Bright and fresh with a firm underlying structure and tropical fruit aromas and flavours, with the ability to pair with both delicate and flavourful seafood dishes, chicken and pork dishes and Asian cuisine.
Purplish. Sweet blackcurrant and blackberry notes fill the nostrils along with controlled oak. On the palate, this is a fruit bomb. The soft tannins are completely wrapped in fruit and oak, acidity is on the low side for even more softness without falling into flabbiness. An easy red that will please every palate even if it lacks character.
Pale yellow. Fruity notes of Bartlett pear and apple. Delicate acidity and a ripe fruity taste combine in the mellow mouthfeel carried by warm alcohol, but the freshness of the fruit keeps it in balance. Drink soon.
Nobody makes bigger Chardonnays in California than Ed Sbragia. Clocking in at 14.8% alcohol, this is a wine for heroes: yellow straw in colour, it has a spicy nose redolent of the forest floor and green pineapple. Full-bodied; you get fleshy, rich flavours of tropical fruit mixed with spicy oak and a long finish.
Yes, it’s expensive, but what a ride you get. Straw-coloured with a green tint, the nose is filled with spicy, sandalwood, peach and lemon with pencil-lead notes. Full-bodied and dry, the rich flavours of caramel and citrus fill the palate and linger long.
Beautiful nose of woodsy black cherry, cassis, violets, ripe plum and baking spices. It’s both supple and succulent on the palate with a rich broth of cherries, plums, raspberries, espresso bean, earth and well-integrated spices.
Ruby-purplish. Black berries and toasted oak fill the glass along with soft spicy notes. Medium-bodied, a bit low on acidity and tannins, this is easy to drink and will appeal to most palates. A safe bet when you invite a large group for dinner.