2007 Fabbioli Cellars Chambourcin - Loudon County, VA

This bottle was advertised as bordeaux-like.  While it is a drier red, it is too tangy and biting to be comparable to a decent bordeaux.  It could be because of the recent vintage.  Let age tell the tale in three years.

2006 Poggio al Tufo Rompicollo Maremma Toscana - Tommasi

Tastes like a sweet chianti. Light and friendly, I drank through the first glass effortlessly. Very pleasurable.

2003 Chateau Prieure-Lichine Bordeaux - Margaux

Smokey wine with a biting attack. This will take a glass or so to work into.

2004 Chateau Lucia Bordeaux - Saint Emelion

Dark, earthy, pleasing. Strong flavor. Good with a hearty meal, such as lamb. Great with dark chocolate (glad I brought some).

2003 Chateau Boyd-Contenac Bordeaux - Margaux

A smokey twist on a perfectly balanced glass of bordeaux. Invited to my bar-b-queue anytime. Mom's favorite of the day.

2005 Chateau D'Aiguilhe Bordeaux - Cotes de Castilion

Flavors of blackberry mix with chocolate essence to form a dark, pleasing flavor. Kind of bittersweet.

2005 Chateau La Crock Bordeaux - Saint Estephe

Overpowering licorice and currants make this rather earthy wine go bitter.

2006 Topiary, Boxwood Winery - Middleburg, VA

The description claims to be bordeaux-like, but it's a rather complicated taste. Strawberry essence with smoked-meat flavors clash to make this vintage hard to identify, much less drink. Not one I'd try again.

2003 Chateau Malmaison Bordeaux

From the Moulis en Medoc. Earthy, easy-drinking wine. Not biting, very palletable. Definitely earthy, so not for those liking a lighter flavor. Great with fillet mignon.