ON-178632 BC-413013 QC-308999

Big House Red 2012

Red Blend Red Blend
California, Usa

$13.00 (178632)

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Sugar Content: 12 g/L Deep ruby- purple colour; ripe black cherry, plum and spice aromas with a touch of oak; dry, medium body; black fruit flavours with soft tannin and oak spice in the finish. Serve with grilled burgers or beef kebabs
87 pts
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Critic Reviews (2)

Steve Thurlow
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Steve Thurlow

The 2012 vintage is a big improvement with some complexity to nose and palate making this a good buy for a...

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David Lawrason
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This is a fairly simple fruity, fairly candied red with pretty floral raspberry-plummy fruit. Reminds me of Zinfandel...

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Community Reviews (5)

Diane Foy
Diane Foy

I like this wine, medium body, fruity

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Francois Botha
Francois Botha

Cherry, spices, and meatiness on the nose. It is very juicy with soft tannins and a medium body, but there are better wines at this price point.

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shailaigh
shailaigh

I actually wrote a review before reading the write-up here, but then I read it and found that many of my observations were already listed in the wine's description.

I liked it, pretty much exactly what it said it was (for me.) Tasted January 2014.

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Ed Whitebone
Ed Whitebone

Went to bring up a Saint-Julien Cru classe en 1855 from my wine cellar and thought that the chateau on this label was the Ducru-Beaucaillou and wasn't about to go back down and replace it.

Very nice dark berry nose on this. Enjoyed it much more than the $10 Puglia IGTs I've been drinking lately.

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