Tangley Oaks wines – buy & plant a tree today!
Terlato Wines International occasionally sends me a few wines from one of their brands to review. As always I’m not going to tell you about berries and such. Your tastes are special to you and your circumstancs.
For every bottle sold today, Arbor Day, they will sponsor the planting of a tree. This seems like a good thing so please consider it.
About the wines that Katya and I tasted:
- 05 Napa Valley Cab – Retail $22. It is 100% Cab and aged in French oak which we prefer. We found the oak to be light with nose and taste moderate. This is not a robust blow your socks off Cab and is targeted to the majority of wine drinkers. If you are a Cab lover and see the bottle on a shelf then you will probably be pleased with it.
- 06 Napa Valley Merlot – Retail $15. To us this was an average Napa Merlot. Nothing outstanding but certainly should not be avoided. We had a great time pairing chocolate and blackberries with it. It had the normal nose and taste of better quality Merlots and a bit more robust and interesting than many, if not most, of what is on retail shelves.
- 06 Santa Barbara County Chardonnay – Retail $15. Katya didn’t like this Chard and that is highly unusual. She tried it the next day and didn’t either. Rarely do we differ but I thought it tasted quite good with all the expected Chard nose and taste. I found a gentle oak and very soft butter in the taste with slight bananas. I frequently taste bananas in better Chards but I may be the exception. I love bananas. (OK, I cheated and told you what I taste.)
We tasted these wines over 2 – 3 days because we enjoy the changes. All of them were enjoyable after the first day, other than Katya and the Chard issue for her.
Compared to tasting room prices in California I would consider these wines as nicely below the average for their quality and structure.
So buy today and claim responsibility for a tree planted in your honor 
- jim