Name: Astica
Year: 2010
Country: Argentina
First Sipped: The Woods
Grape: Merlot/Malbec
LCBO List Price: $7.55
Paired with: BBQ Chicken, potatoes
Impressions: J
This bottle cost less than $8 - and I bought it with the full intention to make a “tastes like Ass-tica” joke.
all in though - not ass.
It was by no means a lunge into the depths of flavour, but a solid little wine that I’d grab again, should guests I don’t favour nor despise arrive for an hour-too-long of visit.
Decent and crisp, it was enjoyed.
2 corks out of 5 for me.
Impressions: Sheri
Typically I don’t read Jason’s reviews before writing my own. That’s the deal. This time, an exception was made because I was tardy in my review and Jason wrote his days before I did. When I finally made the time to come and write this, he insisted I read his. And his joke about Ass-tica trumps any jokes I may have come up with.
This was not good. It was bitter and tasted as if it gone rancid. I recall, very distinctly I might add, the putrid sour smell that made it all too difficult to enjoy.
Jason’s rating is polite, mine - not so much.
1/5 corks