Nice Wines
With age comes wisdom, or so they say. Over the span of my relatively young obsession with wine, I've come to realise there's quite a few awful wines out there but also that there are some very good wines for a good price. Obviously my idea of a good price will change over time but the prices I'm thinking of are such that you would be able to bring a few bottles to a party without hurting your wallet.
Sangre de Toro, blood of the bull in Spanish, is made by Torres in Catalonia, Spain. The wine is a blend of Garnacha and Carinena, which we know more commonly as Grenache and Carignan. On their own, these varieties make rather insipid wines although Grenache can apparently make quite amazing wine from old, low yielding vines.
However the Sangre de Toro is a very drinkable wine that can be had for well under $15. It is a smooth drinking wine with a spicy aroma and dark berry flavours. As with a lot of old world wines this wine goes great with food and with all that spiciness marries well with hearty meat dishes.
Chain of Pond's Novello Nero is another wine in the Old World style but made in our backyard in the Adelaide Hills. It is inspired by the home made wines of Italian immigrants being an unoaked blend of predominately sangiovese with some grenache and barbera. This makes for a very appealing and moresome wine that can be had with a fair bit of change from $20.
Being unoaked, the wine is smooth and crisp with the grapes speaking for themselves. On the nose there is an aroma of dark cherry with spicy and savoury overtones. The spicy fruit theme continues on in the mouth with some meaty overtones. The spicy fruit with savoury overtones recommends itself to game dishes and anything with tomatoes in it.
Sangre de Toro, blood of the bull in Spanish, is made by Torres in Catalonia, Spain. The wine is a blend of Garnacha and Carinena, which we know more commonly as Grenache and Carignan. On their own, these varieties make rather insipid wines although Grenache can apparently make quite amazing wine from old, low yielding vines.
However the Sangre de Toro is a very drinkable wine that can be had for well under $15. It is a smooth drinking wine with a spicy aroma and dark berry flavours. As with a lot of old world wines this wine goes great with food and with all that spiciness marries well with hearty meat dishes.
Chain of Pond's Novello Nero is another wine in the Old World style but made in our backyard in the Adelaide Hills. It is inspired by the home made wines of Italian immigrants being an unoaked blend of predominately sangiovese with some grenache and barbera. This makes for a very appealing and moresome wine that can be had with a fair bit of change from $20.
Being unoaked, the wine is smooth and crisp with the grapes speaking for themselves. On the nose there is an aroma of dark cherry with spicy and savoury overtones. The spicy fruit theme continues on in the mouth with some meaty overtones. The spicy fruit with savoury overtones recommends itself to game dishes and anything with tomatoes in it.
posted by Forrest Rivers at 23:34
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