Buy inexpensive Pinot Noir at your peril. It is usually slightly sweet, insipid and one dimensional. But this one is actually interesting. The nose is
Tag: Chilean Wine
Budget Wine: PKNT Cabernet Sauvignon Rapel Valley Chile 2013
I often complain about cheap wine because it is predictable. But even predictable wines can be fine and satisfying in the right context. This one
Budget Wine: Emiliana Natura Carmenere Valle de Colchagua 2013
Carmenere is my go-to cheap wine when I want something different. Whatever its flaws may be, it is always bracing and interesting in a freaky
Budget Wine: Smoking Loon Merlot “The Original” Central Valle 2013
Where would we be without knock-offs? Without cheap imitations of sunglasses, designer jeans, or handbags, most of us would be forced to scour thrift shops
Budget Wine: Cono Sur Bicicleta Cabernet Sauvignon Valle Central Chile 2013
Chilean Cabernet has a distinctive vegetal/herbal aroma note that ranges from green pepper to eucalyptus and mint. This budget wine tends to the green pepper
Budget Wine: Vinedos Marchigue Panul Carménère Colchagua Valley 2013
As is typical with Carménère, the nose is peculiar but interesting—reticent red berry, subdued by minty, herbal notes and a bit of coffee in the
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