Tip of the Day: Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley

John Dvorak has found another winning Costco wine buy. This time it’s the Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley (a terrific wine growing region to visit by the way) for less than ten bucks!

John: Normally, I don’t do wine tips often, but occasionally I do. I don’t do as many from Costco because, except for those Bordeaux boxes, the distribution is sketchy. But once in a while, they have a cheap wine that everybody has, I think, in most of the stores, and I’m recommending one. I was actually stunned by the quality of this product. It’s a California wine,

Adam:  and wait, this is available at Costco? 

John: Yeah, I was actually stunned, more stunned 

Adam: before you even tell us.  So, how did you discover this? I mean, you saw a bottle at Costco that looks like crap, but I’ll try it anyway.?

John: Well, it goes like this. Here’s my methodology for buying random wines. 

Adam: Random wines? 

Yeah, well, I said, going by, and I’m looking. I say, well, that label’s screwy. That looks like, in fact, it looks like an old-fashioned Geyser Peak label. It just has a different look for a Kirkland wine. It’s a Kirkland wine, I’m looking. Oh, it’s $9.90. 

Adam: In the pocket, baby. That’s right in your price range. 

Let me look at it. Eh, you know, that’s a cheap California Cabernet. I’m thinking, this can’t be any good, but it’s only $9, let me check it out. It’s a stunner! I mean, I was taken aback. This is the Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley, which is a great little Cabernet-growing area. Alexander Valley 2022. 

Adam: Oh, that’s a good year for Cabernet. 

John: It’s a good year for a lot of things, and Bordeaux is a really good year. And so this wine, for $9.90 or whatever it was, it’s ridiculously–structured beautifully! Normally for that kind of money, California wines are flabby, they’re not balanced correctly, they don’t have the right flavors, the profiles are off. This is a stunner, I’m telling you! Maybe I got just a good bottle, it’s possible, but I would recommend giving this a shot. 

Adam: Wow, well I would say maybe you should try Aldi from time to time, see if you can find something there. I mean, you’re just finding all the good stuff at all the craziest places. Yes, yes. He said, hey, now that’s a very valuable tip, and there’s many more to be found at Tipofthe Day.net or NoAgendaFun.com.

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