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over the holiday break from a well-known producer I bought a bottle for $39 this is at $13.99 and this actually tastes better you need more hey I'm s Andre Houston Mac and today I'm going to be tasting Kirkland Signature wines only sold by Costco Costco is the largest wine retailer in the US and Kirkland Signature have really really really really really low prices but what do you get for those prices we're going to find out [Music] today Kirkland Signature is a brand that's owned by Costco Costco doesn't actually make the wines some of the top regions all over the world are represented here and they're made just for Kirkland Signature at our closest store we found a dozen or so of these wines and we're going to give them a taste today listen guys I'm a professional I'm a professional here no bias all of that goes out I'm going to just be evaluating the wines for what they are and how they move me today especially this one right here our first wine is Kirkland Signature cabinet saon from California this is $8.99 so this is selled and bottled by DC Flint Costco has incredible buying power they can reach out to producers to see if they wanted to make something for their Kirkland Signature Brands there's no funny business here this is kind of straight up happens all the time in the industry and so they're not trying to hide that so on the back here it'll show you who it's produced by and who it's made by can you actually get the wine that's inside this bottle somewhere else this could be just a custom blend specifically for Kirkland Signature in for Costco but we don't know so we look at the bottle a regular bottle was 750 ml this is 1.5 l so this is a double bottle in the industry we call this a magnum think about that $8.99 and this is for a double bottle so if you do the quick math of$ 750s somewhere around $4 or $4.50 so extremely inexpensive we're going to open this bad boy up this is like raspberry blueberry a little bit of pencil shavings and I smell a little bit of uh V5 hot oil hair relaxer I always get a little faint hint of Salon here it has some Tannon so it's sucking the moisture out of the sides of my cheek but it's not overpowering overbearing surprising enough what I would say about this particular wine is that it actually tastes like wine I feel like when you get into this category and this price point of wine say we basically call this $4 sub5 wine it tends to be loaded with additives and you know the color looks real right it's not this deep you know Mega purple 13 color to it it doesn't taste filled with chemicals like it actually tastes like wine which um I'd have say is it's surprising to me this is like kind of softer Cabernet doesn't have a lot of tannin or structure to it in that way when we talk about structure when you think about Cabernet you think Cabernet is this big round Burly thing especially from California this is kind of not that who would I recommend this wine who drinks this wine well I mean I think anybody who enjoys wine is it a wine of consequence absolutely not not at that price point and not in the quality but it everyday sipper or Drinker I think this is a great middle of the road kind of wine as an intro into wine at least it's wine so I think we're off to a good start so next up is Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Superior 2021 and this comes in at $6.89 so I'm told that this is actually a seasonal wine that they have at Costco so there's wines that are available all throughout the year and then there's some wines that they only make seasonal I was told that this was the last bottle of wine that we could secure and it was in a sock box somewhere in the store somebody was hiding it for later you know who you are you know who you are so bordo is a a region located in France generally The Grapes here you can use up to five different grapes and it's probably one of the greatest wine making regions in the world in the United States wines are named after the grape so and the grape varietal is listed prominently on the bottle so Europe and the old world it's named after the region so here you have Bordeaux and you would have to know a little something about wine to know what grapes are used in Bordeaux the second part you see Superior and that's a designation and there are bylaws and things that they have to go by in order to put Bordeaux Superior on the label wow it smells like Bordeaux smells like real Bordeaux graphite pencil shavings wow ciss raspberry boisenberry fruity you not like Jammy but there is this really great presence of fruit followed by a little bit of like dried mushrooms man um this is you know this is my Larry David Wine this is pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty good good for me it kind of fell a little bit short on the finish $6.89 I mean I don't know what else to say here like you buy this wine where I would expect a bottle of wine like this to be priced outside of the Kirkland Signature brand is somewhere under 30 bucks how do they produce a wine that costs $689 actually Z Costco motel is all about volume it's like the grocery store grocery store works on very slim margins you know under 10% even if they're only making pennies on this particular bottle the goal is for them to sell millions of bottles the old adage is that you take money to the bank not percentages and when you're that big that generates and translates to a lot of money so next up is Kirkland Signature champagne brute for $19.99 almost seems too good to be true so in order for it to be called champagne it hay has to come from the Champagne region of France and there's particular method that they use there and certain grapes that they use there's several reasons on why champagne is expensive it's the method in which it's made and the time and generally speaking the more times that you have a human touch the wine in