A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide to $10 Wines - A Kosher Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon

Chile can be a fine country for Cabernet Sauvignon. It does not come from the Central Valley wine growing region, the oldest and traditional wine production area of Chile. This area is divided into four areas, including the Maule Valley, which is not specifically addressed, perhaps not surprising given this wine a modest price tag. In some ways it's cheaper than at first glance because it is kosher, and kosher wine production and distribution inevitably involves additional costs. By now you probably know that kosher wines are not always super sweet. This wine is dry. Bottles from the back label states that is produced by Vina Carta Vieja and the seventh generation family winery whose first vineyards were planted 1825th But the journey to its bilingual Web site gave no indication of any wine. Please forgive me you are not calling them (I do not speak Spanish) to confirm or deny the origin.

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Wine Reviewed
Don Alfonso Cabernet Sauvignon (V) 2009 12.5% ​​alcohol about $ 10

Let's start by quoting the marketing materials. Description: The complex is filled Cabernet aromas of blackberry, cherry and black olives. Dry, ripely fruity with subtle oak notes, with no tannins to speak, but nicely balanced, anyway. Medium length, dense and smooth surface. Grilled steak is called. And now for my review.

The first sips of this wine I have oak and dark fruit, but the wine was gone very quickly. His first pairing was with a slow cooked beef ribs with potatoes in a savory sauce. This cabin is a chewy and mouth filling. It was a cordial flavored with black licorice. I also enjoyed a salad made ​​of carrots, hearts of palm, chickpeas, Lebanese cucumbers, red peppers, corn, and canned. This delicious salad softened and extended wine.

next meal was boxed parmiagana eggplant I have coffee with grated Parmesan. This Cabernet Sauvignon showed a light acidity and lots of oak. It was barely noticeable round tannins and a cherry, tobacco and čokolada.Vino is refreshing, but not powerful.

My ultimate meal is beef broth with a wooden slanutak.Vino with dark black cherries. She presented a good balance between tannins and acidity.

Prior to the traditional two cheeses I've enjoyed some Schmaltz Herring in oil instead of the more common vinegar pripremi.Kabina tasted black cherries and a slightly sweet with some oak. Together with local Provolone, wine is a little rough with light acidity and black cherries. With tasty Swiss wine is round, but not very strong.

final judgment. This wine is definitely worth buying again. Not all couples were alright, but many of them were and the price was right, even more so if you are looking for kosher wine. Many people will appreciate the relative lack of tannins, somewhat unusual for Cabernet Sauvignon.