Sometimes terroir can be so dominant in the flavors of the wine. This is definitely the case here. The wine tastes more like their Zinfandel and little like a Merlot. It’s not a bad wine, don’t get me wrong, just don’t expect it to have varietal tastes …
Description from Winecurrent.com
This is quite flavourful round and [...]

A lovely middle of the road chard with some butteryness, some oak and some green apple minerality as you would expect from New Zealand. Quite a good wine with nice complexity. The winecurrent descrption below I found pretty accurate. I would buy it again. Right now, for the money, my favorite Chard is Kendall Jackson Vintner’s [...]

I found this wine using my bargain hunting page http://jgalea.com/wine.htm This wine displays a nice cassis flavor. Not a lot of depth or complexity but then for the price one would not expect it. All in all this is quite good, but don’t expect a varietal Cab Sauv. 
Description from Winecurrent.com
Montalto Nero d’Avola / Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 IGT [...]

I enjoyed this one.  The shiraz is nicely balanced by the Grenache. There lots of flavors going on and the oak is well under control. The finish is medium but all in all quite good.  For the price it’s alright. No bargain but worth it …
KILIKANOON KILLERMAN’S RUN SHIRAZ/GRENACHE  2006
South Australia  
TASTING NOTE: The 2006 Shiraz-Grenache “Killerman’s Run” [...]

This wine has a dominant taste and bouqet of vanilla. There is a fair bit of oak in the taste and there is a distinctive bouqet of earthy tones. There is little to no fruit flavors left. Some smokeyness as well. This wine is not bad, I’d say an 88. Quite pleasant to drink. A [...]

D’arenberg are always known for big bruisers and this one is no exception. In this case they have a pretty good varital Shiraz. Lots of Oak, (almost too much), reasonable pepper on the finish with a medium finish. This is by no means the best Shiraz I’ve ever had but quite good none the less. [...]

I’m on a roll for big bruisers! This is another big wine. Once again I’m not impressed. This wine is better than the TALTARNI I last went on about which was more like sucking on a peice of oak. This wine has a real bitter tanic taste on the finish that overwhelms everything. Gone are [...]

Mr and Mrs CWG served this wine at their annual Christmas event last night. CWG shared with me that this is one of his favorite Niagara Cab/Merlot blends and that 2005 was stellar. CWG shared that he thinks this is a fabulous Bordeaux Blend from Niagara.
It’s clear after all these years in Canada he has [...]

I had high hopes for this one, but they were dashed. This wine is massively over oaked Cab Sauv. So much so that the fruit is totally masked. Gone are any form of varietal flavors. It’s possible that with 2-5 years aging this will pass, but who really cares. What a disappointment, especially given the [...]

Karen and I attended a structured wine tasting event at Global wine tour hosted by Steven Thurlow from Wineaccess magazine. The event was held at the Fine Wine Reserve which is a wine storage facility for individuals.
 
The event was very well done with a group of 14 (a full house for this venue). They [...]

This truely is a kitchen sink blend as the description refers to it. Heavy blends are nothing new, France does it, Canada does, Austalia does it lots of places do it. This one is an odd blend at best. 53% Carmenere, 30% Cab Sauv, 14% Cab Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. On the palette the [...]

Every now and then you come across a wine that makes you go, wow I so need to go out and buy a case of it. This wine would not be that for me I must say the dominant tastes in this wine were not pleasant. This was not an aweful wine by any [...]

Had this one this weekend, another Bordeux. This one is not quite as complex. I would say has a medium finish. The wine is quite good and has some lovely flavors. I suspect this wine will improve with some additional aging. I found the wine had a bitterness (acidity) on the finish that easied with [...]

I’ve not had a lot of Bordeux’s before so this is a new area for me to explore. I expect a certain complexity from a $29.95 bottle of wine and this one did not disappoint! There’s lots going on at different levels. There plenty of up front fruit, well balanced Oak, great mid palette flavor [...]

I tried this one last week. The description from Winecurrent.com is pretty accurate. The Bouquet is spot on a classic New Zealand Sauv Blanc. On the pallatte the wine has terrif flavors although it has some slight “greenness” and acidity on the finish. For the price this wine is a bargain. This is not a [...]