I know a lot of great wines. But you wouldn't have heard of them. My job at a wine store means that I taste a lot of obscure wines. This blog is a record of my better finds in the $10 to $20 range. If you have any questions please drop me an email at stiebelben@gmail.com. I always love to talk wine.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Chalone Merlot 2009 (about $12)
About the Wine: Fun fact about the wine business; owners of stores will sometimes take things in as a favor to their sales reps. The distributors occasionally buy products that no one especially wants and add them to their sales staff's quotas. This results in comically desperate sales reps pleading with store owners to take in wines that no has ever heard of.
About THIS Wine: It is violet in the glass with a pinkish rim. On the nose the wine has dark red fruits and slight acidity. The taste is mild and very smooth with just a touch of bitterness on the finish that does not linger.
Drinking This Wine: Too light for a food wine and not flavorful enough to be a good sipping wine. The promotional material that came with the wine said that it is good with duck. Let's go with that.
Overall Impression: I'm not impressed. There is nothing objectively wrong with this wine, it just has nothing to recommend it. It is unimpressive for the price.
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Chalone Merlot 2009,
Hudson Valley Wine,
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