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Terredora Aglianico 2010, Igt Campania
Campania, Italy$16.95
Firm, intense dry red, with notes of slightly tart cranberries, earth and slightly oxidative notes. I also detected a faint touch of bandaid on first sniff, though it seemed to disappear within a few minutes. Finishes with tart acidity and firm tannin. Agree with JS, this wine would benefit from decanting...or a few years in bottle. In any case, a fine, distinctive aglianco. Tasted Dec 2013. Re-tastied Oct 2014, notes are consistent except the wine seems a bit more mellow...upgrading to 90pts. Excellent!
3.5 Stars
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Di Majo Norante Contado Riserva Aglianico Del Molise 2010, Doc
Italy$15.75
Picked up in Buffalo for $12.99. Layers of fruit, mostly leaning toward the red and dried fruit spectrum. A bit earthy with a good strucutre and noted (bu balanced) acidity. Great complexity and finsih at the price. This is, as in the past, an outstanding red...made all the better by saving a few bucks buying is south of the border. Really, a great purchase every year. Tasted Feb 2015.
3.5 Stars
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Quinta Dos Carvalhais Duque De Viseu Red 2009
Dão, Portugal$13.95
Very floral on the nose, followed by a delicious mix of red fruits, plums and hints of smoke. Good structure and a fine backbone of acidity round out the finish. A dying breed at Vintages this wine - a great wine under $15. A no brainer purchase. Tasted Feb 2014.
3.5 Stars
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D'arenberg The Stump Jump Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvèdre 2011
South Australia, Australia$17.15
Certainly not the super-ripe, off- dry fruit bomb that turns me off many Aussie reds. In fact, this GSM blend is at once ripe and not ripe. Along with some pleasant ripe, red fruit is very prevalent herbeceous notes, much like those found in cool climate reds or from highly cropped grapes. This is not particularly pleasant to my taste and, as such, I cannot recommend this wine. Tasted April 2014.
3.5 Stars
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13th Street Merlot 2012, VQA Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada$17.95
Fairly full-bodied, with notes of ripe red berries, and plums. Somewhat herbaceous, as I have come to expect from Niagara Bordeaux variety reds, but the ripe vintage has kept this feature from becoming over-bearing in this wine. No signs or oak (because there wasn't any used! 100% aged in stainless steel). Well made, but needing another year or two to soften. Wish we'd se a few more good Niagara reds in this price range. Tasted Feb 2014.
3.5 Stars
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Cave Les Coteaux Du Rhône Panicaut Plan De Dieu Côtes Du Rhône Villages 2012
Rhône, France$15.95
An approachable CdR, loaded with plenty of soft, ripe fruit, hints of spice and herbs. No oak of note and enough structure to keep the wine from tasting flabby. For relatively near tern consumptions. Good value by LCBO standards and well worth a look. Tasted Mar 2014.
3.5 Stars
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Château De Lafaurie Monbadon 2010, Ac Côtes De Castillon
Bordeaux, France$15.95
It is all too easy to dismiss Bordeaux as being vastly overpriced these days. When it comes to classified growths, this is mostly true, but Bordeaux is a huge wine region with hundreds of chateaus. There are some gems amongst those names, and this is certainly one. Lovely mix of red and black fruit, well judged oak, herbs, and very fine tannin. Very well made and very Bordeaux. Would benefit from another year or two, but fine now as well. Great value. Tasted Feb 2014.
3.5 Stars
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Cave De Roquebrun La Grange Des Combes 2011, Ac Saint Chinian Roquebrun
Languedoc, France$18.95
Very distinctively southern France syrah-based wine here. Dark berry fruit, with plenty of dried herbs, smoke and hints of black olives. Moth-filling and fairly long finishing. A fine wine indeed and a superb value to boot. Tasted July 2014.
3.5 Stars
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The Wolftrap Syrah Mourvedre Viognier 2013, Western Cape
Western Cape, South Africa$13.95
Simple red, with pleasant red fruit backed with herbeceous, smoky notes. Thankfully, not cloying the way some new world wines are. With wine prices escalating prices at the LCBO (esp Vintages), I suppose that this is to be considered good value. Guess I have to make more trips to the US to get real value. Tasted May 2014.
3.5 Stars
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Château Le Vieux Serestin 2009, Médoc
Bordeaux, France$17.95
Re-tasted Mar 2015: While still a decent, authentic left bank Bordeaux, this wine seems a bit less impressive than when I tasted it a year ago. Seems a bit more lean and short finishing. I recommend erring on the side of caution and drinking this sooner rather than later as I don't think that it will improve from here.
3.5 Stars
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