E. GUIGAL, Cotes du Rhone, 2015

Price: $10-$20

AOC: Cotes du Rhone, Rhone

Varietal: 50% Syrah, 40% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre

Color: Ruby 

Aroma: round and full, joyful and manifest red fruit and berries, a little earthy note, a little spice, mineral and floral aroma    

Palate: medium-full body, juicy acidity, very little mineral, sweet red fruit, sense some alcohol, fine and little tannin, balanced, an incredible value
added: on the following day, there are more floral aroma and black pepper palate coming out

Duckhorn Three Palms Vineyard, 2010

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Price: $90-$100
AOC: Napa Valley, United States
Varietal: 82% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

Color: half violet and half orange at rim

Aroma: Penetrating, powerful, sweet and perfumed

Palate: medium body and tannin, slightly matured, tobacco, silky, sweet and concentrated fruit, a little perception of alcohol, very little spicy. Oaking added structure to the wine. A round, powerful yet enjoyable, sophisticated wine. Consider the price, I personally prefer regular Merlot label.