Hey , it's Domain Dave from CheapWineFindercom . Again , we do another wine review . We write up the reviews with all the links to the websites for all these things on there , and we have a website that has well , we got rid of the oldest , oldest wines , but we've been doing this since 2008 . So if you're interested in a value-priced wine , check it out . There's a lot of wines in there . You know , usually with value price wines , the last few vintages are the only ones that matter , but there's a lot of stuff in
there . So what we have today is the Bear Brothers California Sauvignon Blanc 2023 at $7.99 at Aldi .
Speaker 1Aldi Aldi's been really slow this year . They really haven't had too many new wines , but that's okay . So I went for the wine that I think we did the 2020 vintage of this . I checked the California
Wine Cola Registry . Everybody has to get their label approved , has to go through this , and there's information on the wines who made it , and this one is registered to Souter Home . Souter Home's a big label , but most of their wines are non-vintage . This is a vintage wine and they're actually owned by Trinchero , who is a large family owned . They do Ménage à Trois , joguia , seaglass , charles and Charles . They do a whole bunch of wines . They have a large portfolio and they're a family owned winery . So another weird thing about Aldi is typically Aldi owns the brand name . Then they hire someone to make that brand name for them . So if they ever have an issue where someone doesn't want to do it anymore or wants to charge more , they just get somebody else to do it and the brand just keeps on going , which is different than Trader Joe's . Trader Joe's want to send it coming and going more often .
Speaker 1So what do we have here ? I'm going to take a sip . It is a
California . California means it's from the Central Coast , it's from the North Coast , it could be from Lodi Larkspur Combined and it is a actually a tasty Sauvignon Blanc . It does not taste like New Zealand I'm pouring myself a little bit more . It does not taste like Lower Valley . It does not taste like lower valley . It's kind of got more body . It doesn't have a lot of alcohol . It's 12.5 in the alcohol , which in today's wine world that's low . But I have like a little bit of a Chardonnay feel to it . But there's no oak . It has a little more body and it's got a lot of fruit and a lot of citrus . It just kind of has a nice balance of flavors . It's not going to blow you away , but it tastes good .
Speaker 1I mean , for $8 and you have a tasty wine . I had it chilled for like three hours and it came out tasting really nice . What am I trying to say ? It used to be under $10 wines , especially white wines . The acidity was either too much or too little , and that hasn't been the case for a while now . This acidity is really nice . This has balanced acidity . Somebody did a nice job and maybe picking it when it's 12.5 to cool the acidity down is their key . But whatever it did , it worked .
Speaker 1This is a tasty , affordable , value-priced wine that is very drinkable . I wouldn't necessarily pair it with anything Maybe a fancy salad , maybe that type of thing . It's got a little bit too much fruit , too much citrus , going on to be like with whitefish and that type of thing . Just took another sip because , if I wanted to , it tastes good . So there you go .
I mean this Bear Brothers California Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is an $8 , $7.99 wine you can pick up at Aldi , put a chill on it and it's a nice Tuesday evening wine , it's a nice Saturday night wine . It's the kind of wine you can buy two or three bottles and share with friends when they come over . And it tastes nice , you don't have to think about it , you don't have to contemplate , you're able to enjoy it , and it's a good wine at a good price . So there you go . That's about all I've got to say . I've got a Trader Joe's Walla Walla Syrah coming up in a few days . We'll hit that one and adios , keep it cheap . I'll be talking to you in a couple of days . Bye-bye .