Costco has had Slow Press Cabernet Sauvignon in the store for several weeks and I have had it in my wine fridge for almost as long. I have been trying new whites to accompany a lot of seafood, as well as exploring some wines from Lidl and I just never got around to opening this wine. While I was neglecting red wines from Costco, I knew that there were other blogs reviewing those wines and I did not want to repeat what was being said elsewhere.
I was not enthusiastic about this wine when I bought it since it was a California wine rather than one from a more narrowly defined AVA renowned for Cabernet Sauvignon, such as Napa Valley. I later learned that the grapes are from Paso Robles, San Lucas (Monterrey) and Lodi aged for 9 months in American Oak.
When I finally opened the bottle, I found this wine to have intense bold flavors of dark berries, plum and cola and I was pleasantly surprised about the quality. Wine Enthusiast rates the wine at 91 points and I have no reason to disagree!
Costco is selling this wine for only $11.99 and that is a great deal, but here is where I will tell you something you will not read on the other blogs. Total Wines also sells this wine for $11.99 and if you have the right coupon, you can buy it for 10%-15% less than at Costco. You must have a coupon that is not limited to only "winery direct" wines. The coupon that I recently received by e-mail would take 15% off of any wine that does not have a price ending in "7", so I can buy this wine for $10.19.
I strongly recommend this wine.
SC Wine Joe rating = 91 points
I was not enthusiastic about this wine when I bought it since it was a California wine rather than one from a more narrowly defined AVA renowned for Cabernet Sauvignon, such as Napa Valley. I later learned that the grapes are from Paso Robles, San Lucas (Monterrey) and Lodi aged for 9 months in American Oak.
When I finally opened the bottle, I found this wine to have intense bold flavors of dark berries, plum and cola and I was pleasantly surprised about the quality. Wine Enthusiast rates the wine at 91 points and I have no reason to disagree!
Costco is selling this wine for only $11.99 and that is a great deal, but here is where I will tell you something you will not read on the other blogs. Total Wines also sells this wine for $11.99 and if you have the right coupon, you can buy it for 10%-15% less than at Costco. You must have a coupon that is not limited to only "winery direct" wines. The coupon that I recently received by e-mail would take 15% off of any wine that does not have a price ending in "7", so I can buy this wine for $10.19.
I strongly recommend this wine.
SC Wine Joe rating = 91 points
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