Clearly Bota Box and I have a love hate relationship. I have heard good things about Bota Box, and the past two boxes have been awful. This has proved the downfall to box wine, if the wine does not taste good you are stuck with a whole lot of wine to drink.
I don't even know how to begin to describe this wine...the more I drink the more I feel like I get used to the taste. It smells like a glass that sat in a dirty dishwasher for days. Granted, my dishwasher is iffy at times, so I did try a new glass, I cleaned a glass, tried the wine a different day....it is hands down the wine that smells awful.
If the smell wasn't bad enough, the taste is not much better. As I remind myself not to inhale while drinking, I want to say it tastes like what I would expect a smokey grape to taste like. It's a little rough on the palate...my tongue would definitely appreciate if I just stopped drinking this all together.
This is the type of wine you take to a party someone else is hosting and leave behind while you drink the better stuff....I do not suggest wasting your money on this one.
On a scale of 1 – 5
Oaky – 0
Dry – 1
Sweet - 2
Consistent across boxes? No
Never purchasing this one again.
That is too bad. Malbec can be such a nice wine. Don't give up on the grape. Search shows a fair to good acceptance of this Bota California product. Maybe an Argentina product since they have some wonderful Malbecs...some of the good ones must make it into the box format somewhere. Most anyone can land a good wine at $40+ a bottle but a good box wine... well there is a challange. lol
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the Bota box! Did you try it with the aerator? I'm drinking an iffy red right now and the aerator makes it much better. No one should have to hate drink wine.
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