Wines That Don’t Hurt Your Wallet!

Wines That Don’t Hurt Your Wallet! – Episode #450

April 23, 2008

Gary tries some wines that are great for anyone on a budget and all these wines are adored by the press, lets see if Gary likes em!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Anselmo Mendes Andreza LoureiroOther Portuguese White Wine
2006 Evil Cabernet SauvignonAustralian Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Castano MonastrellOther Spanish Red Wine
2003 Taja Jumilla ReservaOther Spanish Red Wine

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October 29, 2009

richardvinifera
QOTD: Inexpensive great wines: Tolva Cab-Merlot (Chile) Lamura Nero D’Avola (Italy)
May 18, 2009

nnothing
qotd: terra andina carmenere it was like $8 or something and ended up being one of the more interesting wines i’ve had in the last year. It did need to breath for a couple hours but bright purple? fruits (blueberry + strawberry maybe) and this really interesting almond paste flavor (like dutch letters) started to develop.
January 10, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
QOTD: Had a prosecco to ring in the new year. Nothing special but it was fairly tasty. Love how youre pushing the values again and again. Its finally hit me in the head to start jumping on these $10-$15 wines from other parts of the world.
November 23, 2008

Joel
QOTD: on the topic of Monstrell, I’m enjoying a bottle of the 2005 ESTE de bodegas alto almanzora right now. It’s not blowing me away (the finish kind of falls away, leaving just the chalky dryness) but the nose has some nice dried cocoa, barnyard, and vegetation, and I’m getting some nice cola on the palate, as well as a touch of cinnamon mid-palate. Not bad for under $10 at my corner (highly overpriced) liquor store. Would be great with food for sure, but me, I prefer food friendly wines for general “quaffing” anyhow.

GREAT SHOW! Hope I can find the TAJA
November 23, 2008

Ray Barnes
Good to see the Taja being a cheap winner, thanks Gary.

QOTD – Thomas Kruse (Gilroy CA) Claire’s Field Red, every year is worth drinking.
August 3, 2008

jason anderson
one under 10$ supermarket wine (imported by gallo) impressed with is the sebeka “cape blend” shiraz pinotage from south africa. Very servicable and interesting flavor profile for seven bucks
July 26, 2008

TexasTom
2004 Banfi Col di Sasso (cabernet & sangiovese) for 10 bucks isn’t too bad.
July 20, 2008

Oakmon's BF
I had my first monastrell/mourvedre as I rewatched the â€œCastano Momastrellâ€ part of this episode. It was 2005 Hecula Monastrell. I got a little blueberry and black pepper on the nose. Very dry on the palate. I liked it.
June 30, 2008

Moselman
QOTD (of yore) Bro brought over a bottle of Spanish red last night, and I swooned at the sniffey-sniff, almost fell out of my chair on tasting it. Luckily, most everyone else was drinking white, so I got to enjoy a good amount of this wonderful juice. So good I had to check it out on WLTV this morning, and wonder of wonders, found it.

But hold on â€“ Gary’s rating it ~84 and a pazzzz! Castano C Monastrell ‘06 – I’m with Miller or Reynolds on this one!!

Happy Canada Day t’ y’all!
May 19, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
QOTD: Another Jumilla. The 2004 Enciro Jumilla brought some thunder. Certainly not a perfect wine–it had some chemically funk to it at times–but I really enjoyed drinking it. I’ve got to find some more MourvÃ¨dre.
May 12, 2008

Victor M
i founded a 2000 rosemont states cab at the bottom of the shell at my local grocery store at 6.99 and i though it was pretty good
May 7, 2008

AVP
Terre del Sole Chardonnay from Pasqua, which i had with a bunch of other budget wines to review in a university newspaper. It was the only one I could see myself buying.
May 7, 2008

JOberle
Smoking Loon Merlot – a great bottle in the 6 – 7 dollar range. Easy drinking, smooth fruit, cherries, maybe some chocolate, very light acid. An awesome wine at this price for a Tuesday night.
May 7, 2008

chezjosh
Just had a Nero D’Avola from TJ’s that really brought the thunder.
May 7, 2008

Sassodoro
QOTD. Little James Basket Press, for $9 at my local wine store. It’s mostly (or maybe all) grenache from Southern France. The producer is Saint Cosme, located in the Rhone, but I’m not sure that all the grapes are sourced from there.
May 3, 2008

Oregon Jim
2005 Castle Rock Monterey Pinot Noir. $8.99 There are no good Pinot Noirs at 8.99 much less 15.99 but this is a balanced, serious, well made Pinot. The exception that just proves the rule, I guess. Bought it last year around August. All gone now and haven’t seen it since even in ‘06 livery. They do have an ‘06 Mendocino at 14.99. Haven’t tried it yet.
May 2, 2008

Jarvis H
Hey GV and friends.
Being a CKC, my price range is 7 to 14 bones. The last two bottles Iâ€™ve got my hands on included a Jean Bousquet Rose (60% Malbec and 40% Cab) from Mendoza and a SIMI 2006 Sauvignon Blanc. The medicine flavors on back end of the Rose caught me by surprise. The SIMI was simple. No razor blades, just butter knifes.
Thank you GV, for advising the nation to try new wines. I have tried new wine, without any repeats, for the last 10 months. Six months ago, I would never buy a white wine. After drinking them regularly, it is easy to see why GV says whites are just as good as reds. This Jean Bousquet is the first Rose Iâ€™ve ever had. No regrets. Both wines under 8 bones.
May 1, 2008

Bigsigar
QOTD: Ercavio Tempernillo….8 bones…a true steal!!!
May 1, 2008

DenverDarlin'
Penfold’s 2006 Koonuga Hill Shiraz/Cab 91pts WA. $8.
May 1, 2008

YoungDave
VALUE EP.! YES! MORE!

QOTD: Louis Bouillot Cremant de Bourgogne RosÃ©. Maybe a dollar or so over $10, but phenomenal anywhere under $15- $20.
May 1, 2008

zabin29
QOTD: Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc $9 at Trader’s
May 1, 2008

TMac
I like the 2005 Castano quite a lot, so maybe take this with a grain of salt: Alba Liza 65% tempranillo, 35% grenache, $8-9.

Looking forward to the Taja. I love high value wines!!
April 30, 2008

hockeywiner
QOTD:Lindemans Bin 70 2006, Chardonay/Riesling, SE Australia $5 !!
First time I chose a wine from Austalia – broadening our pallets – and we LOVED it. I wanted to go back to the store (Meijer-Grand Rapids MI) & buy a case! I was always afraid to try new wines, but you have encouraged me to jump out of my box
April 30, 2008

lawschooldrunk
QOTD: yarden mount hermon red for 8.99.

good show, gary.
April 29, 2008

JayZee
Nice show – big save at the end. Actually, I’ve had a couple of the EVIL wines and they were both awful to my PAL.

QOTD: The best under $10 wine I had recently was the 2004 Castano Hecula Yecla wine. Very nice Spanish red table wine for about $9.00 at the time I bought it a couple of years ago.