Zinfandel - 2015

Here’s one of the most anticipated Kirkland wines of the year, that generally comes out in the November time frame every year. We’ve followed this one for every vintage since it’s incredible 2010 vintage debut, and each year since, we haven’t found the wine to be as good as that first vintage. Here’s how we’ve graded the Kirkland Brunello over the years.2010 – 92-93 points 2011 – 86 points 2012 – 87 points 2013 – 88 points So we’...

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Here’s a fun and deliciousArgentineanCabernet Franc that I was happy to run into at my Costco. I can’t remember that last time I had a Cab Franc from South America, and I’mconsistentlyfinding good buys from the region, so wanted to see how they did with this varietal. The wine is made from grapes grown at a highaltitude. There’s a nice little diagram on the back label. The price was $15.99 and the wine received 90 points from Wine Advocate. It’s dark on the pour wi...

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I completely picked this wine out of the blue, figuring that a little something different from the Italian landscape would be fun. And not that I read too much into it, but it was hard not to notice the 93 point rating from James Suckling, for a bottle that was $11.79 at my Costco (online for $18, retail around $20). I was just hoping for a good buy, but this wine turned out to deliver a lot more than that. Not a 93 pointer for me, but not too far off, and this is an amazing price for an elegan...

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Here’s a bottle from an area that semi flies under the radar of many California wine drinkers, and it’s an area that I wasn’t too familiar with either, so I figured I’d give it a shot and report my thoughts. Livermore Valley is about 70 miles south of Napa, closer to San Jose. Wente and Concannon are two of the big names from the area that you may have heard of before, and those are pretty much the only two that I knew before getting into this wine. This bottle from Murr...

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This is an interesting bottle that caught my eye. It’s a Spanish Cabernet Sauvignon from Valencia, Spain, made from organic grapes, it’s a 2014 vintage so it has a couple years in the bottle, with a 93 point Wine Enthusiast score and the price was right at $9.99. I did a quick Google search to confirm the Wine Enthusiast score, and also noticed that the retail price on this wine is around $30. I’m interested. Valencia is known for a number of white varietals and the reds are p...

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Alright, here it is, our annual list of the highest rated Costco wines that we tasted during the year. I have to put out the usual disclaimer. Like every item at Costco, wine moves fast, it’s here one day, gone the next, never to be seen again. So it’s very possible that many of these bottles are no longer on store shelves. That said, I should say that sometimes certain wines make special appearances out of the blue. This just happened last week on my last trip to Costco. This fanta...

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This is a delicious Napa Sauvignon Blanc at an outstanding Costco price of only $12.99. A quick Google search shows the retail is around $18-$20 and it certainly drinks above its Costco price point. Wine Spectator went so far as to give the bottle 89 points and I’ll come in right around that same rating. I expected this to be an enjoyable wine, as is the case so often from Charles Krug offerings, but it delivered a nice upside surprise in terms of drinkability and cleanness that I really ...

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