The Wine: 2007 Red Supper Wine
The Price: $6.99 at Trader Joe's
San Greal takes their name from the French for Holy Grail. The winery is located in California's Mendocino County, in the Russian River valley; the origin of many fine wines.
The wine is a blend of 55% Syrah, 23% Merlot and 22% Sangiovese. This is information that they left off the label, but I was able to find it on their website. The wine is dark red in color. The bottle was stopped with a screw cap, and the wine was decanted 45 minutes before tasting.
The wine has aromas of blackberry, cherry and black pepper.
The wine is fairly awful. It has a very gritty mouth-feel. It has a strong alcohol flavor, which overwhelms the flavor of the wine. Once you get through the alcohol flavor, there are flavors of berries and spice. But the berry flavor is fairly tart and not at all appealing.
They call this Red Supper Wine. Last Supper is more like it. Yuck! As I said at the beginning, Mendocino's Russian River Valley is the origin of many fine wines. This, however, is not one of them.
1 comment:
Gritty wines are the worst!
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