This budget vino recommendation comes by way of my friend Ivan and his wife Alison. This past Monday night they picked up, and drank, a couple bottles of the 2006 Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Riserva. According to Ivan, this wine was "Awesome, and at the right price."
They picked up their bottles at K&L Wines- one of my favorite wine stores. According to K&L, the 2006 Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Riserva is a 90 point Robert Parker wine. It is an Italian wine of varietals I am not very familiar with, but according to Wine Advocate- "The 2006 Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 50th Vendemmia (Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera) is a very pretty, nuanced wine laced with wild cherries, plums, graphite and spices...This cask-aged Salice Salentino is a gem, not to mention an absolute steal for the money." For more information, here is a link to the product page at K&L. The wine is currently priced at $9.99.
Have any other recommendations for me? Definitely send them my way.
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