Summer Wines from Food & Wine
I recently posted about Summer Wines and Tammy from Celebrate Wine found some further information on great Summer Wines.
If any one is like me, I am horrible with all that “nutty, fruity, citrusy…” talk when it comes to wine. I am a simple person. I like strong, dry flavor…oh, and yes….I am cheap.
Food & Wine has their list of the 25 Best Wines for Summer….and they are at my price point:
2006 Montes Limited Selection Sauvignon Blanc ($14)
Montes, one of Chile’s best Sauvignon Blanc producers, makes this crisp, citrusy reserve bottling with grapes from the Leyda valley, close to the Pacific Ocean.
2004 Errazuriz Wild Ferment Chardonnay ($20)
Smoky, herbal and full of rich lemon-curd flavors, this sleek white is fermented with wild yeasts, which tend to create more exotic flavors and aromas than commercial strains.
2006 Susana Balbo Crios Rosé of Malbec ($19)
Star Argentine winemaker Susana Balbo uses old-vine Malbec grapes from the Agrelo subregion of Mendoza to create this lightly spicy, strawberry-inflected rosé.
2005 The Show Cabernet Sauvignon ($15)
This ebullient, cassis-driven Cabernet comes from the same trio of innovative wine professionals (including Napa Valley’s seemingly ubiquitous Joel Gott) who created the equally engaging Three Thieves label a few years back.
2005 2 up Shiraz ($14)
This affordable new blackberry-rich Shiraz bottling from Australia’s Kangarilla Road Winery takes its name from an Australian gambling game that initially became popular with soldiers during World War I.
2001 Chivite Gran Feudo Reserva ($18)
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot form the blend in this structured red from one of the oldest producers in Spain’s Navarra region. Its taste recalls wild boysenberries.
As the article suggests these are just some ideas, a jumping off point. If you are concerned not only about taste but also your pairings, go to the right of the article. Here they give several different Summer time foods and offer several suggestions of wine to pair.
Again, they are all at great price points, and what I love about this, I can go to the wine store with wine name in hand and they can scoot me in the right direction.
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