Adventures in wine
Apr. 27th, 2021 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqMy adventures in sub-$10 wines continued today. This evening's fare was an estate wine I'd never heard of which I decided would be a nice companion to go with grilling burgers.
The first surprise was when I discovered that this blended beauty came in a 1L format, rather than the usual 750mL to which I was accustomed. Even as I cracked the seal on its screw top, I knew that I would be in for something special.
First, I need to stress that there is nothing wrong with this wine. It is a perfectly palatable beverage in spite of its low cost per mL. At 13% alcohol by volume, it more than compensates for any lack of nuances in its flavour profile.
After my first few sips, I realized that this was a very familiar wine, and I am sure that you would all recognize the taste if I poured you a tankard of it to try. If you have ever ordered the "house" wine in any middling family restaurant, this is it.
As I said earlier, it's fine. Generic restaurants carry it because it's a wine that can stand on its own. By that, I mean that it probably wouldn't pair well with anything. It's a wine that you drink for the wine's sake. This is one of those "wineglass optional" blends that would taste as good out of a tin mug as it would directly from the bottle hidden in the wrappings of an unmarked paper bag.
Three tumblers of this will cure depression as well as vintages that sell for many times the price. I give it two shaky thumbs up.
The first surprise was when I discovered that this blended beauty came in a 1L format, rather than the usual 750mL to which I was accustomed. Even as I cracked the seal on its screw top, I knew that I would be in for something special.
First, I need to stress that there is nothing wrong with this wine. It is a perfectly palatable beverage in spite of its low cost per mL. At 13% alcohol by volume, it more than compensates for any lack of nuances in its flavour profile.
After my first few sips, I realized that this was a very familiar wine, and I am sure that you would all recognize the taste if I poured you a tankard of it to try. If you have ever ordered the "house" wine in any middling family restaurant, this is it.
As I said earlier, it's fine. Generic restaurants carry it because it's a wine that can stand on its own. By that, I mean that it probably wouldn't pair well with anything. It's a wine that you drink for the wine's sake. This is one of those "wineglass optional" blends that would taste as good out of a tin mug as it would directly from the bottle hidden in the wrappings of an unmarked paper bag.
Three tumblers of this will cure depression as well as vintages that sell for many times the price. I give it two shaky thumbs up.
