OK. Things haven't gotten any better where I come from. So tonight, I chose this unoaked chard with a 13.5% alcohol content to make me feel better.
This wine has hints of fruit & honey on the nose, like honey-covered peaches. A slow-moving crop of legs forms down the side, exposing the heft of the body.
On the palate, this wine is a little unexciting. It tastes like regular chardonnay, though I do have to admit I can taste lots of creamy vanilla & a bit of oak. It might not be a wine that smacks me in the face, but it's well-crafted & fairly complex for the price. This is a bottle I will gladly purchase again! Look for it at Stew Leonard's.
Cheers!
Kate
Monday, August 8, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Bodegas Callia Alta 2009 Malbec, $8.99
I have not been having a good past couple of months.
I'll spare you all the drama, but the gist of it is that there has been a lot of sickness & death around me. Therefore, I'm not going to launch into how I chose this wine. It has a screw top, a 13.8% alcohol content, and it's under ten bucks. That should say it all.
HOLY CRAP! This wine has just blitzkrieged my palate & made my life a heck of a lot better. While weak on the nose, all I get is cherries on the palate. Cherries, leather & spice. Spice like cinnamon, but the bite of the cinnamon, not the taste.
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you Bodegas Callia, for helping me to forget (however briefly) that my father-in-law has been in the hospital for the last three weeks & that I have to go to my great-aunt's funeral tomorrow. I plan on taking out stock. http://www.bodegascallia.com/eng/
Cheers!
Kate
I'll spare you all the drama, but the gist of it is that there has been a lot of sickness & death around me. Therefore, I'm not going to launch into how I chose this wine. It has a screw top, a 13.8% alcohol content, and it's under ten bucks. That should say it all.
HOLY CRAP! This wine has just blitzkrieged my palate & made my life a heck of a lot better. While weak on the nose, all I get is cherries on the palate. Cherries, leather & spice. Spice like cinnamon, but the bite of the cinnamon, not the taste.
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you Bodegas Callia, for helping me to forget (however briefly) that my father-in-law has been in the hospital for the last three weeks & that I have to go to my great-aunt's funeral tomorrow. I plan on taking out stock. http://www.bodegascallia.com/eng/
Cheers!
Kate
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