Spanish wine with a noise of cherry and plum with an earthy texture. Dark fruit and cherry taste with a young finish. An easy table red.
Red Wine
Name: Pasco Monastrell
Grape: Syrah
Region: Jumilla region
Maker: Bodega Sottano
Price: $11
Alcohol: 13.5%
Blood red in color with a nose of oak, boysenberry, black current and cherry. A nice mouth of boysenberry and blackberry. Smooth finish. A good wine for spicy pasta and meats.
Red Wine
Name: Chateau Ste Michelle
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Columbia Valley Indian Wells
Maker: Chateau Ste Michelle
Price: $25
Alcohol: 14.5%
Dijon clone pinot noir growing in Wright loam soil. Wagner ‘s dark red black wine with a fragrant of chocolate and toast. Mouth of velvety berry, black currant, rhubarb nose b and cherry. Smooth dry cherry and currant finish. An good wine to age. Great California Pinot.
Pinot Noir
Name: Belle Glos Pinot Noir the Dairyman
Grape: Pinot
Region: Russian River Valley Sonoma
Maker: Dairyman
Alcohol: 14.8%
Dark red in color with a nose of cherry and berries. A smooth sweet berry and fruit taste with a smooth finish. An easy drinking red. From the Wagner family of wines.
Red Wine
Name: Conundrum Red Wine
Grape: A blend of red varietals
Region: Rutherford, California
Maker: Conundrum Wines
Price: $26
Alcohol: 14.5%
A wine growing area that is 875 meters above sea level. Aged 12 months in American and French oak barrels. Dark port red in color. A great plum, fig and fruit nose with a full mouthful of fig, plum and cherry. Smooth finish. A great Tempranillo.
Red Wine
Name: Celeste Crianza
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rubera del Duero, Spain
Maker: Torres
Price: $21
Alcohol: 14%
A full nose of earth, stone, mushroom and oak. A plush mouthful of blackberry, coffee, cherry and earth with a nice tart finish. Good meritage.
Red Wine
Name: Beringer Knights Valley Meritage
Grape: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, Malbec
Region: California, USA
Maker: Beringer Vineyards
Price: $40
Alcohol: 14.2%
Dark dusty red with a good nose of cherry, oak, mocha, tar and mincemeat. Full in flavour. Cherry, mincemeat and pepper with a furry long spicy finish. I wonder how this one will age. Very good stuff. One of the up and coming wineries from Argentina.
Red
Name: Sottano 3S Reserva de Familia
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Mendoza, Argentina
Maker: Bodega Sottano
Price: $29
Alcohol: 14.8%
Translucent red with a tawny edge, this wine has aromas of cherries and toast with a mouth of smooth fruit, red jelly and a tart finish.
Red Wine
Name: Satenay Rouge
Grape: Petit Verdot
Region: Cote D’Or, France
Maker: Masion Louis Latour
Price: $39
Alcohol: 13.5%
Dark ruby red in color with a great nose of plum, tar, earth and dark fruit. A full mouth of spices, plums and cherries with a long balanced peppery finish. Truly a great wine. The only Chateau Neuf still made from all 13 variatals allowed. Number 8 of 2008.
Red Wine
Name: Chateau de Beaucastel
Grape: 13 varieties including mourvedre, grenache, sinsaut and others
Region: France
Maker: Chateau de Beaucastel
Price: $92
Alcohol: 14%
A medium red wine with a nose of stewed fruit with a taste of mild fruit, cherries and raspberry. Soft finish.
Red Wine
Name: Panarroz Jumilla
Grape: Monastrell
Region: Jumilla, Spain
Maker: Panarroz
Price: $15
Alcohol: 14%