90 Points – $23
Dark garnet red color with a nose of violets, prune and spice. Flavors of dark fruit, blackberry and spicy finish. – 14.5% alcohol
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Red Wine: Treat California Red, USA
86 Points – $17
Dark red in color with a candy and floral nose. Plum and blackberry flavors with a spice and pepper finish. An easy to drink red blend of Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. -12.5% alcohol
Red Wine: Noble Wines 337 – Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi, California, U.S.A
89 Points – $20
Dark red with medium body. Aroma of mocha, dark fruit and cherry. Mouth of blackberry, cherry and spice with a peppery finish. Good with pot roast, steak and cheese.
Alcohol: 14.5%
Red Wine: Sterling Vintners Collection, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013, California
89 Points – $10-$20
Dark red in color with a waxy oak nose with flavors of blackberry, cherry currant and vanilla spice. Smooth finish.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California
Maker: Sterling Vintners Collection
Alcohol: 13.5%
Red Wine: Tintonegro Malbec Mendoza, 2012, Argentina
89 Points – $17
Floral blackfruit nose with a earthy dry blackberry, tobacco and oak flavors. Grown at 4000 foot altitude and aged 9 months in French oak.
Grape: Malbec
Region: Ugo valley, Mendoza Argentina
Alcohol: 14%
Red Wine: Gnarly Head, Old Vine Zinfandel, 2013, California
90 Points – $17
Dark red with a jammy nose. Flavors of jammy black berry, plum and pepper spice. Spicy finish. Very good under $20 Zinfandel.
Grape: Zinfandel
Region: California
Maker: Gnarly Head
Alcohol: 14.5%
Red Wine: Carnivor Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013, California
88 Points – $16
Dark red with a nose of coffee and blackberry. Mouthful of roasted espresso bean, chocolate, caramel and blackberry.
Hot toasted oak finish. Good Cabernet but young. Could age. I decanted this and it was much better 6 to 24 hours later.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California
Maker: Carnivor Wines
Alcohol: 14%
Red Wine: Menage a Trois, 2013, California
88 Points – $16
A blend of Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Jammy raspberry and plum nose and blackberry and raspberry flavors. Sweet finish. Good for grilled meats and chicken dishes.
Name: Menage a Trois – Folie a Deux
Grape: Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California
Maker: Trinchero Family Estate
Alcohol: 13.5%
Red Wine: Heartland Shiraz 2006, Australia
92 Points – $20
9 years of age. Nose of anise and black cherry, mouthful of pepper and blackberry.
Name: Heartland Shiraz
Grape: Shiraz
Region: Langhorne Creek – Limestone Coast
Maker: Heartland
Price: $20
Alcohol: 14.5%
Red Wine: Santa Carolina 2012, Chile
91 Points – $20
Dark red concentrated wine that has been aged 14 months in oak barrels. Strong nose of blackberry and currant with a mouth of peppery red fruit. Can age. Definitely decant. Great with red meats.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Name: Santa Carolina, Chile Vallee del Maipo.
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Rapel Valley, Chile
Maker: Vina Santa Carolina
Price: $20
Alcohol: 13.8%