Medium in color and body, this wine has a tannic smell with notes of oak and currants. Acidic in taste with fruit and mocha overtones. Plush furry finish. Needs to mellow with decanting.
Red Wine
Year: 2005
Name: Old River Road Ponderosa Vineyard
Grape: Pinot Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California, U.S.A.
Maker: Old River Road Cellars
Price: $27
Alcohol: 13.6%
Dark red color with hints of cedar, blackberry and blueberry. Full plush mouth of fruit with a long soft finish. A very french style syrah unlike most peppery Australian.
Red Wine
Year: 2008
Name: La Lune Mount Benson
Grape: Shiraz
Region: Australia
Maker: Cappa Jaffa Wines
Price: $58
Alcohol: 13.5%
Red wine with a fine nose of oak and currant, soft bodied with a taste of mild fruit and a short tart finish. Ho hum.
Red Wine
Year: 2006
Name: Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape: Negroamaro
Region: Napa Valley, California, U.S.A.
Maker: Twenty Bench
Price: $29
Alcohol: 14.1%
Dark red in color with a nose of caramel and earth, almost dusty. A mouthful of burnt carmel and dust with a finish that coats your mouth with fur. A weird taste indeed.Negroamaro means black bitter and it is just that. Probably an acquired taste.
Red Wine
Year: 2010
Name: Negroamaro Salento
Grape: Negroamaro
Region: Apulia, Italy
Maker: Cignomoro
Price: $19
Alcohol: 13.5%
Cornas is 100% syrah made from old vines on property in the northern Rhone Valley. It undergoes a long maceration and is fermented 18 months in oak. It is black in color with aromas of raspberries, fruit and oak. Smooth and well rounded mouth of fruit and cassis with a supple long peppery finish. Truely a good Cornas. Would be great with meat or stronger cheeses.
Red Wine
Year: 2003
Name: Cornas Arenes Sauvages
Grape: Syrah
Region: Rhone, France
Maker: Cave de Tain L’Hermitage
Price: $65
Alcohol: 14%
This wine is one of Jayson Woodbridge’s finest. Dark red with a pipe tobacco and mocha nose. Rich taste of chocolate, fruit and spice with a full long spicey finish. Excellent stuff, drinking very nicely now with potential for some aging.
Red Wine
Year: 2009
Name: Layer Cake Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California, U.S.A.
Maker: Layer Cake
Price: $26
Alcohol: 14.1%
Medium color and body with a fruity smell and juicy berry flavor with soft tannins and spice. A good light wine that puns on Chateau Neuf but missing the Mouvedre.
Red Wine
Year: 2005
Name: Chat en Ouef
Grape: Old vine Grenache, Syrah.
Region: Cotes de Ventoux, France
Maker: Boutinot
Price: $14
Alcohol: 13.5%
This wine is dark ruby red with a fine full nose of berries and spices. A full creamy mouthful of blueberries, fruit and spices with a well rounded full finish. A great wine for any steak.
Red Wine
Year: 2002
Name: GSM
Grape: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre
Region: Australia
Maker: Rosemount
Price: $35
Alcohol: 14.5%
Very dark opaque wine with a nose of Black cherry and blueberries. Flavors of berry and lots of pepper. Long finish with zesty tannins. From the Sonoma Valley winery established in 1895. Number 10 wine of 2008. A very good Zin.
Red Wine
Year: 2008
Name: Sonoma Zinfandel
Grape: Zinfandel
Region: California
Maker: Seghesio
Price: $30
Alcohol: 15.5%
Almost black in color, this aged wine has a lot to offer with a big nose of blackberry, boysenberry and tar. A full mouth of red fruits, cherry and blackberry coats the mouth with a long tart aftertaste.
Red Wine
Year: 2002
Name: The Schnell
Grape: 75% Shiraz 25% Grenache
Region: Barossa Valley, Australia
Maker: Magpie Estate
Price: $25
Alcohol: 14.5%