Jeff & Lorree's
Moderately-Priced-Wine
Review Page

Wines under $15.00/bottle make up the bulk of our wine drinking. They are the everyday vins de table that we buy at the local store and drink with meals. Since we drink wine with almost every dinner, expensive wines would rapidly ruin us. We, therefore, have a vested interest in finding good, but inexpensive wines. When we find a wine we like, it also pays for us to keep track of it. Rather than simply keep the notes to ourselves, in the spirit of free flow of information, we decided to do so here, so others could share our discoveries.

We will try to give our impressions of the nose of the wine, the taste, and our overall impression. The ratings are roughly 1-10, with anything above a 4 being drinkable.

With respect to nose and taste, any flavors mentioned are very slight. They are hints of flavors rather than full flavors. To me (Jeff) at least, wine smells and tastes predominately like wine, with just bare fringes of other flavors. So just because we say "peppery" doesn't mean that it tastes like pepper, rather it means that there is something about the flavor that reminds us of pepper. As with so many things, your mileage may vary. For a much better discussion of this sort of thing, I highly recommend the Wine Spectator web-site.

Let us also get our biases out in the open. We like reds. That means the vast majority of the reviews will be of red wines. That said, let's begin!


Simply click on the buttons for the wines you are interested in and a page with the reviews will appear. Select as many wines as you like and the reviews will appear on the same page. Sorry, no search capability. Maybe later.


Bordeaux

WineGet Review?
Chateau Fleur Du Roc, 1994, Saint-Emilion, Grand Cru
Chateau Greysac, 1995, Cru Bourgeois Medoc
Mouton-Cadet, 1996, Bordeaux
Chateau Saint-Seve, 1996, Medoc

Bourgogne

WineGet Review?
Joseph Drouhin, 1996, La Foret

Loire Valley and Cabernet Franc

WineGet Review?
Chateau de Fesles, 1997, Anjou
Domaine des Galluches, 1996, Bourgueil
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie, 1993, Bourgueil
Domaine de la Chanteleuserie, 1997, Bourgueil
Domaine de la Lande, 1993, Bourgueil
Domaine de la Rodgie, 1995, Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Hahn, 1996, Cabernet Franc
Ironstone, 1995, Cabernet Franc
Les Galichets, 1996, Bourgueil
Maurice Bonnamy, Grande Reserve, 1998, Saumur
Nelson Estate, 1990, Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

WineGet Review?
Banrock Station, 1997, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon (60/40)
Laboure-Roi, 1996, Cabernet Sauvignon
Leeuwin Estate, 1992, Cabernet Sauvignon
Lindeman's Bin 45, 1996, Cabernet Sauvignon
Lindeman's Cawarra, 1996, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon
Nottage Hill, 1996, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Rita, 1996, Cabernet Sauvignon
Seaview, 1994, Cabernet Sauvignon

Chianti

WineGet Review?
Diovole, 1995, Chianti Classico
Falchini, 1996, Chianti del Collisenesi
Straccali, 1996, Chianti

Gewurztraminer

WineGet Review?
Columbia Crest, 1997, Gewurztraminer
Pierre Sparr, 1997, Gewurztraminer

Rhone

WineGet Review?
Clefs des Prelats, 1995, Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Domaine des Moulins, 1996, Cotes-du-Rhone

Sangiovese

WineGet Review?
S. Zeno, 1994, Sangiovese

Shiraz/Syrah and Blends

WineGet Review?
Banrock Station, 1997, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon (60/40)
Banrock Station, 1997, Shiraz
Black Opal, 1996, Shiraz
Bogle, 1996, Petite Sirah
Caroline de Beaulieu, 1996, Syrah
Chantefleur, 1996, Syrah
Leasingham, 1995, Shiraz
Les Jamelles, 1996, Syrah
Lindeman's Cawarra, 1996, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon
Nottage Hill, 1995, Shiraz
Nottage Hill, 1996, Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon
Parducci, 1995, Petite Sirah
Jacques Pouget, 1996, Shiraz
Rosemount, 1996, Shiraz
Rosemount, 1997, Shiraz
Seppelt, 1994, Shiraz
Wyndham Estate, Bin 555, 1996, Shiraz

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