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| Chateau/Producer: | Luis Felipe Edwards | | Wine Name: | Luis Felipe Edwards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva | | Country: | Chile | | AOC: | Colchagua | | Region: | Central Valley | | Wine Score: | 85 | | Notes: | This is a good cheap wine, bright ruby color, open nose of red fruits, oak, mint. the mouth is clean, medium bodied,the tannins are dry on the finnish. good for the price. | | Tasting Date: | 2008-01-19 | | Varietal: | cabernet sauvignon | | Production Notes: | The Reserva range of single variety wines are made from fruit picked at vineyards at an altitude of 300m above sea level. | | Additional Notes: | good everyday wine, the bottle was purchased 2 days before drinking. I decant it 2 hours before drinking. | | Price US$: | 14.10 | | Source: | SAQ (state monopoly) |
| Chateau/Producer: | Torbreck | | Wine Name: | Cuvee Juveniles | | Country: | Australia | | Region: | Barossa Valley | | Wine Score: | 92 | | Notes: | The color is a lovely clear ruby. It has a strong fruity nose of blackberry, plum, and tar. The flavor is very good--a nice balance of strong fruit, good acidity, and tannins. Flavors of dark fruits, spicy, with white pepper and a hint of tar. This is a very pleasant, drinkable wine at a reasonable price. | | Tasting Date: | 2007-02-10 | | Varietal: | Grenache, Mourvedre, Shiraz | | Price US$: | 18.00 |
| Chateau/Producer: | McLaren Vale | | Wine Name: | Kangarilla Road Shiraz | | Country: | Australia | | Wine Score: | 84 | | Notes: | The color is a deep, deep garnet, almost (but not quite) black. It has a big, powerful nose with plum, blackberry, and lots of pencil shavings. The fruit is buried under tannins and fairly strong acidity. The finish is more like a sour aftertaste. This one's not to my taste, but there's plenty of flavor here if you happen to like those flavors. It improves a bit given a little time to breathe...maybe it's just a bit too young yet. | | Tasting Date: | 2006-11-12 | | Varietal: | Shiraz |
| Chateau/Producer: | Yalumba | | Wine Name: | Antique Tawny Museum Reserve | | Country: | Australia | | Region: | South Australia | | Wine Score: | 97 | | Notes: | The color is a lovely rich amber brandy-color, similar to a nice strong iced tea. It has a great nose of caramel and toasted almond. The flavor is strong, with the burn of brandy, but sweet, almost citrusy...like a brandy-soaked orange. Hints of raisin. This is a very nice tawny port, perfect for slow sipping by the fire. | | Tasting Date: | 2007-10-07 | | Production Notes: | The original wines made four decades ago were blended from old-vine varieties such as Shiraz, Grenache, Mourv�dre, and Muscadelle. Since 1985, Portuguese fortified varieties Touriga, Tinta Coa, and Tinta Molle have contributed additional complexity to the blend. Dry-grown vineyards in the warmer sub regions of the Barossa Valley are well suited for their low yield and high ripening potential. The grapes are fermented on skins for several days to extract flavour and body then fortified with brandy spirit. After many years of maturation, a selection of older and younger wines are judiciously blended to produce a complexity and balance of fruit and aged characters. The base blend from which this Antique Tawny is bottled is regularly re-blended to perpetuate the consistency and complexity of this classic tawny style from year to year. (Source: Yalumba.) | | Price US$: | 18.00 | | Source: | Cork & Bottle, Baton Rouge |
| Chateau/Producer: | Kim Crawford | | Wine Name: | Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc | | Country: | New Zealand | | Region: | Marlborough | | Wine Score: | 90 | | Notes: | Color is yellow with slight green tint.
Strong grassy aroma and taste. Citrus on the finish.
Medium bodied.
Very crisp, dry wine with a lingering finish.
Great summer wine and reasonably priced at $13.99! | | Tasting Date: | 2007-07-26 | | Source: | Cost Plus World Market |
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