Wine Review - 2009 Roodeberg Red: This Is Definitely A Top Value Wine For The Year
In the glass it is a medium bodied wine with an ever so slight transparency and a dark cranberry juice colour. It is quite a vibrant colour with a little bit of a watery look in the legs on the sides of the glass but it is a nice looking wine.
On the nose there is a lot of cedar and oak but it is just a touch hot when you really stick your nose in the glass. The wine really smells of black cherries and blackberry compote, meaning a thicker stewed berry smell with a touch of tobacco. It also has a slight barnyard smell which is in fact delicious. That alone makes the nose memorable but as a whole it is a great smelling wine.
Red berries are all in there with the Cabernet providing a blackberry dominance, the Shiraz gives it a nice mouthfeel and the Merlot and Petit Verdot providing good structure. This is a surprisingly well balanced wine. Though a touch tannic and a just touch thin, it is overall an awesome wine and is a shoe in for value of the year at this point in the calendar.
| Tasting Notes: | Score: | |
| Sight (0-5) | Medium bodied wine with a slight transparency deep dark cranberry red | 4.0 |
| Smell (0-5) | Cedar and oak but just a touch hot on the nose. Black Cherries and blackberry compote. Thicker stewed berry smells with a touch of pipe tobacco. Slight barnyard smell which is not at all offensive but in fact delicious. | 4.5 |
| Taste (0-10) | The berries are all there with good structure and is surprisingly well balanced. A touch tannic and a bit thin but overall an awesome wine and a leader for value of the year at $14. | 8.5 |
| Total: | 17.0 / 20 (85.0%) |
If this wine was $5 more expensive it would still be a great wine but at $14 it is a fantastic value....this one is absolutely a buy recommendation. On the Quality Price Ratio (QPR) scale it holds up as a super wine that has all the nice things that make a wine tasty and this one is a great dinner party purchase.
Keep on tasting!
Chris & Shannon
Where can we buy this wine in the U.S.?
ReplyDeleteGreat question! We did some research and it looks like Opici Wine Imports bring Roodeberg into the US and Diageo has the brand here in Canada. We found that out here - http://www.roodeberg.com/where-to-find-us/ as for finding a retailer, that looks to be more challenging. Our Google searches came back with more South African websites than anything else. Wish we could point you in a better direction. Maybe start with the importer and see where that gets you.
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