Apothic Red, All That and A Bottle of Tums!

Lately I have been super into drinking blends.  A lot of times friends will ask what I have been enjoying and I tell them that I am into blends.  I don't really want to give away all my favorites just yet as I won't have anything to write about.  I will tell any of you who are asking what a blend is though....

What is a Blend Wine?

At its most basic, a blend wine is made from different grapes in order to add more complexity to the flavor and texture of a wine. The goal of blending wine made in different vintages is more to balance out the flavor characteristics.
Some wine blends are made from classic recipes handed down from generation to generation. Other vintners create brand new blends in an attempt to produce a new and exciting wine that has flavor characteristics like nothing else on the market.

Sport Drinking:
 (I made this up years ago)
 Continuous drinking with no remorse or guilt.  Unafraid of the consequences, without fear.
                        
In a sentence: On Friday night I went to my friends house and we "sport drank" through 3 bottles of wine!

I personally think of a blend wine as a kind of wine that you can sit down with and do a little "Sport Drinking." I think of sport drinking as a wine that I can pour and pour that will not linger in the back of my throat, keep me up at night, or give me heart burn.

                                                         Wine Review: Apothic Red

Price Point $10-$12

From the wine maker:

Inspired by an "Apotheca," a mysterious place where wine was blended and stored in 13th century Europe, Apothic Red offers a truly unique wine experience.
By crafting a distinctive blend of California grapes, our winemaker has created an epic red wine… nuanced and complex, and undeniably enchanting.

My view of this "Blend" 

This was not my first rodeo with this bottle and I had to kick myself in the pants after my 1st glass for the following reasons.  1) The taste is ok, but it is so thick it almost reminds me of cough syrup. 2) Unless cooled and thinned out with an ice cube or two its just too thick and maybe WAY too "Complex" as they say to do more than one glass of. 3) Because it was my only bottle i finished the whole bottle and thereafter found myself in the bathroom with my beloved Tums at 4am.

Would i drink it again: Yes (if it were offered by a friend).

Would i buy it again:  Doubtful (unless in Mexico, Costa Rica, someplace third World, etc...etc...)

                                       

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