Tusk N Red
You gotta love the name Tusk N Red, so called because its kinda 00’s funky but also because its a Californian wine with a touch of Sangiovese. Tusk N Red is from Mendocino county, north of Sonoma, and has a bevvy of grapes in the blend including Zinfandel, Syrah, Petit Syrah, Carignane and Sangiovese. Check out the video below to see how Tusk N Red fared against a real Tuscan Red, the Fattoria il Pupille Morellino di Scansano.
http://www.viddler.com/player/a76fee8e/
Not really a fair fight as Fattoria il Pupille is a top class producer of Morellino di Scansano. Neither of these wines were bad for the price though the MdS is clearly the better made, better structured wine with the Tusk N Red being a very quaffable, fun, easy drinking effort and, actually doing a fairly good job in aping a Tuscan red.
Mendocino Wine Co. Tusk N Red 2004 – BORDERLINE – £9
A light purple colour in the glass with a forward nose of dark cherries, plums, chocolate and herbs. A soft supple palate with high acidity and low tannins, a food wine of medium body that is easy drinking and enjoyable but not special. Borderline Buy/Pass. 86 Points
Le Pupille Morellino di Scansano 2006 – BUY – £12
A dark red/light purple in the glass with typical notes of cherry with blackberry, plum and earthy notes playing back up. On the palate the wine carries good fruit through to a mid length finish on a well structured wine that could probably do with some time out of the bottle. Chewy tannins, but a rounded wine and a good priced example of MdS. 90 Points
Where can I buy this Wine? (MdS)
Americans – Fame Wines – $11 (half) or PlanetofWine – $17
Europeans – Enoteca Italia – €7.50
Brits – Classic Wine – £12
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Any opinions on either of these wines or Morellino di Scansano welcome. Favourite fake accent ever? Daphne from Frasier? Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins? I gotta come close!
Quite probably the worst Australian accent in the world. Ever.>>The Tusk N Red has been doing the wine blog rounds for quite some time though this is the lowest I’ve seen it score.
I was expecting you to do a dance homage to Paula!! Maybe next time? BTW, Worst. Australian. Accent.Ever. ;-p Stick to your charming yorkshire tones, dahling…
Have to agree with the others. Fab review, terrible accent. The Italain accent at the end was better. What other accents can you do? (not do).
I can’t think of many worse accents sorry but I do agree with your analysis of the Tusk N Red wine. Weve had the wine several times over the past few years and it is a simple fun wine with little complexity.>>Paula Abdul?!