Wine Reviews You can Use

(blogger image publishing is wonky.... Dark purple hue with aromas of sweet purple berries with a perfumy aura, blueberry/chocolate cream bon bons. Palate--Warm silky sweet tannins, savory spices at the edge, plush ripe berry=ies abound with a well structured quaff.  Another Alamos hit and a nice value wine from Argentina. Selling for around $10 I would raise a glass!

Pretty Dark Garnet with aromas sour cherry, rustic spices, with touches of sweet forest floor scents Palate--Sweet/tart front with sharply acidic foundation, beautiful cherry foundation, with gentle tannins and a finish that lingers a bit.  Masciarelli knows how to make wine and this one is value keeper!  I paid around $11 I think and it is really delicious. My wife is making potato/Italian sausage soup and it will be a perfect pairing so raise a glass!

  Purpley hue with aromas of fresh yeasty bread dough rising from the glass. Savory spice, with dark dried, crushed berries, and a sweet subtle nougat cream at the rim under all the spice and ash. Palate--*Sweet first impression with mouth watering acidity, cracked black pepper corns, finishes with a momentary lingering ending of slight hint of baking spices. Monastrell isn't a well known grape by this name but it is the signature grape of the Jumilla region of SE Spain but much better known in France with the prize blend of the Rhone region known to wine devotee's as GSM.  This stands for Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre (pronounced MORE-ved) which is the colloquial name for Monastrell. Primarily a blending grape in France it is the signature grape of the Jumilla region of Spain.  At the ubiquitous price point of $10, given its Wine Spectator score of 90, it a great value creation so raise a glass! *"Sweet" in this situation is not actually sweet meaning residual sugar

*Label is for their Riesling not their Gewurztraminer Pale straw hue with loads of sweet aromas consisting of vanilla, citrus, tropical fruit with a lime splash. Palate--mouth watering acid, mouth filling tropical fruit, lime base, with sweet-tart freshness  This $10 Gewürztraminer literally "Spicy Traminer" is one of my favorite German grapes and under appreciated much in the way German Riesling is. If you can get past the name, it's a lovely wine that pairs with Asian foods, spicy foods, or all by itself so raise a glass!

  Medium garnet hue with bricking at the rim.  Aromas of sweet spring flowers at the rim, cigar ash, sweet cherry confectionary.  There's more fighting to the surface but this is right  upon opening. Palate-- Mouth filling, juicy acidity, slightly bitter tannic note (a nice kind that I love!) pie cherry filling.  This was the perfect pairing with our rib roast, roasted root vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy. It will continued to open as the dinner went on and of course there was nothing left to cork... This was a house warming gift from a special guy and very appreciated. Raise a glass! 

Rich and deep dark plum hue with aromas of intense dark ripe boysenberries, with touches of cinnamon, Chinese five spice, and the slightest hint of rose petal on the rim. Palate--Actually rose water on the front palate, thickish with velvety tannins, lip smacking acid, a slightly bitter rear palate (which I am hoping dissipates with breathing) . The finish lingers for some time. Syrah is one my fruit bomb faves, this is my first from the Meyer family. Produced from Mendocino fruit, this is a lush, 20 megaton fruit bomb which can be tricky when pairing. I'm going to give it shot with our Sunday Lou Malnatti's pizza shipped in from Chicago land. I think it will work. Stay tuned...