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Ca’del Solo Big House Red (California) 2002

A modest but clean red wine suitable for mid-week quaffing on a budget. A blend of almost every middling red varietal except the proverbial kitchen sink - syrah, petite sirah, zinfandel, barbera, carignane, mouvedre, malbec, and negrette. Like any mutt, it lacks the definition or character that a pure-bred single varietal might have offered. Granted, it's reasonably tasty but it's also sort of non-descript; i.e., generic red wine without any particularly memorable characteristic. Grade: C+