Enjoy these three bottles of Red Wine!  Descriptions below:

Montebuena Rioja 2010

Winemaker's Notes

Brilliant deep ruby red color, fruity aromas . Montebuena Red has a spicy vanilla bouquet and is smooth and fruity in the mouth with some well-integrated secondary nuances, full-flavored and a persistent pleasant finish. Produced from 100% Tempranillo grapes, which are hand harvested from the Montebuena vineyard.

Critical Acclaim

"Vivid ruby. Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and in the mouth. Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end energy. Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing shape and grip. Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well with an hour or so of decanting; it's an excellent value for Rioja."

90 Points International Wine Cellar

Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Winemaker's Notes

Winemaker David Guffy crafted the Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon with notable richness, intensity and varietal character, showing jammy dark fruit aromas with cedary barrel notes and a touch of spice. A soft entry, with ripe plum and raspberry in the forefront, is supported by background flavors of tobacco and caramel, which add complexity to this imminently drinkable wine.

Dark Horse Cabernet Sauvignon.

In the glass: Darkhorse Cabernet Sauvignon is a densely deep purple-red color with an inky core and intense vermillion streaks going out into a dark fuchsia rim definition with high-painted viscosity.

On the nose: It has lots of crushed morello cherry, boysenberry sorbet and raspberry sauce with hints of graphite, oak and soft violets, touches of licorice root and smoke, and a perfumed red- flower-and-spice combination going on.

On the palate: There is a virtual cherry bomb hitting the olfactory sensors laced with smoke, wood and licorice, then layers of cassis, boysenberry and concord grapes without the intense sweetness that such a combination would normally entail. The midpalate is supple with good juicy tannin structure and decent length, punctuated by slight phenolic compounds and just a touch of heat from the alcohol.

Odds and ends: The 2011 vintage in California was considered to be a very challenging one. There was an uneven and tough growing season followed by a cold, wet summer leading up to a terrible harvest that was full of rain and other problems. Most serious wineries had to make do with a compromised crop. Yet wine still had to be made and operations such as the one behind Darkhorse could pick and choose up and down the California Coast, in particular from the Central Coast, where enough good grapes were harvested to make nice little quaffing wines. This is an imminently drinkable example of what good blending can produce, and at a reasonable price. Consumers should rejoice that this health-conscious chain store stocks nearly 100 highly drinkable wines from all over the world priced at less than $10. Darkhorse is a nice fruity and very forward cabernet sauvignon that would be just perfect for grilled lamb chops. Drink it now through 2015.