Rating 88
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2017
Appellation
Mendoza
Argentina
ABV 13%
Price $9.00 Value Pick  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2019-02-14

Perfect For

All-Day Sipping, Party Wine, Popping Bottles

Drink If You Like

Malbec, Pinot Noir , Tempranillo

Bodega Tamari Special Selection 2017 Review

It comes down to this, the wine is $9 and has 13% alcohol. It is balanced and ripe with a soft, easy going nose and a palate that is by no means complex but welcoming. The palate is what will get you. This is your new pizza-burger-rooftop-porch-cookout-house-party wine go-to. And it’s under screw cap! If saying cheap is bad, then I don't want to be right. This is how you make great cheap wine. It pleases all red wine drinking palates and can be chilled in the summer. You should probably go buy a case to have on hand for a random night of Cards Against Humanity.

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Bodega Tamari Special Selection 2017
It comes down to this, the wine is $9 and has 13% alcohol. It is balanced and ripe with a soft, easy going nose and a palate that is by no means complex but welcoming. The palate is what will get you. This is your new pizza-burger-rooftop-porch-cookout-house-party wine go-to. And it’s under screw cap! If saying cheap is bad, then I don't want to be right. This is how you make great cheap wine. It pleases all red wine drinking palates and can be chilled in the summer. You should probably go buy a case to have on hand for a random night of Cards Against Humanity.

Reviewed On: 02-14-2019
88
POINTS
Bodega Tamari Special Selection 2017
It comes down to this, the wine is $9 and has 13% alcohol. It is balanced and ripe with a soft, easy going nose and a palate that is by no means complex but welcoming. The palate is what will get you. This is your new pizza-burger-rooftop-porch-cookout-house-party wine go-to. And it’s under screw cap! If saying cheap is bad, then I don't want to be right. This is how you make great cheap wine. It pleases all red wine drinking palates and can be chilled in the summer. You should probably go buy a case to have on hand for a random night of Cards Against Humanity.

Reviewed On: 02-14-2019