Castillo de Monseran Garnacha 2006 Cariñena, Spain The nose of this Spanish wine is full of spiced strawberries. When drinking, the strawberry is joined by raspberry and a helping of twigs from the bushes, giving it a nice, earthy quality. The spice is still there but not as strongly as in the nose. It’s highly
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Three Knights 2006 Russian River Valley Merlot Sonoma, CA Prunes and strawberries dominate the nose. There’s a crushed mint flavor that accentuates the wine’s primary notes of pepper and a bright berry somewhere between blue and boysen. Plenty of dry mouth left when the wine’s been swallowed.

VINTJS Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Napa Valley, CA A pleasant wine with a good amount of flavors mingling together–the spices are in one corner and the fruits in another. Boysenberry, lots of boysenberry, with a little currant to give it a kick. The spice flavors swirl through it like a cinnamon roll, consisting of cinnamon (who
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Evenus 2006 Zinfandel Port Paso Robles, CA The nose of this lovely dessert wine is mainly black raspberry, but there’s also a hint of licorice, making this a combo that my black-raspberry-gumdrop and black-licorice-loving father would have loved. If he drank. Which he didn’t, really. Okay . . . back on track. The first flavor
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2006 Vin Gris de Cigare Other stuff on the label: Bonny Doon Vineyards This wine is from Bonny Doon Vineyards newly acquired vines in France. There’s something innately appealing about this label-probably because of their tongue in cheek use of an old French ordinance. Look it up. This is my first rose to review and
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Gallo Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Other words on the label: Sonoma 2006 This wine has a full aroma of black raspberries. It is mellow when sipped. The flavor of pluots rises to the top.

Meridian 2006 Dry Rose Other words on the label: I’d know if the label didn’t fall off and the wine hadn’t sat in the fridge for a month before I got around to trying it. This wine is unimpressive. It’s drinkable but there’s really nothing exciting going on in the glass. Maybe there would be
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Beaujolais-Villages Red Burgundy Table Wine Other words on the label: Louis Jadot 2006 This was my first burgundy ever. Just thought you’d like to know. The wine is tart, which is a trainwreck with the cayenne-accented pizza in my mouth. Besides my ill-advised meal choice, the wine by itself tastes of an extra creamy key
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