Remember when Rosemount Shiraz was one of the biggest wine s around? The quality dipped, we got bored with the cough syrup mentality and bottle languished on the shelf. I went ahead and tried a couple bottles from Rosemount and I say that the wines are better – not super, but good for the price. Still very fruit forward, not wines with aging potential, but decent qualities of the grape. The acid is in balance making them pretty good every day pizza and spaghetti wines.
2010 Rosemount Shiraz Australia $6.99
The Shiraz was better than the last time I tasted it. Moderate nose with jammy, up front fruit and some aftertaste. Went well with a pizza. Not a bad bottle to have around for a weeknight or the after several at a party.
2009 Rosemount Shiraz Cabernet Australia $6.99
I always kin of liked the blends better, even though the fruit is sourced from all over Australia. Nose had a tweak of cabernet, bell pepper and cassis. The flavor was dominant with the shiraz but the cab added a nice mouthfeel and slightly longer aftertaste. Was a good wine with pasta and red sauce.
2009 Pennywise Petite Sirah California $7.99
I’m a sucker for Petite sirah, can’t help myself. However, this is not one of the better examples. For about the same price as consistent Bogle or Concannon, this wine lacked the big mouthfeel you expect from PS. Wasn’t a bad wine, but just not very fulfilling, almost a little hollow in the mid palate. Almost forgot about the wine before I finished it. Can’t really recommend it, even at this price.
2010 Casa LaPostelle Cabernet Sauvignon Rapel Valley, Chile $9.99
Since Argentina made such noise in recent years, people forget how good some of the wines are from Chile. This was a well made Cabernet, with nice aromas and a good mouthfeel of dark red berry, cassis and hints of vegetable. Decent aftertaste, went very well with a steak dish. Very good producer, I’d pick this up any time.
2007 Onix Priorat Spain $11.99
This used to be my favorite ten dollar wine from Priorat. It’s gone up, but still affordable. Great tempanillo, dark in color with a fragrant nose. The flavors were long and the mouthfeel was fulfilling. Red berries, hints of tar and spice, I would serve this wine in most any Spanish tasting. Priorat is an up and coming area but most of the wines are over my price range.
OK, I'll be back - keep popping those corks and I'll meet you out behind the grapevines!
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