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2013 Aquinas Pinot Noir, Sonoma - Napa, Wine Review 95 Points!
Pinot Noir this impressive is beyond rare around $20. Jimm and I (Tasho) were amazed as the 2013 Aquinas Pinot over delivered with extreme excess making many Pinots at two to three times the price look bad! Importantly, it can’t…
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2014 Casarena 505 Esencia Red Blend, Mendoza, Argentina (Guía Peñin 91)
The 2014 Casarena 505 Esencia Red Blend from Mendoza, Argentina is a fantastic wine for one person to drink while watching a movie. This wine rewards patience as it doesn’t get going until it has been decanted for 35+ minutes…
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2014 Concannon Cabernet, Paso Robles, Tastings 93!
This 2014 Concannon Cabernet from Paso Robles is coming in with a 93 point score from Tastings.com, and at $15.69 per bottle, it’s fighting well above its weight. The Concannon has initial aromas of blackberries, black currants, and whiffs of…
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2014 Casarena Estate Malbec, Mendoza -Suckling 92
2014 Casarena Estate Malbec, Mendoza (Suckling 92): The 2014 Casarena Estate Malbec is from famed Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. By the end of our experience, Jimm and I (Tasho) were amazed at how delicious and easy drinking this wine…
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2011 Edgebaston Chardonnay, Wine Spectator 90, $14.98.
The excellent 2011 Edgebaston Chardonnay from Stellenbosch, South Africa opens with aromas of white flowers, bread-dough yeastiness, fresh lemons, and mineral water. On the palate, crisp green apples, pears, and faint almonds come through with caramel custard and ground cinnamon.…
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2013 Seaglass Cabernet, Paso Robles (Tastings 93 Points!)
At just $13.87, the ’13 Seaglass Cabernet delivers a wine worth twice its price. After agitating the wine in a decanter and 17 minutes, the wine gives off aromas of vanilla extract, baked blackberries, and cool, dry mint. At 25…
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2014 Casarena Cabernet (Suckling 92)
James Suckling reviewed this outstanding $16.98 value 92 points. The wine’s initial aromas are of cranberry skins, struck flint, dry herbs, and white pepper. With air, dark fruits begin to emerge on the nose with pleasing oaky aromas, charred vanilla,…
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2015 Amalaya Malbec, Salta, Argentina (Decanter 94 Points)
Any wine that survives the three-judge gauntlet of Decanter with a score of 94 is worth a look in our book, even more when that wine comes in at under $20 a bottle. The Amalaya 2015 Malbec fits that bill,…
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2015 Les Darons, Languedoc (Parker 91-93 Points!)
Because the wine’s grapes came from 40+-year-old vines, the winemaker named the wine Les Darons which is slang for the Dads or old men. This wine is young and requires 25+ minutes of decanting before getting too deep into it.…
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2015 Penya Red Blend, France (Tasho Katsaboulas 91)
The 2015 Penya Grenache-Carignan-Syrah blend from Côtes Catalanes, France generously rewards those who decant with patience. Out of the decanter, an initial nose of spice, violets, dry gray stones, and tart red fruits with blue and black fruit accents is…
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