3CV/ Cimarone Estate Wines 2010 Bank ALC: 14.5% Price: $24 Media Sample Bottle Notes: “3CV BANK is our best known wine – you’ll find it in many fine restaurants by the glass. We specialize in Bordeaux varietals, and BANK contains pretty well all those that our vineyard produces: Cabernet Franc (26%), Cabernet Sauvignon (52%), Petit Verdot (3%), Malbec [...]
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3CV/Cimarone Estate Wines 2010 Bank
Posted in Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Red Blend on April 30, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
3CV/Cimarone Estate Wines 2010 Cilla’s Blend
Posted in Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Red Blend, Syrah on April 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
3CV/ Cimarone Estate Wines 2010 Cilla’s Blend ALC: 14.5% Price: $17.99 Media Sample Bottle Notes: “Cilla’s Blend is our chic designer wine and is made from exceptional estate grown, hillside hand-sorted fruit. Fermentation is performed in open-top barriques using classic manual punch-down. The wine is then brought up for 20 months in a combination [...]
Tin Roof Cellars 2011 Red Blend
Posted in Merlot, Petite Sirah, Red Blend, Zinfandel on November 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tin Roof Cellars 2011 Red Blend ALC: 13.5% Price: $11 Media Sample Bottle Notes: “A triple play of Zinfandel, Merlot and Petite Sirah, this wine is seriously big without being overpowering. Each grape contributes unique characteristics to the wine. The Petite Sirah provides black pepper and blue fruit flavors, white the Merlot offers notes of [...]
Waterbrook 2010 Mélange Noir
Posted in Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Red Blend, Syrah on November 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Waterbrook 2010 Mélange Noir ALC: 13.5% Price: $15 Media Sample Bottle Notes: Mélange (mey-lahnzh, -lahnj), n. [French] a mixture or blend “Waterbrook Winery, one of Walla Walla’s founding wineries, draws its name from the Nez Perce Indian dialect for Walla Walla, meaning ‘Running Water.’ Each year, our Mélange Noir is the first wine that our winemaker John [...]
2010 Stepping Stone Red Rocks
Posted in Merlot, Red Blend, Syrah, Zinfandel on October 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Stepping Stone 2010 Red Rocks ALC: 14.5% Price: $18 Received from Cornerstone Cellars for review Bottle Notes: ”For a winemaker, each new vintage is a stepping stone. One step in a never-ending voyage of exploration. At Cornerstone Cellars our Stepping Stone wines are crafted by winemaker Jeff Keene to be exceptional wines and exceptional values. [...]
Rene Barbier Mediterranean Red
Posted in Merlot, Red Blend, Tempranillo on August 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rene Barbier NV Mediterranean Red ALC: 12.5 % Price: $6 Received from Janet Kafka and Associates for review Bottle Notes: “In the Mediterranean, wine is not only a part of every meal, it’s a part of life. For over 2,000 years, this rich area of sun-soaked days and cool evenings has produced some of the [...]
2006 SPELLwine Severed Head Red
Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Red Blend, Syrah, Top Wines on July 28, 2012 | 3 Comments »
SPELLwine 2006 Severed Head Red Napa Valley ALC: 14.8 % Price: $18 Received from SPELLwine for review Our Tasting Notes: Kristen Spelletich, the creator of SPELLwine comes from a family of winemakers. Her mother and father own and operate Spelletich Cellars. SPELLwine is another label under Spelletich Cellars and the idea behind it was to [...]
2011 Big House Wines Big House Red
Posted in Red Blend on April 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Big House Wines 2011 Big House Red ALC: 13.5% Price: $22 for 3L box Received from Underdog Wine & Spirits Bottle Notes: “The 2011 Big House Red is an eclectic mix of over 15 different grape varieties, including Grenache, Syrah, Tempranillo, and other esoteric reds such as Sagrantino. Often referred to as a “fruit bomb,” [...]
2009 Three Creek Vineyard Cilla’s Blend
Posted in Red Blend, Uncategorized on April 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thee Creek Vineyard 2009 Cilla’s Blend ALC: 14.5% Price: $17.99 Received from Cimarone Wines for review Bottle Notes: “This wine is made from exceptional estate grown hillside hand-sorted fruit. Fermentation is performed in open-top barriques using classic manual punchdown. The wine is then brought up for 20 months in a combination of new and neutral [...]
2009 Minassian-Young Beyond The Pale
Posted in Red Blend on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Minassian-Young Vineyards 2009 Beyond the Pale (Red Blend) ALC: 14.8% Price: $6.99 Purchased at Albertsons Grocery Store Bottle Notes: ”82 % Zinfandel, 12% Petite Sirah, 2% Petit Verdot, 2% Mourvedre, 2% Malbec” Our Tasting Notes: This tasty red blend was a soft, sweet, easy drinking wine. Flavors of raspberries, ripe cherries, and some spice. I [...]
