WINE
By Michael Buffalo Smith
Caduceus Dos Ladrones 2012 This Arizona white wine
boasts a very tasty 50/50 blend of Malvasia and chardonnay. The nose has a nice floral scent with notes of pineapple and melon. Fresh, crisp and dry, the acidity of the malvasia gives way to the rich- ness of the chardonnay as you sip it. It’s just the right amount of chardonnay, and features a nice citrus taste. This is now one of my very
favorite white wines, well worth the price of $59.95. There are no aftertastes of sugar that usually comes along with white wine. Excellent.
The Original Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon 2015, California Smoking Loon is an inexpensive, yet very
nice wine. There are expressions of vanilla and red plum/cherry on the nose, an amazing aroma. It’s a smooth, dry, medium bodied wine that boasts notes of vanilla, peppercorn, mint and smoke on the pallet. It’s not the most complex wine, but definitely good for the cost. Pairs well with beef or venison
Woodbridge Pinot Noir 2014 Lodi, California I have written before of my love for Wood-
bridge’s Lightly Oaked chardonnay, a very tasty wine for very little money. As it turns out, the Woodbridge Pinot is equally impressive. On the nose, you are immediately captivated by the aro- mas of ripe cherries and a hint of cocoa, which follow through to the pallet. I will be honest, I wasn’t used to the punch that pino packed, and after glass number three, I admit I was a bit tipsy. Not that that’s a bad thing. This wine boasts a smooth, velvet like finish, and it totally turned me on to pino. There’s something to be said for af-
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fordable everyday wines, especially. I had gotten used to drinking their chardonnay, which I also love, but the pino knocked me for a loop in more ways than one.
Yellow Tail Pino Noir 2012 More affordable wine from down under.
This Australian wine sells for around $5.98 a bot- tle, but it’s still good. While Australia is best known for their darker wines, it is beginning to produce high quality pino noir in its cooler re- gions. The nose on this bottle was dominated by notes of strawberry and a bit of vanilla. The palate is delicate, with flavors of cherry and spice coming through, and those flavors hang on for the finish. A nice, cheap dinner wine.
Cul-De-Sac Chardonnay California 2015 When I found this wine on sale at a local
grocer at 3 bottles for $9.99, I had to laugh, think- ing back to my heady high school days of the mid- 1970’s, when we would buy Boone’s Farm wine for about that same price if I recall. It was cheap wine and we didn’t care. We were teenagers out smoking Winston cigarettes, drinking wine and raising hell! I just had to try some Cul-De-Sac, although I ex- pected it to taste according to its price. Let’s just say, you get what you pay for. •
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