Dave

9.0

This wine has the kitchen sink in it. Dark fruit is hiding under the prominent leather, herbs, mint, tobacco, and earth. It's a fine sipper for jazz nights by the fireplace. Made my teeth red.
Listening to Bill Evans — 2 days ago

Dave

9.1

This is a great CC. This sangiovese blend has typical sour cherry flavors enhanced by violets, thyme, oregano, leather, and sweet tobacco. Very well balanced with juicy acidity and medium tannins. Great finish. This is a real bargain at $20!
Listening to Burl Ives — 5 days ago

Dave

8.5

Last of the 5 Costco Thanksgiving ratings. This one tastes as cheap as it is. Plum, cherries, vanilla, alcohol burn. Pretty disjointed.
Listening to Son Volt. Can't believe it's been 30 years since Trace was released. Happy Record Store Day! — 8 days ago

Dave

9.0

Costco wine number 2 of 5 for the family suarêz. These came in the cute gift box, let's see how it does. This wine is very tannic, it has nice cherry flavors with leather and stone. After an hour of being uncorked, it tastes just fine! I truly like it more than a $60 Pomerol I tasted last week. Not bad.
Listening to Black Sabbath — 9 days ago

Dave

9.1

You've all had this before. It's Penfold's budget offering, and it's the secret weapon in my braised short rib. Cue Julia Childs, "A splash for the short rib, a half bottle for me..." Holy man, this leaves you feeling like you ate a pack of Sour Patch Kids. Puckering. Super sour blackberries, herbs, and some cedar tannins. Long finish.
Enjoying this with Benny Goodman — 2 days ago

Dave

8.9

A very happy find, this grenache/syrah blend. It's heavy on the cassis, licorice, and stone. Some blood orange on the bitter-ish finish. But, not unpleasant in any way. I agree with Scott's note: This wine does go down softer than most CDR's. @Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
Listening to Vince Guaraldi (Peanuts Christmas) — 5 days ago

Dave

8.8

Costco Thanksgiving wine #3 of 5. Here we have a satisfying mouthfeel, flavors of dark cherry, leather, vanilla, and slate. Very ok!
Listening to The Beatles — 8 days ago

Dave

9.4

Wow, this is spectacular! Plenty of life ahead of it, too. The wine is a very pale brick color. It is fresh and vibrant, but beautifully complex. Red sour cherries, juicy and acidic, leather, mint, a little dust on the rose petals. Medium plus on the tannins. I would love to have this with a lot more age. Should be a great wine for a charcuterie spread, and at $19 I feel like a highway robber.
Listening to Benjamin Gibbard and Jay Farrar — 3 days ago

Dave

8.8

Costco Thanksgiving wine 4 of 5. I'm starting to think these all taste the same 🤷‍♂️ Pleasing enough after a heavy dinner. On the lighter side, with cherries, blueberries, and vanilla.
We are listening to The Greatest Showman soundtrack — 8 days ago

Dave

8.7

I bought a ton of Costco wine for Thanksgiving because it's cheap and my family doesn't know or care. Took a sneak peek at this one. It's pretty solid, considering it cost $6 or $7. Spare me the 6 7 comments!
Listening to the Eagles. — 10 days ago