Marlborough, New Zealand; 13.5% ABV
$3 at the Richmond, CA, store on 8 June
I found this wine not very complex but solid and flavorful. I tasted tart citrus of lemon / yellow grapefruit and some green lime. It’s more bitter than most, especially in the finish, but not badly so.
The saved single-glass screw-cap bottle was much the same, full-flavored and solid, not all that tasty, and a little bitter.
I liked this wine better than you, BW. When I had it against a Kaikoura, it was nuanced and more subtle and had to dig my nose into the glass for the complexity. It’s just difficult to pass up on this wine for the price.
I pu’d a couple of these, and agree with BW’s assessment. Good SB, a buck more here, solid QPR.