James Pauls

9.0

Delicious wine at an excellent price! Paired amazing with stone oven pizza. Been looking for an easy drinking low cost regular go to wine and this might be it. Will definitely be getting more bottles. — 17 hours ago

James Pauls

9.5

Magnificent — 2 months ago

James Pauls

8.4

Third Chianti I have tried and third completely different experience. This one had a much heavier mouthfeel, and a lot less flavour than the other two I tried. It did improve and open up after an hour like the others, but I felt underwhelmed by the lack of boldness and very mild flavour. Almost like it was past its prime and had lost a bit. Heavy taste of black cherry and current, and even a hint of strawberry. Glad I tried it for the experience of it but won’t be buying this bottle again. — 4 months ago

James Pauls

9.1

First chianti I have tried!

Initial taste: not a fan. Very fruity! Heavy notes of cherry and current, almost as strong as a fruit wine, but not as sweet and with a regular wine mouthfeel. Additionally, HEAVY port vibes. Really wasn’t a fan of how heavy the molasses of the port taste was. After initial taste I thought I wasn’t going to like this wine.

After decanting: very happy to say I was completely wrong to be worried about this wine. Turned out excellent. All of the above notes remained, but became MUCH more mild, and not only tolerable but enjoyable. Most of all the port taste is only faint now, which is what turned me off the most. I now taste an ever so faint grassy taste, in a good way.

This is probably the first ‘fruity’ wine I really enjoy. Glad I tried it, and will continue to explore more chiantis! — 5 months ago

James Pauls

8.6

This wine needs a full 90 mins+ to decant NO EXCEPTIONS! VERY bitter after first opening, thought it had gone bad because of how off it was. A part of me was worried I’d have to dump the bottle because this was probably the worst wine sampling I’ve had immediately after the opening prior to letting it oxidize. After decanting the bitterness 100% went away and became quite pleasant. But it really needed well over an hour to go away, continued to improve over that time frame.

Very pleasant and easy drinking wine, but nothing exceptional. Would rather pay slightly more and get something I love, probably wouldn’t buy again at its price. But definitely worth trying once along a journey to discover more wines. It was pleasant and paired VERY well with steak.

This Bordeaux is almost entirely Merlot. With just minimal cab franc. A more balanced blend gives a better flavour I think. No earthiness at all from this bottle.

Won’t buy again, but gained knowledge with this bottle, so was worth it. Delicious wine and steak dinner. For just a “pair with dinner wine” I have no complaints at all. — 2 days ago

James Pauls

9.3

Fucking delicious! First Spanish wine I have tried and very satisfied. Very easy drinking. Was good as soon as I opened the bottle and only got better as it opened up.

Very well rounded. A little earthy, a little round? Nothing stuck out too much, apart from just being a VERY easy drinking wine! Got it at an excellent price relative to the flavour also which justifies the rating. — 4 months ago

James Pauls

9.4

Loved it! Unlike that last Chianti I tried which took an hour to open up (starting WAY too fruity and milding off), this was delicious right away. Started very earthy and drinkable immediately, the earthiness became less pronounced and became slightly more fruity as it opened. Excellent wine! — 4 months ago

James Pauls

8.2

Not a bad bottle, but didn’t love it. Very earthy, maybe even a bit too much. Won’t get it again. — 15 days ago

James Pauls

8.9

Upon opening, VERY bitter and strong. Have to let this one open. Upon opening got pretty good. Similar flavour to the previous rioja I’ve had many times that I love, but this is just more of it and much stronger and more flavourful. Not sure that I want that out of a wine, pretty sure I’m not willing to pay more for it. Not sure if I should attribute that to the wine or its age (oldest bottle I have yet tried).

Lighter and easier drinking reds are my preference at the moment. Maybe I will feel differently and prefer the stronger flavours once I am more seasoned into wines as I’ve become with scotch.

Definitely will return to this bottle if that becomes the case, otherwise prefer other favorites or to try new wines at the price.

It’s really not a bad wine. A lot of flavour and a lot going on.… I highly suspect I just am not able to fully appreciate what it is giving me at this point in my wine journey. — 16 days ago

James Pauls

9.4

My favourite BC wine <3 — 4 months ago