Flash! 3 Day Deep Discounts
Gerard Bertrand Cote Des Roses & Saltram Cabernet Sauvignon
Lately, BC Liquor Stores have been periodically holding deep discount “Flash Sales” on a handful of products, typically for 3 or 4 days only.
There is a flash sale on now that I wanted to let you know about. It will be ending at close of day this Sunday May 21 and includes two previous Wine Bargains B.C. great value wine choices.
Here are the wines:
GERARD BERTRAND COTE DES ROSES ROSÉ LANGUEDOC, FRANCE
$24.99 reduced to 19.99 On flash sale until May 21 - 750 ml.
The bottle for this rosé was created in a competition at design schools in Paris and has a rose shape cut into the bottom of the bottle along with a glass stopper instead of a cork. One person I talked to, also used the bottom design to create shapes in making shortbread so when the wine is gone, you will still have a useful baking tool!
Happily, the bottle does not outshine the wine itself. Described accurately as "ballet slipper pink", the aroma and flavour shows fresh citrus, floral and strawberry notes along with drifts of grapefruit and a crisp balancing acidity. It won a Gold Medal at a Global Rosé Masters competition. Tasted ✓ 89 Points Find Store Nearest You SKU: 664441
SALTRAM CABERNET SAUVIGNON - S1 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
$19.99 reduced to 10.99 On flash sale until May 21 - 750 ml.
The best red wine deal in government stores ever? Though only a few years old, the wine is fairly well developed and so shows some more complex, balanced aromas and flavours usually found in older wines, i.e. more on the savoury fruit side and less on the fresh fruit side. On the nose, ripe blackberry and raspberry, hope chest cedar, barnyard and other savoury notes.
On the taste very similar to the aromas,with cross currents of ripe savoury fruit and aromatic wood. The wine is bigger bodied and silky all well balanced. Softened tannins and slightly lower acidity contribute to how easy drinking this is at a relatively young age.
Overall, an interesting harmonious savoury cabernet sauvignon. It drinks like it should be $20.00 - $25.00 at least, maybe a lot more. If this is your style, you might want to load up on this one. Tasted ✓ 90 Points
Find Store Nearest You SKU: 466944
Other wines, tequila, vodka and beer are also on flash sale. See All Flash Sale Items