November Wine Round Up: California, Spain & Italy
For our November #winewednesday, we tried six wines and today I’m reviewing five of them – these came from Spain, Italy and California.
November Wine Round Up
Whites:
Matanzas Creek Winery sent a three pack of wines – two whites and one red. Matanzas Creek has estate-wines that are certified to be sustainable from two different organizations.
- 2013 Matanzas Creek Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc had notes of lime, grapefruit, nectarine and citrus with herbal notes. This was a great expression of sauvignon blanc.
- 2012 Matanzas Creek Sonoma County Chardonnay had notes of white stone fruit with flowers and buttery notes and buttery notes. It was well balanced and had some depth to it.
Reds:
- 2011 Matanzas Creek Sonoma County Merlot had notes of blueberry, tobacco, plum, chocolate and tea leaves. It was smooth, juicy and delicious.
- 2009 Cune Rioja Reserva had notes of plum, licorice, spice, cherry and notes of smoke. It’s a balanced wine and a very drinkable rioja.
- 2012 Liberta Toscana had notes of currant, cherry, cedar, some minerality and lots of balsamic. Trust me – that’s a good thing. I really like this wine. It was complex, but totally approachable.
