The Gourmez

Tinto Negro Malbec 2010 Mendoza, Argentina   This malbec smells like sour berries, wood, and unsweetened cocoa. It tastes surprisingly savory, almost like a beef broth at first, complete with the carrot, celery, and bay leaf flavoring. It’s pretty dry with that brothy undertone. Medium-bodied, clove and star anise spices burn on the aftertaste. However, [...]

Bin 90 Lindeman’s Moscato 2010 Australia I purchased this wine mainly because I was curious how the Australian moscato differed from other muscat wines I’ve tried. The answer would be not much. It’s very sweet, and I definitely consider it a dessert wine. There is a lot of pear and vanilla with lesser notes of [...]

Yellow Jersey Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Burgundy, France A plastic bottle of wine!? What is this world coming to? Eh, I’m trying to work up wino rage, but I just don’t care that this is in a plastic bottle. The fact that it’s quite good probably helps with that. There’s no nose to speak of. The [...]