Marquis Philips 2006 South Eastern Australia Sarah's Blend

Extremely dark purple/red color.

Smell of plum and black cherry, oak and leather.

Ripe plum flavor, cherry and raspberry, maybe a tannic blueberry thing, oak.

The next day still a full-flavored fruity wine that has enough acid to agree with a pasta/tomato sauce dinner.

The wine is 48% Shiraz, 29% Cabernet, and 23% Merlot. It's a reasonable buy for $15.99, I'd consider buying again. I'd probably aerate it next time.

Bitch 2007 South Australia Grenache

Light ruby color. Leather and oak smells predominate. Red raspberry jam flavor along with alcohol warmth and oak and petillance on the tongue.

The next day the smell includes red raspberry jam, the flavor is much as it was.

I would not buy this again for $12.29: overall my impressions are negative. I find this on the simple side, a high-alcohol poorly balanced fruit bomb.