production touch the bottle after production the more expensive it's going to be but what happens in what's special in Champagne is that there's a secondary fermentation that happens in the bottle which creates the carbonation time labor intensive especially in a place that you know I I always try to tell people it snows in Champagne when they get it right it's one of the most beautiful things in the world so we're going to go ahead and open this bad boy up you want to twist keeping your hand on both so you're going to twist back and forth and you want to go really slow can barely hear anything not that big pop that you see in the movies toasty biosi doughy chalky mineral a little bit of marzipan Apple a little bit of stone fruit I'm a little lost on this particular wine in the sense that it's just it just doesn't taste like champagne to me like you you hit on some of those notes but it's very small bubbles but it's not an Ever vesin it almost tastes somewhat flat it's not given much what's missing from this is like what makes champagne champagne is the bubbles and even when we pour you can see the mousse and right so you can see that there's bubbles in it but it faded pretty quickly it's really fading fast on the pette I would put this $20 with another $30 and get something a little bit more expressive and chir driven so to speak it's not going to change as much as I wanted to it's not we can move on so up next is the Kirkland Signature a solo prco Superior and this comes in at 7.99 prco is funny because it's been a long cultural thing in Italian culture but you know once it makes its way across the pond here to America I believe this is probably one of the number one name calleded recognizable sparkling wines in the world and every single country they have a governing body or agency that overlooks wine food here what you have is called docg it's an acronym for the governing body that hands down the laws on how you can call the SE solo prco you know it comes from a certain region here in America we have the Ava in France they have AOC we're going to get into this purple thing here some prco look at that just jumping out the glass to meet me well very fragrant white flowers Muscat gummies from Pearl River Citrus it smells slightly confectionary like cotton candy so somewhat sweet on the palette not overly sweet or anything like that almost reminds me of um fruit cocktail when I was a child you know how you drink the juice at the end I would like it to be a little bit drier it's prco like I think like what's there not to love there's bubbles they're alcohol if you were going to mix this with something then by all means go ahead $7.99 drink it all day long if this is your jam but to me it's just a little sweet and I think that's what attracts most people to it but for my taste I would go to a different store to find prco all right next wine is Kirkland Signature shab Premier crew 2021 this is the most expensive steel wine that we're going to taste today coming in at $18.99 and do I balk at that price I do not balk at that price sh is a serious wine and if they got anything close to the seriousness of shbl in this particular bottle $899 is a Ste run away with it it's a still so let's understand that shi is the name of a place it is in burgundy it's in the northern part of burgundy and they're known for making shard so this is 100% Chardonnay what makes this region of shab special is that it's all grown on Limestone and clay soils on this big old Fossil Rock and in Parts it's really kind of great minerality in the wine and so that's really what you're looking for when you're thinking about sh also what you see here is Premier crew and Premier crew is a designation that's provided by the AOC which is the governing body and so they go through and rank the different Vineyards label just main regular sh that's like how your entry level then the next step up would be Premier crew and then the next step would be grand crew and that was the highest and that's generally a single Vineyard wine so the idea that they decided not to just do a regular CH that they thought that they would do a step up in quality and do a premium Crew That's reflective in the price as well I love that color it has like this golden tinge to it it smells like a candy apple to me so it's apple pear there's a minerality or kind of sea salt air that I get from it this freshness to it so pretty decent acidity not like overblown but like there is uh this freshness and brightness is a zip to it like a caramel apple reminds me kind of like Halloween a flinty kind of stone kind of wet stone thing going on they say gun smoke is a is a thing that you get and this is all attributed to the terar so the soil in the air in this particular region all contribute to those tastes and those things that we're talking about that Limestone and Clay make up with fossils in it the roots of the vine go down and those things are all being pulled from the soils when the French talk about chir they're talking about it has a sense of place that's why all the wines are named after the place not the grape this is pretty spot- on it's tasty it's good it's quality shbl and to boot it's $118.99 and I'm sure this is the way that people in franville right because I'm sure this is this is they can buy the wines at this price but here in America like that's a um a reason to shout for Joy all right next up Kirkland Signature somoma County Chardonnay coming in at $7.99 so we had sh earlier so both of those wines are chardonay that's what they have in common but we'll shortly find out that they probably probably going to taste different so somoma County it is in Northern California you have Napa that sits on one side you have Sonoma who sits on the other side of the mountains and to be honest with you somoma county is synonymous with Chardonnay when you think about typical American Chardonnay somewhat buttery