Unlock the secrets of enjoying high-quality wines without breaking the bank! Discover how a $9.99 bottle from Trader Joe’s can offer an unexpectedly delightful experience that rivals some of the more elite selections. We take you on a journey through the art of blending, examining how the combination of older and younger wines culminates in the Corvallia Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, Lot 22. This episode shines a spotlight on Paso Robles as a celebrated region for Cabernet Sauvignon, and we investigate whether its excellence truly extends to value-priced offerings.
Join us as we explore the expertise behind Bozano and Company, the masterminds crafting top-notch wines for major retailers like Trader Joe’s, Aldi, and Costco. We’ll break down the flavors and textures you can expect from this non-vintage gem, from oak-aged spice to chewy tannins. The Corvallia Lot 22 is more than just a budget-friendly option—it’s a testament to the potential of affordable wines to capture the essence of their origin and winemaking skill. So pour a glass and listen in as we unravel the complexities and rich flavors that make this Cabernet Sauvignon a standout choice for any wine lover.
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hey, it's domain day from cheap wine. Fighter calm. Another review of a value price. To wind, this one is a 999 wine from Trader Joe's. It's the Corvallia Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, lot 22. Lot 22 rather than 2022.
Speaker 1:
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It's not a vintage wine, not that that necessarily matters. There was a time when I saw a wine that was non-vintage. It'd be like, oh no, they try to buy the cheapest grapes possible, but that actually isn't. Sometimes it's the winemaker's, but that actually isn't. Sometimes it's the winemaker's choice of what he's doing. There is a website for the Corviglia wines. There's a red wine, a Zinfandel, and this Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles. Paso is a really good place for Cabernet Sauvignon. Paso is a really good place for Cabernet Sauvignon. There are wine experts who say that their cabs rival Napa Valley. I mean it just has a good place for it. It's got the climate, it's got the soil, it's got the topographical things going on and not that. You know, for a $10 wine you don't really get all that going with that. It's usually for the elite websites or whatever, but it does factor on down to the more affordable wines. If it's a good place for Cabernet Sauvignon, it's also a good place for affordable Cabernet Sauvignon.
Speaker 1:
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So why is this a non-vintage wine instead of a Lot 22 wine? I'm not too sure. I'm not sure at all, I don't know. They didn't say the website's kind of pretty. They have a nice uh website. The bottle looks good, everything's about the wine looks first class and I'm thinking they, since it's a collaboration with a top passeroble's winery and this and this is Bozano and Company, which they make a lot of wines for. I've seen them making wines for Trader Joe's, I believe Aldi's and possibly Costco and other places.
Speaker 1:
2:15
There's a lot of people who buy their own brands and it's actually gotten so good that you don't know the difference. I mean, a store brand and a retail brand are pretty much the same thing nowadays, except the store brand might be, probably is cheaper. So I'm thinking that maybe there is a wine, an older wine, left over, you know, because if the winery's selling it off, it's left over and they have a younger wine. So you've got a wine aged in and oak. And this is aged and oak. You can you can get the oak spice, you can get the chocolate, you can get the creamy vanilla and you get the darker roasted flavors, you get the savory notes on the nose. So you're getting a maybe a older wine with a younger one. You put those two things together and you get something that's really interesting. It doesn't happen all the time because usually everything's the same vintage, but with the value price wines, if you can do mix and match and blending, you can take something that is okay and turn it into good. I'm going to take a sip, thank you.
Speaker 1:
3:33
It's a good wine. It's a solid wine. It really delivers for its price point, $10. It's got rich, deep flavor. It's got some interesting spices going on. It's got it's kind of chewy with the tannins which you want with the Cabernet Sauvignon. The tannins don't pull but you do get them a little chewy. If you ever find yourself chewing a little bit on a red wine, that's probably tannins there. It does really well. So it's a lot.
Speaker 1:
4:03
22 rather than 20-22. That doesn't really matter. It's up to the winemaker to make the wine. At this point, if it's selling for $3 and it's non-vintage, you might want to stay away from it because non-vintage and super, super cheap. But if you've got paso robles, a top-notch uh growing region, and you got a top winery on top of that, just let it be drinking if you like it. It's good and that's where we're at with this one.
Speaker 1:
4:36
This is the Crevelia Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, lot 22. It's a solid Cabernet Sauvignon. It sips well. I mean, it's a sipping wine. You can drink it. It's easy to drink. Often when you go to a high-end tasting it's easy to drink as if that's something bad. No, it's something good. Why would a wine ever be hard? Why would you have to suffer to drink wine? You don't, and it's good. So there you go.
Speaker 1:
5:05
This is next time I talk to somebody it'll be December and we're going to be doing the holiday upscale. We already did a champagne which I found for half price. That's the one before this one. So there you go. This is Cabernet that you could pop the top on. It looks good on the table. No one will know it's Trader Joe's, not that that's a mark against it anymore, but it can hold. This wine can hold its own with anything you know, 15 and under in the retail stores and it's and there's nothing wrong with that. So that's it for me. Domain Dave CheapWineFightercom. We write up three value-priced wines a week and then we plug in the pod. Not that we don't plug in the podcast, we plug in the microphone and my microphone's plugged in and I'm just about ready to quit talking and start drinking the wine. So, adios, keep it cheap. I'll be talking to everybody in a couple of days. Like I said, we'll be doing party wines and bubblies and that type of thing. So keep it cheap. Adios, stay warm. Bye.
