Oh my. A mammoth, raging bull of a wine, pawing the ground and preparing to charge. Aromas of very ripe berry, coffee, with cinnamon hints
Category: Budget Wines
Budget Wine Review: Castelvero Barbera Piemonte 2015
The so-called “wine of the people”, Italian Barbera is Nebbiolo’s oft-ignored friend, occupying the lesser sites of Piemonte and producing high yields to wash down
Budget Wine Review: Leone De Castris, “Maiana” Salice Salentino 2013
From Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, this wine is made from 90% Negroamaro grapes, a robust, tannic varietal supplemented by 10% of the floral,
Budget Wine Review: Tormaresca Neprica Puglia IGT 2014
A project of the renowned Antinori family, this wine hails from Puglia in Southern Italy and so features the Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes with Cabernet
Budget Wine Review: Bodegas Campo Viejo Tempranillo Rioja 2014
Ubiquitous, inexpensive, reliable, simple goodness. This is an ideal, go-to, everyday wine. Black cherry, baking spices, with raw wood notes lurking behind the hints of
Budget Wine Review: Chateau Marzin Blaye—Cotes De Bordeaux 2011
An inexpensive Bordeaux that is rich and full of flavor yet distinctly Bordeaux? Impossible, you say. It’s rare as a nun in a bikini, but
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