The Ménage à Trois Lavish Merlot 2016 is 81% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petite Sirah, and 5% Petit Verdot (other than the Petite Sirah, it's very Bordeaux, at least in grape selection) sourced from vineyards in Monterey, the Lodi Delta region, and the North Coast AVA, all in Northern California. Ménage à Trois is one of Trinchero Family Estates (founded in 1945) 40+ wine … [Read more...]
Hedges CMS Red 2014
The Hedges CMS Red 2014 is sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington, it is Hedges Family Estates iconic Red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah, with the blend changing from year to rear. The blend also seems to change during the year, the Hedges website gives the 2014 blend as 40% C, 44% M, and 16% S and a quick check of the web showed a … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Reserve Monterey Meritage Lot 168 2014
The Trader Joe's Reserve Monterey Meritage Lot 168 2014 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from grapes grown in the Monterey County AVA which is located north of Paso Robles and up to the Monterey Bay inside the Central Coast AVA of California. A Meritage wine is a Red blend that uses the grapes approved to be used in Bordeaux wines (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet … [Read more...]
Forty Ounce Rose’ 2017
The Forty Ounce Rose' 2017 is a blend of 53% Gamay, 33% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Pineau d'Aunis sourced from vineyards in the Muscadet and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley in France. Gamay is the grape used in the making of Beaujolais and Pineau d'Aunis is a very old French grape that was all the rage in the 1300s, but is largely forgotten today. The main thing … [Read more...]
The Velvet Devil Merlot 2015
The Velvet Devil Merlot 2015 is 84% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% "other" sourced from 7 sustainable farmed vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington State. To be technical, this could be called a Bordeaux blend or in the US a Meritage blend since it uses 4 of the 6 approved Bordeaux grapes. In the US if one grape varietal … [Read more...]