87 Points – $15
Ruby red with red berry, oak and spice nose. Flavors of black fruit, vanilla, tobacco and clove. Clove spice finish. 13.5% alcohol
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Red Wine: Piedra Negra Malbec, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina
87 Points – $19
Ruby red color and aromas of red berries, clove and pepper. Flavors of red fruit, chocolate, coffee and oak. Grown in volcanic group. – 14% alcohol
Red Wine: Snap Dragon 2013 Sonoma, California, U.S.A
84 Points – $11
Oak and cedar on the nose. Red. Black fruit and spice with a harsh edge to the finish. Needs to breathe.
Alcohol: 13.5%
White Wine: Morning Fog Chardonnay, 2014, California
90 Points – $17
Light golden color with a beautiful floral and citrus nose. Crisp citrus lemon zest and green apple flavors with some cinnamon and vanilla from oak barrel aging. Well balanced long refreshing finish.
The first California vineyard to produce chardonnay. In the mists of San Francisco Bay. A great chardonnay under $ 20.
Grape: Chardonnay
Region: California
Maker: Wente
Alcohol: 13.5%
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: Beringer Founders Estate Chardonnay, 2013, California
88 Points – $17
Light golden yellow in color with a nose of vanilla and light oak. Flavors of green apple, pear and citrus fruit. Balanced finish.
Grape: Chardonnay
Region: California
Maker: Beringer Founders Estate
Alcohol: 13.9%
Rye: Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Blended, Canadian Whisky
90 Points – $33
The color of new oak. Nose if oak and clove. Spicy clove, anise, pepper and apricot fruit mouth. Oily and spicy. Best served neat. (Not a mixer). Given 97.5 points by whisky expert Jim Murray in his 13th Annual Whiskey Bible.
Much better than regular Crown Royal which suffers from a harshness from its corn mash origin. This is more like the more expensive XO Crown Royal.
Alcohol: 45% alcohol
90% rye mash whisky
Region: Canada
Red Wine: Santa Carolina, 2012, Chile – My Second Try
89 Points – $20
My second try of this great Wine. You can find my first review here http://www.drjimswinereviews.com/entry/red-wine-santa-carolina-2012-chile/
Oak barrel aged for 14 months. Garnet color with cedar, oak and black currant nose. Concentrated flavors of black currant, fig, cedar and bitter chocolate. Long dark finish. Aged. Great for beef.
Name: Santa Carolina
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Chile
Maker: Vina Santa Carolina
Price: $20
Alcohol: 13.8%
Red Wine: 250 Valle Central 2013, Chile
89 Points
Fair trade wine. Dark red with oak nose. Mellow body with spice and chocolate. Velvety finish. Good with red meat, poultry and pasta.
Name: 250
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Valle Central
Maker: FairTrade
Alcohol: 13.5%