I say, that's a fine claret, old chum.

Guenoc has created a red blend along the lines of a Bordeaux red called " Victorian Claret". This is a marketing name that is supposed to conjure up in the customers mind images of ye olde Englishe clubbe house with stuffed leather chairs, cigar smoke and crystal decanters. At first I was a little put off by this as I would rather have some sort of meaningful name on the bottle such as "Merlot" or even "Meritage" indicating what the hell is inside the bottle. Guenoc figures that you do not need to know, just put on your best fake Oxford accent and sip this stuff and pretend that you are in Castle Howard tying one on with the Flytes . I will say, though that this wine really does have a Bordeaux dry taste, quite authentic for a new world wine. If dry is what you like, you will not have a problem with this one. The nose is probably more interesting than the taste but the taste is actually good enough for 6 1/2 swiggs. At $ 9.95 that is a pretty good score.