. It would almost be better with some carbonation. A thick wine, almost syrup like.
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