Cheap Wine
$5(!) Peter Mertes Riesling Kabinett; drinkable! Yay!
Urban Oak Tempranillo: from a region new to me. Everything you'd want in an under $10 Tempranillo; perhaps a little forward compared to a Rioja or Toro, but the saddle leather is there; some structure and a noticeable finish. *. I did not like the Urban Oak (Argentine) Malbec.
Long Flat Eden Valley Riesling; refreshing, very dry. Just a bit of the slate that counters the sweetness in other Rieslings. <$10 = *.
Gallo Merlot Sonoma Reserve; characterful; smooth but not velvety. Plummy, some black cherry. Fun and stands up to food. Not as balanced, say, as the tempranillo above, but fun. $10-ish. *.
Urban Oak Tempranillo: from a region new to me. Everything you'd want in an under $10 Tempranillo; perhaps a little forward compared to a Rioja or Toro, but the saddle leather is there; some structure and a noticeable finish. *. I did not like the Urban Oak (Argentine) Malbec.
Long Flat Eden Valley Riesling; refreshing, very dry. Just a bit of the slate that counters the sweetness in other Rieslings. <$10 = *.
Gallo Merlot Sonoma Reserve; characterful; smooth but not velvety. Plummy, some black cherry. Fun and stands up to food. Not as balanced, say, as the tempranillo above, but fun. $10-ish. *.
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