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Jewel 2002 Chardonnay (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $10
There’s a wealth of rich, flamboyant pineapple and mango flavor here and a softly decadent note of bananas sauteed in butter. The vanilla and toast notes from oak are smoothly integrated. Yet this wine is dry.
— S.H.
(12/1/2004)
Jewel 2002 Petite Sirah
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- $10
Here’s a big, dark, peppery wine, rich in plummy blackberry fruit and completely dry. It’s modest in alcohol, with a long, rich finish. Hard to imagine anything better with BBQ ribs slathered in sauce. What a great value.
— S.H.
(12/15/2004)
Jewel 2003 Un-Oaked Chardonnay (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $10
With no wood, what you get are the pure fruit flavors of sweetly ripe peaches, pineapples and mangoes in this delightful wine, which has enough brisk acidity to balance. A very good value.
— S.H.
(11/1/2005)
Jewel 2004 Dry Rosé (Lodi)
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- $10
This tasty blush wine tastes like it comes from France. It’s filled with the aromas of lavender, wild thyme and chamomile, with fruity nuances of strawberries. Surprisingly rich and complex, with a full body and a dry finish. Great value.
— S.H.
(11/1/2005)
Jewel 2000 Firma Cabernet Sauvignon-Sangiovese
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Country-style Super-Tuscan wine here, with berry and herb flavors wrapped in rough tannins, crisp acids and a bitter, peppery finish. For all that, it has a nice rusticity that will go well with hearty foods like pasta with tomato sauce. A Sangiovese-Cabernet Sauvignon blend, with a dash of Merlot.
— S.H.
(3/1/2004)
Jewel 2002 Viognier
- Best Buy
- $10
Great aromatics on this wine, which opens with a burst of ripe peach, honeysuckle, apricot, and citrus notes. In the mouth, it’s lush and rich with all kinds of stone fruit and floral flavors. Drinks subtlely off-dry, a good wine for today’s Asian-inspired fare. Great value.
— S.H.
(6/1/2003)
Jewel 2005 Viognier
- Best Buy
- $10
Inexpensive Viognier is tough to get right. The winemaker has kept this one dry and crisp, with polished pineapple, green apple and spice flavors. Very nice on its own, or as a versatile white.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
Jewel 2003 Sauvignon Blanc (Lake County)
- Best Buy
- $10
From an increasingly well regarded county for Sauvignon Blanc, an attractively ripe wine. Bursting with sweet fig, spice and cantaloupe melon flavors, and with a good balance of acids.
— S.H.
(12/1/2004)
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