May Deals # 27
Springy New Bargains - $2.00 to $9,00 Reductions
Hello and welcome back.
This month’s sale lasts until the end of day, Saturday June 1. There are sixty great value wines available this month, including seven new Wine Picks and twenty-one 90+ point wines. As always, new wine picks are placed at the top of each flavour profile category, previous picks now on sale are next and the Rarer Bird category is listed below that.
Wine Bargains - Let's Get Started
The wine bargains below are independently reviewed by me and most are widely available from B.C. government stores.
For May, the wines chosen are in these styles:
Ripe Fruit Forward Reds (15 wines, 1 new) | Savoury Fruit Reds (13 wines, 3 new) | Lighter Fruit Reds (2 wines) | Medium Bodied Smooth Whites (7 wines) | Bigger, Oak Influenced Whites (5 wines, 1 new) | Crisp Dry Whites (7 wines, 1 new) | Aromatic Whites (1 wine) | Rosé (7 wines, 1 new) | Sparkling (3 wines)
TOP 5 VALUE-FOR-PLEASURE WINE PICKS FOR MAY
Savoury Fruit Reds (think fruit tea, cranberry, tomato sauce)
TOP PICK #5 ANCIANO NO.3 VENDIMIA SELECCIONADA - RIOJA, SPAIN Non-vintage
$13.99 reduced to $11.99 until June 1 - 750 ml.
There's no finish line with wine. I had had Anciano wines in the past and remembered thinking of them as being a little below average in value. But wines and wineries never stand still. You have to keep an open mind and continue trying new things. I'm very glad I did.
This was a very pleasant surprise. The wine tastes the way Spanish wine tastes in Spain by which I mean there is an immediacy and freshness in the flavour details that are often blurred by the time it arrives on a North American shelf. If you've had the very good fortune to taste wine in Europe, you will know what I mean.
This reminds me of a wine you would get from a local wine co-op that though simple and straight forward, is a wine with "somewhereness", a sense of place. It also has an authentic set of flavours true to the grape it's made from which in this case is Tempranillo, one of the main constituent grapes of Rioja.
Note that this is a non-vintage wine. That can sometimes be a warning note in the case of made-by- marketing committee, industrial wines that are more of a concoction. Those wines are made non-vintage in part so that they can impart a consistent brand flavour regardless of vintage.
But the opposite, as in this case, can also be true. A well blended non-vintage wine can be very good if done properly. It depends on the juice you start with and how well you blend it. This version of things can also make for a consistent wine and one that can be excellent value. The wine smells immediately good and honest with savoury cherry, some gaminess and tobacco. There's smoothness in the texture and a light touch of oak in the background. The flavours linger and are well balanced with no contrary flavours to produce buyer's remorse. Excellent value here. Tasted ✓ 88 Points
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