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Cálem 10 Year Old Tawny Port, Dop
Douro, Portugal$25.25
Loaded with dried fruits (think aprocots, dates, sugar plums), carmel, honey and brown sugar. Not especially complex or long and quite sweet, even by port standards. But excellent value at a reduced price of $14.95. Be sure to put chill it a bit before serving. Tasted Nov 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Casa Emma Chianti Classico 2009, Docg
Tuscany, Italy$18.95
A bit closed, with a hint of wet socks on the nose. A bit tainted with TCA, I'm afraid. Still, not completely off-putting as some very nice pleasant dried-cherry flavours shone through. Very approachable, balanced, light-medium bodied, without interference of manipulative wine-making practices. My score is tenetative, based on my guess of what a pristine bottle might show. Tasted March 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Domaine Thunevin Calvet Cuvée Constance 2008, Ac Côtes Du Roussillon Villages
Languedoc, France$18.95
Wonderfully aromatic, the room where I opened the wine just filled with floral and red fruit aromas. Plenty of ripe fruit on the palate, with fine structure and acidity. Still seems a bit primary to me - perhaps a year or two in bottle would bring out more complexity. Up $2 in price over the '07, but still worth the $19 price tag. Tasted March 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Foncalieu La Réserve Du Crouzau St. Gervais Côtes Du Rhône Villages 2009, Ac
Rhône, France$16.95
Ripe, generous fruit with notes of herbs and pepper, backed by a solid structure. Really, quite mouth-filling at the price. Drinking very nicely now, can hold a couple of years. Yummy. Is it any wonder that I seek out the south Rhone for good value wines? Tasted May 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Trius Merlot 2010, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$14.95
Lean red fruit, with notes smoke and typical Niagara herbeceousness in lower priced reds. A bit thin and short finishing. Of course, I can only judge the bottle I tasted (bottle variation??), but this ain't no $30 St. Emilion. I had to double check the label to be sure that I had tried the 2010. Reminds me of why I don;t buy $15 Niagara reds. Drink now if you must. Tasted Oct 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Tawse Sketches Of Niagara Chardonnay 2010, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$19.95
Nicely balanced chardonnay, with typical citrusy flavours, notes of apple, and well integrated oak. Acidity is a touch lower than I normally find in Niagara chards (due to the warmer vintage) but the wine is not soft or flabby. Very well made, though not especially memorable (or perhaps its just due to the fact that I don't love chardonnay). For near term drinking. tasted April 2013.
3.5 Stars
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Gérard Bertrand Terroir Minervois Syrah/Carignan 2009, Ac
Languedoc, France$17.95
Soft, approachable with ripe blackberry fruit along with typical notes of smoke and black pepper. This is a very good southern France wine that is just missing a bit more fruit to make it really shine. Still, fairly valued and good with food. Tasted June 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Canonica A Cerreto Chianti Classico Riserva 2007, Docg
Tuscany, Italy$19.95
A decnt red from Tuscany but a bit of a curiousity for me. The fruit and wood seem in balance yet I don't get a strong sense of regional character. It just strikes me a bit unexciting....could have been made anywhere. Tasted June 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Les Hauts De Montfort Les Mégalithes 2009, Minervois
Languedoc, France$13.95
Loads of very ripe dark berry fruit, pepper and herbs, Quite dense and approachable. Needs a bit more complexity and strucutre to score 90pts, but I'd be happy drinking this any day of the week...or weekend. An excellent value at $14. For current consumption or over the next couple of years. Tasted June 2012.
3.5 Stars
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Zenato Rosso 2009, Igt Veneto
Veneto, Italy$13.15
The 2010 Vintage: Soft, fruity, quite easy to like. Not particularly complex nor does it scream "Veneto" in its character, but a ver well-made balanced wine and an excellent value. I'd have no problem buying this again. Tasted June 2013.
3.5 Stars
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