Red Wine: Grand Reserva Blend, 2007, Chile.

86 Points – $20-$25

Ruby red in color with cherry fruit and berry nose. Flavors of tobacco, nut berry and fruit. Balanced, dry medium finish.

Red Wine

Year: 2007

Name: Grand Reserva Blend

Grape: Red Blend Cabernet Sauvignon 31%, Carmenere 27%, Syrah 18%, Malbec 12%, Cabernet Franc 9%, Petit Verdot 3%

Region: Chile

Maker: Vina Chocalain

Price: $20-$25

Alcohol: 14% 

Red Wine: Optimum, 2002, France.

$25

Mainly Negrette – a 12th century grape exclusive to the region north of Toulouse. Dark black in color with a nose of blackcurrant and leather. Flavors of blackcurrant, blueberries and licorice. The 2002 vintage is well aged with a smooth finish.

Red Wine

Year: 2002

Name: Optimum

Grape: Negrette, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: France

Maker: Chateau Bellevue La Foret

Price: $25

Alcohol: 12.5%

Red Wine: Haut Medoc, 2003, France.

90 Points – $45

Dark Ruby color with a blackberry and leather nose. Tasting of fruit, cherry and blackberry with a long peppery finish. 90 point. A Bourdeau wine from the higher (haut) area of Medoc. Bourdeau wines are a combination of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes with the occasional addition of malbec or other minor regional grapes.

Year: 2003

Grape: Red Blend; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Region: France

Maker: Chateau Bernadotte

Price Range: 45 Dollars

Alcohol: 13 %

White Wine: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, 2006, New Zealand.

91-92 Points – $20-$25

A Marlborough New Zealand Sauvignon that is always outstanding. Matured in steel vats, this fragrant wine has a great nose of green grass, grapefruit and lime. A stony taste of grapefruit, passion fruit and tropical fruits with a great finish. Serve chilled. Number 40 wine of 2006 and number 40 wine of 2008.

White Wine

Year: 2006

Name: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc

Region: New Zealand

Maker: Kim Crawford

Price: $20-$25

Alcohol: 13%

Red Wine: Brunello Di Montalcino 2004, Italy.

$54

Dark Garnet in color,with a beautiful aroma of current, cedar and menthol. Flavours of almond,leather and spice with a long peppery finish. A great wine that will hold its own with steaks and cigars. Grown at the base of Montalcino. Brunello is also known as Sangiovese Grosso a hybrid of the sangiovese grape described by F. Blondi-Santi in 1888.

 

Red Wine

Year: 2004

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino

Grape: Brunello

Region: Italy

Maker: Lazzeretti

Price: $54

Alcohol: 14%