Ivasari Old Vines Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – 2008 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Produced by Cantina Fratelli Barba 13.5%

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Aged 14 months in French Oak – 100% Montepluciano

$22.99 – SRP

Scent notes of fallen leaves on autumnal forest floor, chocolate, crushed blueberry and violets.

Northerly fruit–just picked blueberry, bayberry, bright red cherry, hint of game and porcini mushroom, micro hints and subtly of cinnamon and clove.

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Velonisi Rossi Piceno Sup Roggio de Filare – 2007 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Wild cherry-cranberry, cinnamon, Mexican vanilla, and mid-summer herbs.

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Velenosi Rosso Piceno Superiore Roggio Del Filare – 2005 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio MeléJames the Wine Guyndez

This wine a focus of scents and flavors of reduced plum, red floral notes, cardamom and wooded brush.

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Pelago Marche Rosso – 2001 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Montepulciano, and 10% Merlot and presents with notes of bramble berries, heirloom tomato, allspice, and smoke.

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Tommolo Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – 2007 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

The Montepulciano grape is lighter in style, slightly vitreous, higher in it’s acid profile.  This particular wine is subdued in it’s initial taste.  This wine gives notes of black cherry and finishes prominently with cedar, pepper and sweet spices.  Overall this is a drier wine than might command food—Marinara-based food.

This wine another fine selection at Trader Joes and I continue to be pleasantly surprised with a $4.99 retail.  And there’s more…..it’s organic!  I don’t just review wines found @ Trader Joes—however—I am just finding outstanding values that are easy on the pocket book and make their offering makes it possible to enjoy wine without emptying your wallet.

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