This week's Brown Bag Taste Test features three local red blends. While comparing different blends feels somewhat overwhelming, (after all, where do you even begin?), I am embracing this round as an opportunity t to begin exploring which types of blends I prefer.
As a reminder, every Wednesday three wines of the same variety will go head to head (to head), their identities hidden by the ever-inconspicuous brown paper bag! The wines will always be Washington, and always fifteen dollars or under.
Smooth, notes of berries and plum; very drinkable.
Wine No. 2
Smoky, spicy and deeply oaky. Great bold flavor, making it a tricky wine to pair.
Wine No. 3
Full-bodied, and deeply earthy. You can practically taste the generation of grapes before it.
The reveal...
No. 2 / Thurston Wolfe / 2010 Washington State Red Blend / $15
No. 3 / Kiona Vineyards / 2010 Washington State Cabernet - Merlot Blend / $14
And the winner is ...
... Kiona Vineyards Cabernet-Merlot blend! I keep finding myself gravitating towards the Cabernet-Merlot blends, despite not being a big Merlot fan. Any red blends you would recommend? I would love to try them!
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