oky vanilla it's kind of robust round thing that's fun to drink delen closure here doesn't smell very buttery or over the top but it does have the presence of Oak smells very pleasant how is the Oak Express in itself so in this wine do I smell the toastiness of Oak yes but also what I smell is vanilla and that comes from the oak I smell a little bit of cinnamon and vanilla that also comes from Oak it is somewhat sweet uh we'll call it R so it is round it is Rich it tastes like vanilla extract it's been my experience when you know it's like it's that's been chemically induced on this wine I don't think that this wine sends a lot of time in Oak but to me it that feels out of place at that price point $7.99 is it what people expect from charday absolutely and like I tell my kids don't yuck anybody else is yum this is what you like this is great like we all start somewhere and if this is what you landed on this is great I applaud those people because at least you know what you like the whole idea of this of me doing what I do is not tell you what you like or dislike to me is to help you find what you like I'm a tour guy I know wine a little bit better than most and I'm here to kind of walk you through so you can figure out what you like or don't like I'm not on this if you like this this ding ding ding ding ding ding you found it and if not you want to do something a little different then you can continue to to to taste and Sample it's going to be a great cut to you with the 3 l box I love it I mean so our next one is Kirkland Signature California Chardonnay this comes in at$ 13.49 and this is a 3 l box so inside of this box is the equivalent of four bottles this puts this around $3 and some change per bottle so the least expensive wine per $ 750 that we're going to taste today the cheapest wine in Costco should I be scared should I be afraid I don't know it is California Chardonnay and so this is interesting because you see it says California here so that's the designate so the previous chardonnet that we tasted could come from only Sonoma County this wine can come from anywhere in California the more specific you can be about it the more expensive it will be the more prized it will be so it's all about location location location this packaging to me is this this is about your daily Drinker they want to you know get effed up Eureka this smells like charday Miz charday so it uh it smells uh reduced some what there's a hint of butterscotch nutty like Cherry no trace of fruit or anything like that it tastes like a caramel apple so I get a lot of that and a lot of that is like the oxidation of of Chardonnay so it tastes somewhat nutty it has good texture but it's just uh it's not good it's not it's not good when a wine is exposed to oxygen for a very long time oxygen is the enemy and it like starts to tear down and break down the wine when a wine tastes oxidized it tastes like nutty and for me that's a flaw because shardon is not supposed to be oxidized it's not something you know um it's not it's not supposed to be oxidized and so that's a fault I would pass on this and yeah I'd pass on it all right so next up is Kirkland Signature Peno greo and this comes in at $4.99 this comes from Italy from Fu so the northern part of Italy so this is cool climate penio cooler climate just means that slows down the growing process and it gives the grapes the chance to Rite and photically a clue climate style wine means it's going to be Zippy it has acid it has this uh this kind of zip and pop to it it does have a screw cap in the industry we call it Sten closure oddly enough the Sten closure and bottle combination cost more than the Cork and regular bottle enclosure the cork is porous and over time will let air in to help slowly break down the wine Sten closure doesn't allow that to happen and so maybe this closure isn't right for some of those most prize bottles of wine but things that you're going to drink tonight yesterday right at this moment to me as delen closer screw cap is all about twisting the cap off and getting the party started vibrant fruits a little bit of pear there a little bit of lemon lime tastes like pinio good acid I'm starting to salivate right now so high acid this is solid acid's a good thing acid is an amplifier the reason why you put lemon on Seafood is to kind of amplify the flavors of the dish if you start to salivate that means that the wine is high in acid the sides of your tongue will tingle that's where your accentuate acidity acid comes from different types of grapes so this is pinio is an high acid grape it's refreshing in a lot of ways and I think that's what makes penio pinio this does have some quality of note this seems that it's been intentional doesn't taste water down $99 it's kind of cool to have something in your back pocket just easy drinking white wine I don't think anybody opens the glass of penio and wants to ponder the you know civilization right you know what I mean it's like good time talking hanging out snacking you know this is a fun wine so next we have Kirkland Signature mback from Mendoza Argentina and this comes in at $6.99 what makes Mount Beck special especially from the Mendoza region is its relationship to altitude it is in the mountains it's very high you don't want the grapes to ripen too quickly being at a higher altitude it extends the growing season because it's a lot cooler and you don't have a lot of sun I think you get cleaner fruit and you get a better expression of said fruit right so there's a big old sticker here on the front and it says 90 points and so this was rated by a wine reviewer you know it's so funny because I always think about life is just the continuation of high school right just because he put 90 on here he might like something totally different than me I don't know how many points I'm going to give this sucker [Music] here mhm very distinctive it has like this