winery,label,wine,vintage,nose,mouth,legs,color,finish,dryness,alcohol,grapes,rating,kiddush,body,certification,mevushal,passover,comments,category,nominalcolor,limbs,price,date,country,appellation,filename,nominaldryness
Abarbanel,Chateau de la Salle,Beaujolais Villages,2002,"Intense, almost blueberry",,,Red,,Dry,12.0,Gamay,3,,Medium,"OU, Badatz Lyon",t,t,"Abarbanel does an excellent job on their Beaujolais, so much so that their Beaujolais Noveau is occassionaly rated among the best in the US. This Beaujolais is estate-bottled, usually a mark of higher quality in these wines, a guarantee that the grapes  have some traceability and accounting.
Abarbanel's Beaujolais is a fun wine to drink. Its intense fruitiness makes it palatable to people who prefer sweeter wines.  This is the wine I usually bring with me when I don't know about the tastes of the person with whom I will share the wine; and I try to keep at least one of these on my wine rack.",Beaujolais,Red,,10,2003-09-03,France,,abv2002,Dry
Abarbanel,Chateau de la Salle,Beaujolais Villages Nouveau,,,,,Red,,,12.0,Gamay,,,,OU,t,t,"Beaujolais Nouveau is supposed to be a fun, rather than serious wine, and meant to be enjoyed in just the month or so after release (traditionally, the third Thursday in November).
In 2001, Abarbanel's Beaujolais Nouveau was simply excellent. Not only did I and my guests enjoy this wine, but the Wall Street Journal rated this inexpensive, kosher wine as one of the five best they'd tasted that years of all the nouveau wines.
Abarbanel's 2002 vintage was very disappointing; the wine tasted like blueberry juice with a little kick, a caricature of itself. Abarbanel's supplies of nouveau were much better in 2002 than in the previous year, which makes me wonder if the winery responded to the previous year's popularity by simply pushing wine out the door without making certain it was any good.
The lesson is very simple: each vintage is a rule unto itself, and every winery can have a bad year.",,Red,,12,2001-2002,France,Beaujolais,acdlsbvn,Dry
Adega Cooperative,,Terras De Belmonte,2003,,,,Red,,Very Dry,13.0,Various,3,,Medium,OU,t,t,"There's quite a blend of different grapes in this wine: Jaen, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, and Rufete -- I freely admit that I'm not familiar with any of them. For all that, I didn't notice any distinctive taste for this wine; while it was an decent bottle of wine, I didn't taste anything particuarly exotic.
I suspect, given how it aged, that this wine might benefit from a year or two in the bottle. Otherwise, it's a perfectly acceptable wine, but not particularly top-notch.",,Red,,13,2004-11-26,Portugal,Beira Interior,actdb2002,Dry
Altoona Hills,,Cabernet Merlot,2002,,,,Dark red,,Medium dry,13.5,Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot,3,,,OU,t,t,"This is an inexpensive wine. I find it drinkable and a bargin at this price; other friends find it completely impossible to drink. I've tried two bottles, and while it isn't impressive it isn't horrid.
Through a typographical error, the bottles don't say Kosher for Passover and don't say Mevushal -- a pretty serious oversight. This wine is kosher for Passover and Mevushal.",,Red,,7,2005-04,Australi,,alhls2002,Dry
Abarbanel,,Merlot,2001,,,,Red,,,13.0,Merlot,3,,,OU,t,t,"This is a standard Merlot, not very distinguished, a decent value for its price.",,Red,,10,2003-11,France,Vin de Pays de L'Aude,am,Dry