A Costco Bargain Gambler’s Ghost North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 – The $8.99 Costco Hidden Gem!

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another

wine

review
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We've

got

this

one

from

Costco
.

It's

$8.99
.

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do

three

right

up

on

the

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website
.

We

write

up

three

reviews

a

week

and

then

we

do

a

podcast

of

each

one
.

And

that's

where

we're

at

right

now
.

Speaker 1
0:22

And

this

is

the

Gambler's

Ghost

north

coast

cabernet

sauvignon

2022

8.99

at

costco
,

and

I

checked

the

web

and

the

prices

were

anywhere

between

15

and

25
.

If

you

bought

it

online
.

The

25

is

a

bit

much
,

but

the

15
,

a

little

higher
,

sounds

right
,

so

you

can

get

it

half

price
,

just

about

at

uhco

for

a

North

Coast

cabin
.

What

is

the

North

Coast
?

North

Coast

is

Napa
,

sonoma
,

mendocino
,

lake

County
.

Lake

County

is

due

north

of

Napa

and

there's

a

couple

other

small

AVAs

or

usually

boutique-y

kind

of

places
,

and

in

this

time

it's

Lake

County

and

Sonoma

where

the

grapes

came

from

and

it's

a

pretty

good

wine
.

Let

me

take

a

taste

of

it
.

It's

the

Gambler's

Ghost

line

of

wines
.

I

checked

out

who

made

it

by

going

to

the

California

Wine

Cola

Registry
.

That's

the

thing

that

everybody

asks

all

the

winemakers

have

to

register

their

labels

with

make

sure

it's

all

up

and

up
,

and

it

seems

like

there's

a

couple

of

wines

in

the

Gambler's

Ghosts
,

the

line

of

wines

and

a

different

company

made

each

one

of

them
.

So

it's

kind

of

different

for

me
.

I

haven't

really

noticed

that

anyway

before
.

Speaker 1
1:48

So

what

we

have

here

is

a

Cabernet

Sauvignon

that

they

aged

in

for

10

months

and

60%

new

French

oak

barrels
.

So

you

go

oh
,

that's

nice
.

Well
,

yeah
,

it

is

nice

because

a

French

oak

barrel

is

going

to

be

north

of

$1,000

apiece

and

you're

going

to

need

a

bunch

of

them

for

these

things
.

And

nobody

goes

to

the

expo

of

doing

60%

new

barrels
.

If

you

use
,

like

you

see
,

it's

only

like

10%

new
,

the

rest

they

keep

on

using
.

If

you're

only

going

to
,

if

you're

only

going

to

age

the

wine

for

six

months

here

it

was

10

months

you

can

reuse

these

things

many

times

in

a

season
.

You

can

use

it

six
,

seven

times
.

If

you

put

it

in

there

for

two

years

or

something
,

then

you're

going

to

be

pretty

much

done

when

you

pour

the

wine

out
.

But

nobody

spends

that

kind

of

money

on

bad

grapes

ever
.

I

mean
,

why

would

you

do

it
?

I

mean

it

doesn't

make

sense
.

So

you've

got

new

oak

for

10

months
,

new

French

oak

too
.

Speaker 1
2:57

French

oak

is

more

subtle
.

American

oak

tends

to

have

more

of

that

chocolate-vanilla

thing

going

on
,

and

the

other

one's

more

spicy

and

it

gives

subtler

flavors
.

Still

good
,

both

are

well

American

value

priced

wines

and

American

oak

tend

to

be

like

chocolatey

and

creamy

type

of

thing
.

I'm

going

to

take

another

sip
.

It

tastes

good
.

This

is

a

good

wine
.

I

mean

that's

all

there

is

to

it
.

Speaker 1
3:33

It's

got

a

couple

different

levels

to

it
.

It

starts

out

with

this

fruit

and

then

it

gets

kind

of

spicy

and

a

little

bit

rustic

on

the

edge
,

which

is

a

really

nice

taste

of

it
.

I

mean

it's

not

just

one

thing
,

it's

two

things

really
,

which

that

transition

is

kind

of

really

nice

for

$8.99
.

Yeah
,

I

mean

it's

a

pretty

good

Cabernet

Sauvignon
.

It's

very

sippable
.

I

mean

sometimes

Cab's

got

tannins

to

the

point

where

sipping

isn't

fun
.

American

value-priced

cabernet

sauvignon

usually

have

their

tannins

in

check

but

tannins

can

give

you

dry

mouth
.

But

when

you

have

it

with

food

then

it

makes

perfect

sense

because

it

balances

out
,

because

you

need

that

little

extra

structure

to

cut

through

the

food

and

this

one

sips

well
.

But

you

can

have

it

with

anything
.

I

mean

you

can

have

steak
,

you

can

have

pizza
,

you

can

have

tacos
,

it

doesn't

matter

Anywhere

a

solid

red

wine

goes

and

you

can

always

tell

people

you

can

get

it

for

$8.99
.

You

paid

the

$25

for

it
.

They'll

be

impressed
.

I'm

going

to

take

another

sip
.

So

there

you

go
.

This

is

a

good

wine
.

Never

heard

of

it
.

Speaker 1
4:53

Gambler's

Ghost
,

it's

North

Coast
.

North

Coast

is
,

like

you

know
.

You

hear

the

Central

Coast

all

the

time
,

but

with

the

North

Coast

they

either

want

to

say

Napa

or

they

want

to

say

Sonoma
.

So

when

you

don't

have

100%

of

either

one
,

you

get

this
.

Oh
,

and

it's

80%

Cabernet

Sauvignon
,

15%

Merlot
,

5%

Petit

Verdot
,

which

would

make

it

a

Bordeaux

blend
.

But

since

80%

of

it's

Cabernet

Sauvignon
,

you

can

legally

say

this

is

a

single

varietal

which

it

is

Adding

a

little

bit

to
.

Speaker 1
5:27

Cabernet

Sauvignon

has

traditionally

been

the

way

to

go
.

I

mean
,

in

France

that's

all

they

do

pretty

much
.

It's

rare

to

find

a

single

one
.

So

that's

it

for

me
.

Domain

Dave

cheapwinefightercom
.

This

is

a

costco

bargain
.

It's

the

gambler's

ghost
.

North

coast

cabernet

sauvignon

2022
.

It's

way

under

priced

it's

about

half

the

price

it

is

anywhere

else
,

at

least

from

a

quick

check

of

the

web

and

it's

well

worth

drinking
.

It

tastes

great
,

it's

well

made

and

you

can

get

two

for

16

bucks

or
,

uh

no
,

nine

bucks
,

18

bucks
,

so

that's

not

too

bad
.

So
,

adios
,

keep

it

cheap
.

Stay

warm
.

It

seems

like

it's

gonna

get

a

little

warmer

around

here

in

chicago

and

I'll

let

the

sax

player

play

us

out

a

little

bit
,

and
,

uh
,

I'll

be

talking

to

everybody

in

a

couple

days
.

Adios
,

bye
,

bye
,

keep

it

cheap
.

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