jasons wine blog

Price: $6.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Excelsior Wine & Spirits
What They Said:
Per wine.com: “Notes of dark plums and spice, generously framed by toasty American oak with a soft and well structured mouthfilling texture. Excellent with fresh light dishes based in meats, vegetables and fresh herbs. Also a good accompaniment to ripe cheeses such as [...]

Price: $6.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Excelsior Wine & Spirits
What They Said:
Per wine.com: “Looking for an amazing value, delicious and new wine? This wine was what Bordeaux was originally primarily made from, now its found almost exclusively in Chile. This is a delicious example of this incredible variety, which combines the best of Cabernet [...]

Price: $3.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Evaki
What They Said:
Per quaffability “Carmenere is more obscure than the fifth Beatle. The sixth grape of the famed five Bordeaux varietals, usually compared to Petit Verdot for the sturdy qualities it adds to Cabernet blends, Carmenere is not even grown in Bordeaux anymore. It does have a new [...]

Price: $6.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Excelsior Wine & Spirits
What They Said:
Per wine.com: “Looking for an amazing value, delicious and new wine? This wine was what Bordeaux was originally primarily made from, now its found almost exclusively in Chile. This is a delicious example of this incredible variety, which combines the best of Cabernet [...]

Price: $6.99 @ The Wine Club imported by Sovereign Wine Imports
What They Said:
Per The Wine Club monthly newsletter, “Perhaps Waterloo was not the only catastrophe that France had to suffer. There are some who say that the loss of Carmenere, due to the first phylloxera epidemic in Bordeaux, changed the make-up of those wines in [...]

Price: $6.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Excelsior Wine & Spirits
What They Said:
Per wine.com: “Looking for an amazing value, delicious and new wine? This wine was what Bordeaux was originally primarily made from, now its found almost exclusively in Chile. This is a delicious example of this incredible variety, which combines the best of Cabernet [...]