In this regular feature,
we spotlight those wines that offer great
bang for the buck -- under $15 bucks,
to be exact. Here you'll find our everyday
wines, house pours, and occasionally a
great new find. Have a favorite Bargain
Wine? Tell us about it at editor@wineskinny.com!
Jacob’s Creek has become
one of Australia’s largest wineries,
with annual wine production topping two
million cases. Chief Winemaker Philip
Laffer has been one of the leaders of
the Australian wine boom and continues
to be an enthusiastic student of the industry.
His philosophy on winemaking is simple,
"I believe that you maintain quality
from continuous learning and from understanding
past experiences."
Jacob’s Creek offers
several lines, including a Limited Release
series, a Reserve line, and the value-priced
"Table Wine" line that we focus
on here. We recently tasted several of
these table wines and think they offer
great bang for the buck!
($9). Fresh bouquet leads to clean, crisp
pear and green apple fruit, with melon
and sweet pea. Picks up a splash of lime
on the tasty finish. Ready to drink now.
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Try Fleur de Maquis (also known
as Brin d’Amour), a fresh
sheep’s milk cheese that
is sprinkled with rosemary, coriander,
savory and juniper berries. (France)
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($9). Baked apple and toasty oak on the
bouquet. Sweet, juicy apple and pineapple
fruit flavors, with simple vanillin oak
notes. Ready to drink now.
($10). Sweet red fruit and a light spiciness
on the bouquet, with medium-bodied red
plum and blackberry flavors and light
spice, herbal, and vanilla oak notes.
Ready to drink now.
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Smoked Gouda
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($10). Smooth, supple, easy-drinking,
with ripe cherry and plum fruit with smoky
oak, rosemary and vanilla accents that
linger on the finish. Quite tasty.
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We loved it with a sort of a
"blue brie" -- Westfield
Farm’s Hubbardston Blue!
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($10). Not crazy about this one –
it had a cherry cough-medicine flavor
that overwhelmed everything else.
Also in this line at similar
value prices are a Shiraz Cabernet and
a Grenache Shiraz.
To learn more about Jacob's
Creek and its many wines, visit them at
www.jacobscreek.com.
This now-fabulously-named column used
to be called Easy To Find One Figure Wines,
for reasons that we cannot currently remember
but were surely enthusiastic about at
the time. Anyhoo, check out our Past
Issue Index for more great value-priced
wine selections!
