Second bottle from Costco Christmas box. Classic Bordeaux. Mix of berries in the nose and taste, with black currant the most prominent. Some chalk in the nose. Almost no sugar. Better than 2016, which was in the last year's box. It's 14% alcohol, vs 14.5% in 2016, which probably makes a difference.
Was great with baked tuna.
One of the best Beaujolais I ever tasted. Smells like a bouquet of flowers. Strong red currant with notes of cranberry, caramel and pear.
Was very good with turkey and cranberry strudel.
First bottle from Costco Christmas box. Very good. Strong nose of black currant. Powerful black currant in the taste, with a hint of chokeberry. No trace of sugar. A hint of a bitter note. When the bottle was just uncorked, wine seemed flat, taste finished abruptly, even after aerator. After 20 minutes in an open bottle, completely different wine. Smooth, well balanced and with a great aftertaste. 20 minutes more, to the end of the dinner, and it became excellent.
Was great with baked mahi-mahi.
A masterpiece. Absolutely wonderful Rioja. Complex taste and nose, with multiple berries, raspberry is the most prominent. A little bit of chalk in the nose. Perfectly balanced.
Was great with roasted mutton fillet.
Strange wine. First taste, right after opening the bottle, was very interesting. A hint of rowan in the taste, added to black currant in the taste. Interesting nose as well, with a hit of chalk, and mix of berries. Twenty minutes later, with dinner, different wine. Hint of rowan disappeared, taste got worse. First time for me, usually wine gets better with time after opening. Again, 14.5% alcohol is too much for Bordeaux. Wine just doesn't get balance.
Will not buy again.
Wonderful Côtes du Rhône. Sold under Costco's Kirkland brand. Everything good you expect from Rhône wines. Mix of berries with chokeberry most prominent one, a hint of old leather, a hint of tobacco, a hint of chalk in the nose. Will definitely buy more.
Was great with grilled venison burgers.
