Jennifer Hart
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QPR - Quality to Price Ratio - is an important factor when you are buying wine. Whether it is $9.00 or $59.00 you want to feel your wine is worth the spend. I post my suggestions on my blog and on Twitter. As well I talk about my Cellar Treasures and review Wine Books.
Reviews
Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay 2010, Sonoma County
California, Usa$18.95
Toasty oak and apple on the nose with hints of vanilla. Supple, round mouthfeel- slight butterscotch finish.
3.0 Stars
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Penfolds Thomas Hyland Shiraz 2010, Adelaide, South Australia
South Australia, Australia$21.95
Nose of black cherry and chocolate with a hint and oak-spice. Ripe fruit on the palate, good structure and well-balanced acid. Decent length.
3.0 Stars
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La Castellina Tommaso Bojola Chianti Classico 2007, Docg
Tuscany, Italy$21.95
Fruity and savoury nose - wild herbs and blackcurrant. Lengthy herbal, dried fruit palate with a hint of black tea. Great value. Tasted Dec 12
3.0 Stars
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Guy Saget Marie De Beauregard Vouvray 2009, Ac
Loire, France$17.95
A subtle chalky minerality on the nose, with pear and a tangerine high note. Off dry palate, rich mouthfilling ginger honeyed layers - stonefruit and citrus. Lengthy finish with a lively minerality. Such a nice long cork, perhaps I should have held on to it for a while. Wine Spectator says drink through 2016. July 12
3.0 Stars
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Ghost Pines Winemaker's Blend Zinfandel 2008, Sonoma/San Joaquin
California, Usa$19.95
This is a cheat because I tasted the 2009. Well structured, fruitforward but not jammy, lots of blackberry. Quite elegant especially for the price.
Great bargain for Zin lovers!
3.0 Stars
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La Fiole Cotes Du Rhone 2010
Rhône, France$15.95
Simple but pleasing wine. Good value for money with spicy and floral nose. Blackcurrant, plum and a slight herbaceous quality. Tasted Dec 12.
3.0 Stars
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Finca El Origen Chardonnay 2010, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina$10.95
I don't even know where to start with this wine - it is sensational for the price.
On the nose - melon, white blossom with citrus notes and a slightly flinty minerality. The palate citrus-crisp with a very clean finish, but not entirely unoaked, so there is a gentle spice that lingers. Various batches were blended and some of those saw time in oak. There was also a blend of Malolactic fermentation vs. non. This rounded the wine a little and added complexity. This single vineyard - Las Pintadas, has three blocks with distinct soils which added to the complexity of the wine. Aug '12
3.0 Stars
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Jean Luc Colombo Les Fées Brunes Crozes Hermitage Syrah 2009, Ac
Rhône, France$24.95
Lovely nose of dark berry=fruit; floral, slightly herbal with a hint of tobacco. Well structured elegant wine - just slightly restrained.
3.0 Stars
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Château Maris La Touge Minervois La Livinière Syrah 2009, Ac
Languedoc, France$16.75
Maybe it because I have spent time in Minervois/La Liviniere but this is just the sort of Midi Syrah that appeals to me. The smell of garrigue and dried bramble-fruit with a hint of pepper-spice entice. The nose is indicative of what the palate has to offer. Medium plus bodied wine with substantial length.
3.0 Stars
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Villa Sandi Prosecco, Doc Treviso
Veneto, Italy$14.45
Youthful and appealing lime blossom, stone fruit and green apple nose. Palate follows through with pear, green apple, honeydew melon and lime. Nice creamy mousse. Pleasing for the price.
3.0 Stars
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