One example of the plenty of moderately priced red Bordeaux’s is a $16.00 2020 Chateau Hyot. 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. No oak ageing or fermentation. Aroma: One senses a young and fresh wine attempting to decide how it will mature. Lazy black cherry with no attitude. Blackberry, blueberry and someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices”
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RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM
Can I go so far as to say I have never met a Yalumba I didn’t enjoy? We try a Yalumba 2019 Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro blend. Aroma: Big fat almost overripe local strawberries, black cherry, blueberry and plum. Palate: Creeping tannins with very fine acids. Cactus pear, pomegranate with some preserved sour cherry. ShortContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM”
RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?
I can’t see any customer lining up to purchase the latest release of Lambrusco. I suppose there is a very high percentage of wine drinkers who might think Lambrusco is the current Prime Minister of Italy. At times the stark purpleness of Lambrusco could send a wine drinker into the horror zone. On the otherContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?”
RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal”
Looks like there are co-operatives in Bordeaux and a “Bois Royal” emanates from one of them. At $15 it is not going to break the bank. Aroma: Lots of cherry. Some blackberry, black cherry and chocolate wafer cookies. Hints at immediate approachability. Palate: On the light side not necessarily a strike against it. Should allContinue reading “RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal””
RKS 2023 Wine: 3 Red Wine Clunkers of 2023
Nor’Wester by Greystone Pinot Noir 2020 (New Zealand) 55 Vina del Pedregal 2018 Kidia Reserve Carmènére (Chile) 56 Meia Serra Jaen 2018 Casa Santos (Portugal) 59
RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:
Not to augment my authenticity but I am a knight in Portugal without a castle. Yes I am in the army of the Port Brotherhood. That is a very long story. It started with coverage on Portuguese television in 2014. Psychedelic berries, precipitous cliffs, poetry at 02:00 at Quinta Vargellas, 250 Ports in 6 days,Continue reading “RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:”
RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint
In these days the corporate and governmental fantasy of Global Inclusion runs amok and in real terms necessitates Global Exclusion of others. So I had a bad experience a few months ago with a New Zealand North Canterbury Pinot Noir by the name of Nor’wester. A disaster but I do not need the Global InclusionContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel
As far as official classifications and the textbooks read the 10 Beaujolais Cru’s rank over Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages. The Nicolas Potel 2022 Fleurie Cru du Beaujolais then should be put to test about how it justifies the textbooks! Aroma: A lively melange of raspberry, cherry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Palate: Crafted in a subtleContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel”
RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023
Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Gewürztraminer (Canada) 94 Cline 2021 North Coast Viognier (United States) 94 Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate 2020 Grand Reserve Chardonnay (Canada) 93 Malivoire Estate Grown Chardonnay 2019 (Canada) 91 Dough California 2020 North Coast Chardonnay (United States) 91 Casa Dea 2021 Melon de Bourgogne (Canada) 91 Stag’s Hollow 2022 Tragically VidalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023”
RKS 2023 Wine: The Clarity of Organic Wine: Southbrook Triomphe Gamay from Niagara
If there is a constant impression I receive from organic wines it is they have a pureness and clarity to them. They are sharp and lively. It is not a question of omnipresent superiority. Many non-organic wines taste like they are dead and terribly blunt and dull. Constant soil abuse through spraying and use ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Clarity of Organic Wine: Southbrook Triomphe Gamay from Niagara”
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