Best Late Night Wines |
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| You know the scenario: the dinner party is going swell, the first two bottles are gone and no one is paying any attention to the wine bouquet, length or finish anymore. You need a spacer wine—a bottle that's good enough to keep the conversation going, without making you look like you're cheaping out. Here are three bottles, all under $10, that will answer the call to service. |
by Neal McLennan |
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2009 Salento Negroamaro Mezzomondo ($9.99) This is the very definition of rustic, with mouth-filling gamey and spicy flavours, but some character lurking at the bottom—nice value. |
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2009 Lujuria Yecla ($9.98) This Spanish beauty has enough earth, tobacco and tannins to say Old World but is just soft and plummy enough to be welcoming. |
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2009 Dao Grao Vasco ($9.99) This Portuguese blend is medium-bodied but with rustic cherry and currant notes. It could pass for an earthy Burgundy from a so-so vintage late at night. |
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