The Louis M Martini Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 is Cabernet blended with a bit of Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, and Merlot sourced primarily from a vineyard in the Dry Creek Valley AVA and another in the Alexander Valley AVA of Sonoma County. Louis M Martini was founded in Sonoma in 1933, but is now one of E & J Gallo's family of wines and the Martini winery has moved to … [Read more...]
Wente Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
The Wente Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 5% Petite Sirah, 5% Malbec and 2% Tempranillo grown in Wente's estate, sustainably farmed vineyards in the southern section of the Livermore Valley AVA, east of the San Fransisco Bay (south and west of Lodi) in the Central Coast AVA of California. Wente Vineyards has a long and … [Read more...]
VINTJS Organic Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
The VINTJS Organic Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is an $8.99 Trader Joe's exclusive produced for them by DnA Vineyards, located in Mendocino County, California. DnA Vineyards is Dennis Patton and Andrea Silverstein, with Dennis having been a fixture in the Mendocino wine industry for over 40 years. DnA makes some of my favorite Trader Joe's exclusive wine. While DnA does … [Read more...]
Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
The Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is, of course, a Trader Joe's $2.99 (in Chicago) exclusive, June of 2018 will mark the 16th year of Chuck and Joe's relationship. I must admit to not being a 2 Buck Chuck fan, there are other very inexpensive wines at TJ's that I prefer (the LaGranja 360 wines in particular), but I was intrigued that the current vintage is a 2014. There … [Read more...]
Santa Julia Winemaker’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
The Santa Julia Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from sustainably farmed Estate high altitude vineyards (3,130 to 4,600 feet) located in the Uco Valley in the south-west corner of the Mendoza region of Argentina. The vineyards are on the east side of the Andes Mountains, the vineyards in Chile are on the west side. The Uco Valley is … [Read more...]