Here are some red wines that never skip a beat year in and
year out. Tasty and delicious and accessible. While even most wines meant for immediate
consumption, several reads with quality improve if they're aged a year or two.
These can good to drink now or lay down two or three years!
Even the best
wineries do not produce consistent quality year after year; But these wines I
have enjoyed regularly and always seem
to be available; which is a big plus… serve these in a big wide glass. They go well with an assortment of food as well. Pasta, Steak, Pizza, Burgers, Fish Tacos..
No frills. I have
hand picked these 5 red wines.
2017 ‘CS’ Substance
Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley, Washington
Delicious and structured wine with deep dark cherry,
espresso bean, cedar and baked spice flavors. A rich and round wine. Good
Length on the finish. Good Stuff from Columbia Valley Washington that continues
to impress over the past few years. If it was form California it would be a lot
more expensive than it is.
2015 Petra Zingari
Toscana 2015 Tuscan Blends, Tuscany, Italy
Savory tobacco notes, earth and herb notes, lots of plums
and big tannins. An Tuscan wine with Merlot and Petit Verdot. A juicy wine with
cherries, dark chocolate I blind tasted this wine among some solid French Bordeaux
and it the comments were fantastic; given that it is about half Sangiovese. It
can age too.
2017 Chateau
Puygueraud Bordeaux Cotes de Francs, Bordeaux, France
Black fruits, black olives and soy, smoky tobacco and rich.
Every year seems to provide a better and better value. A very fine Bordeaux
from the Cotes de Francs. Mostly Merlot with a good dose of Cabernet Franc and the rest Malbec; it’s
dense with layers of fruit.
2016 d'Arenberg The
Footbolt Shiraz McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia
I’ve been drinking this one for over 10 years now. Dark fruit
chewy and round tannins. These tannins have a long, spicy, peppery finish. Clean,
Oaky and complex wine showing tons of fruit like a blackberry pie along with that
fresh mushroom and forest floor you want from an earthy Shiraz.
2015 Guigal Cotes du
Rhone Rouge Cotes du Rhone, Rhone, France
An always elegant and rich Syrah, from up and down the Western
Rhône. Spicy, peppery, and smoky, dark fruit, alive and earthy and more salt
notes of black olive on the finish. Year in and year out this wine has always
hit the mark. This Côtes du Rhône GSM from Guigal is aromatic and smooth.
