Michael Dereviankin

9.2

The extra couple of bucks I scrapped together went a long way. Worth collecting spare change on the floor and saving up for one of these. Don't know why this reminded me of Warren Buffet. Did you know he collects pennies he finds on the street? Everytime I find spare change on the ground I think to myself, "You know what I could be the next Warren Buffet". Then I usually realise that I'm just a little cheap. Don't be cheap buy this wine.

I just started DMing this fitness chick and we are planning on going on runs together. Maybe if things workout we can talk about the bourbon flavour of this bottle.

Honestly, just looking at this bottle it looks as if it should be wearing plaid, vaping a Juul and have an ironic moustache since it looks hip AF. Noticed how I used acronyms to swear, that's hip AF. Um if you bring this out to a girl with 'old print' tattoos and blue bangs than I imagine she'll instantly swoon over instead of tweeting about how much you mansplain. Hopefully, I never become popular on this app and don't get attacked on twitter.

Pairs well with chicken. — 6 years ago

Michael Dereviankin

8.8

This is my go to wine to impressive the girls from dating apps. Light smell very pleasant (fruity) taste gives you the sense that you are at the vineyard and not my dark 2 bedroom basement apartment. I'm going to start hoarding this because at 14 dollars you really can't beat this. Slight burnt wood after taste (in a good way).

Pairs well with chicken parm and popcorn. Pretty much staples of my diet.

So, I drank the entire bottle of this on Saturday on a zoom party during peak quarantine. Great convos, makes you really chatty and doesn't give you the 'wine glow'. Getting up from your computer chair post is a dangerous game. — 6 years ago

Michael Dereviankin

8.2

Usually I go for long elenatorate reviews. This sparked zero motivation and complete utter blankness. If you're looking to drink something and turn into a mindless zombie watching reruns of friends this is the wine for you.

A little overpowering on the cheap wood barrel smell.

Insert Chernobyl meme* "not good, not bad" — 6 years ago

Michael Dereviankin

9.0

So this is wine #3 on Mike's journey to finding the best bottle of wine under 15 bucks. If you want a fancy wine smell this ain't the place. I've been sniffing my glass like a bored Florida man sniffing paint and nothing. In my opinion it's great, not over powering at all. If I were to give it a smell it would probably be California wildfires from a couple of states away; light, but distinct.

After taste is amazing and pairs well with the premade butter chicken they have at costco. I can't emphasize how great of a deal that is. Same price per weight as normal chicken breast, but comes pre-prepped. Hints of cherry aftertaste. Not sure if that is due to the color playing mind tricks.

Had my first quarantine zoom date this week. Not sure if the wine helped, but the date on the bottle (2012) gave something to talk about before I started to fake that my internet started glitching. — 6 years ago

Michael Dereviankin

9.2

This may be the creme de la creme of cheap wines. I have huge regrets drinking the majority of the bottle in one night, however to my amusement the morning after wasn't too shabby.

This would make the ultimate steak wine, but unfortunately I had to settle for chicken meal prep with no spices. I don't know if it's the wine or the perpetual bordem that has encompassed our lives now, but after drinking this entire bottle I ended up buying podcasting equipment and writing out scripts for the podcast. I'll attribute the productivity to the wine and not my over bearing loneliness.

Great color, great sharp taste. A+ going to stalk up before people discovery this — 6 years ago

Michael Dereviankin

8.3

Lots of bubbles when swirling lights, slow movement down the glass. This wouldn't be something I would drink with guests. That being said, this is a sweet flex for anyone looking at your mid 20s male bachelor apartment wine collection (3 bottles and counting baby). It says 2015 on the bottle so you can be like, "well it was a good season 5 years ago lots of rain, which correlates to reduced sugar content". I don't know if that is true, but I don't think your date will either.

Smell: rustic wood. Think old coffee table at fancy European cafe smell.

Taste: acidic and and slight (very slightly) bitter

Update: wood taste persists.

Recommended: keep one bottle around to brag about the 2015 date. This is a very good post work stress drink, that should be enjoyed in the comfort of your introverted apartment. This wine pairs well with lurking reddit. — 6 years ago