The Top Ten Wines for Fall, PLCB Style
Submitted by THE WINE SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA
These are the top wines for the next month or so. Grab them when you can! You can use our Wine Finder to locate all these wines.
Bodega Norton 2005 Malbec Reserva (Chile)
PLCB: $12/Outside of Pennsylvania: $13-$20
This wine is everywhere right now, and its worth picking up a few bottles at the current ($12) PLCB price. The structure is aggressively tannic and muscular with a core of bitter chocolate and raspberry. Sweet oak flavors come through in the finish as vanilla and toast.
Graham Beck 2001 “The Ridge” Syrah (South Africa)
PLCB: $15/ Outside of PA: $24
Oddly enough, the best “Chairman Selections” in the PLCB system are not really part of that program. They just arrive without any fanfare. This is one of them. This Syrah drinks like a crozes hermitage. A jet of acidity lifts the intense roasted game flavors with accents of cranberry and blackberry. The finish is dense with briar and smoke, but this medium-bodied beauty never feels unbalanced or overly aggressive.