freshness of like uh eucalyptus or somewhat Mint or spare mint Cherry dark cherry black cherry lots of fruit element there's a little black pepper spice black cherry dark cherry that tastes like malbach right like it is fruit forward it's tanic it's got this structure it's not like over the top what do you expect when you think about about malag like to me I think it's that fruit element like that you get in Cabernet but it's this herbaceousness that you get that you don't really get in Cabernet and it's a little bit of spice to it is this the best malbeck I've ever tasted absolutely not but at $6.99 like I don't think you go wrong here this is like a big warm hug all right so next up is Kirkland Signature Savon Blanc from maror New Zealand this comes in at 749 but what we do see here is the word te point and that's the name of the producer Savon Blanc from New Zealand has its own distinctive smell that you put your nose in the glass and you smell it you know that it's Savon blang another thing kind of weird thing that's synonymous when you think about like Savon blang you hear this term called catpa uh and people are like what why would I want to drink anything that has cat peea but it's a a certain smell that when you smell it you recognize it but um it's Pleasant it's a pleasant smell all right Kirkland Signature there it is there it is it you know it has this really like heavy kind of grassy note to it that you can smell underneath that there's kind of white flowers this kind of perfume you're getting lots of citrus or lemon lime it's a vegetable wine it's like drinking a glass of green peppers so you get like this bell pepper kind of note to it on the nose it's kind of ripe round and then what you really get is like green pepper where I've seen a lot of it drink impaired is with salads with some type of protein on it I would like the wine a little bit drier there's a ripeness does taste like there's some RS some residual sugar in the wine there's sugar left over after fermentation so when we think about the whole process of how wine is being made the Sugar's from the grape so I always like to say like you know yeast eats the sugar and poops out alcohol any point along that process you can stop the fermentation and then you'll have residual sugar left over but generally what happens is people ferment it to its dries so at 7:49 this is great I've seen stuff like this floating around for like 16 bucks so I think there's some value there it's funny the vegetable aspect of it like that kind of thing seems somewhat jarring if you're not used to it but I think it's what calls people right it's what's pulling them in it's very unique and distinctive and a fun wine to drink so next up we have Kirkland Signature gigondas and this comes in at $13.99 and we have brought you another I'm told this is another seasonal drop I think some of you might be asking yourself why have I never heard of this word before this place it's called jandas it is in the Ron Valley and probably what you've heard of more frequently is maybe something like coat to R jandas comes from a specific Place located in the Rome Valley they have a certain set of grapes that they can use here that aren't that many the more specific you can get about a particular area or wine the more Nuance it's going to be and the more it's going to speak of this place what you have to realize is that Costco is a very serious buyer being the largest US retailer part of your job is to educate this is the code of arms for the region of jondos and it's printed on the bottle and it's kind of marketing for the region are you paying for that in some instance yes but I tell you what you're not paying for in a lot of Old World Wines and especially wine and ran you're not paying for inherent land costs that land has been in those people's families for over 400 years like they've already paid off the land conversely if you look at something like the Americas or something like Napa wor a million dollars per acre to purchase so it gets really expensive and those things are passed down to the consumer and it seems like better value wines that come from Europe all right so we're going to crack open to [Music] this I think the first thing I get is like iron let's say this kind of weird it smells like blood Cherry it's a little bit of Cedar Sandalwood it's a little minerality to it it's like pavement like on a hot summer [Music] day that is delicious that is really great it's full body it's got this power it's very rustic it's not refined or polished but that's what you want this is this is this is a this is G this is a shining example like this wine is great I wasn't expecting this I mean I would have to say out of all the wines today I'm I'm most surprised by this wine this is at $ 13.99 over the holiday break from a well-known producer imported by kmit Lynch I bought a bottle for $39 and this actually tastes better there's no shame in my game like I I I would pull out this wine and pour it for friends you know as I reflect and kind of look back at all the wines we tasted today there were definitely varying degrees of quality and value but I was surprised my relationship with wine is not about monogamy not not at all it's like I want to taste everything even if I don't like like it and I think your taste and wine will evolve as you kind of start down this journey you know it's so funny we had some friends over for the holidays and all I had cold was this box wine that somebody had sent me so I put it in this $200 deaner and bought it to the table while in the kitchen and that's the wine that was the wine that they could only talk about the whole time so we had like wines from 1988 we had all these different wines but they're like that white wine was so great it was pretty tasty but I didn't have the hard yet to tell him

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Published: Tue Apr 09 2024