Lake County, CA 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Syrah, 14% Merlot; 14.6% ABV $8 at the Richmond, CA, store on 30 Oct After the two previous Beaver Creek wines that have shown up at the GO, I jumped on this bottle. Although the price has risen with each bottle — $5 for the 2008 Zinfandel and […]
Napa Valley, CA 84% Merlot from Napa Valley, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon from Lake County, 5% Syrah from Carneros; 14.5% ABV $6 at the Berkeley, CA, store on 5 July. Only a few bottles left on 11 July. I’m a little late to this review, and a number of positive comments have already been made here, […]
Dry Creek Valley, CA; 14.7% ABV $5 at the Berkeley, CA store This one languished in my review queue for a while, so is likely gone by now – but hey, I’ve been seeing a few previously sold-out wines come back around lately including the charming Cimbrón 2010 Verdejo and the Sacred Hill 2008 Pinot Noir. A […]
Lake County, CA; apparently from Chateau Diana; 14.8% ABV $5 at the Oakland, CA, store on 30 Oct Usually I don’t go for wines with such corny labels, but this wine’s origin of Lake County (a little north of Napa County) triggered an incorrect memory of another wine. The Beaver Creek 2008 Fairytale had two […]
45% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Syrah; 13.5% ABV Columbia Valley, WA $8 at the Oakland, CA, store on 9 September Tasty from first pour, but needed about 30 minutes to start opening up, and 60+ minutes to be fully aired. Between 30 and 60 minutes, it reminded me a little of the tangy, darker […]
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