Wines: 2007's 'Best Buys'

Wines: 2007’s ‘Best Buys’

Wine always tastes better when it is “well priced,” said the editors of Wine Enthusiast. During the past year, we sampled approximately 10,000 wines, and ranked them on our customary 100-point scale. Any wine that scored 87 points or more and cost $15 or less a bottle merited “a Best Buy designation,” but these five stood out.

Pascual Toso 2006 Maipu Vineyards Malbec (Mendoza) (91, $12) An Argentine red “with lusty dark aromas” and a smooth finish.

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Snoqualmie 2006 Winemaker’s Select Riesling (Columbia Valley) (91, $8) A nicely balanced white wine from Washington state that offers “complexity you would expect in a $30 wine.”

Dão Sul 2005 Berco do Infante (Estremadura) (88, $7) An impressive, wood-aged red wine from Portugal that’s full of ripe

tannins and fruit.

Pepperwood Grove 2005 Chardonnay (California) (88, $8) “You won’t believe how good this wine is at this price.” A great white wine and “an incredible bargain.”

TerraNoble 2005 Vineyard Selection Carmenère (Colchagua Valley) (88, $8) This warm, plush red wine from Chile seldom disappoints; “a mild herbal edge.”