Rite Aid- Wineade

[Dave101]

:wine: I was at Rite Aid and saw a Cabernet called 5 Oaks. It was only $3 a bottle so I thought what-the-hey and bought a bottle. With a lackluster grape education don't put much confidence in my evaluation but it has a nice mild vanilla nose and though not quite dry enough to be a perfect fit for my taste to it's credit it doesn't have that huge fruitiness that jumps in your face (which I Hate) that a lot of wines do and for a wine that's not the most dry it does have a very soft finish which I enjoy tremendously. I'd have to say it's a cabernet that acts like a Pino so it is a little thin but I like Pino's too. For $3 what do you have to lose- well besides the 3$. If your a wine snob put on your Groucho Marx nose and glasses and go incognito but it's a real bargin for a weekday beverage on a pleasant little table wine. If your brave enough to try 2 buck Chuck you'll be be pleasantly surprised.

David

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[RagingBITCH]

Sounds more like it lacks real taste, hence it being cheap and not dry/fruitiness. (Not criticizing you or the wine!)

For most people, the uber cheap $3-5 wines you find on endcaps at Walgreens/Rite-Aid are good enough for them. The lacking taste makes it "easy" to drink.

 

[nonameo]

I haven't had any alcohol in years. I kinda want a drink now

 

[knightc2]

Woah there. I don't think that RagingB was being all that harsh. Let's all just pour a glass of Five Oaks and relax.
By the way I have had Five Oaks (not sure if it was the Cabernet or not) and although it wasn't great it was well worth the $3 I paid for it. One of the party stores nearby sells it for 3 for $10. The also sell Crane Lake for the same price but the Five Oaks is way better. Crane Lake sucks. I enjoy a nice glass of wine but I can't afford $20 bottles all the time. Thankfully there are some palatable cheap brands out there.

Edit: Dammit! All this talk of wine made me thirsty. I just poured myself a glass of Yellow Tail Shiraz.

 

[davidtb]

I'm liking Tunnel of Elms, the Merlot. 2 for $10.00 in upstate NY.

 

[jsxlynn]

Normally I drink only the finest, ghastly expensive, mind you --like Redfaux de Chatoo La Pouffier, preferably a vintage before 1910, but I think that I shall have to try this 5 Oak Cabernet... With great thanks for the inside information kind Sir Dave101...

 

[knightc2]

OK, I stopped by the ole Rite-Aid on the way home and grabbed a bottle of the Five Oaks Cabernet. Turns out I have never had this before (I had Trinity Oaks or something like that) and for only $3 it was worth the risk. Well, let me say that your review was pretty much right on. It is a little thin but it does have a nice finish. This isn't great wine by any stretch but it was probably the best $3 bottle of wine I have had. It tasted better than the Yellow Tail I had last night (not that Yellow Tail is top shelf but it is a decent low cost wine). I also picked up the Five Oaks Merlot as well but have yet to taste it. My guess is it won't be as good as the Cabernet. Anyway, my 2 cents.

 

[RideFree]

OK, Dave,
I certainly hope this is better than the two buck chuck (which I brought back twenty cases fron Trader Vic's in the Sandiego area in 2003.) It was barely worth the two bucks, omho.

Gonna try this and hope it is better.

 

[Dave101]

Well maybe just go for 1 bottle

 

[AMD K9]

I don't have a Rite Aid in my area (SW Florida), but this sounds like the $2.97 bottle of wine I purchased at Wal-Mart last week. I remember the name was "something" OAK and they had the Cabernet and the Merlot, and I picked up the Merlot. I have to say I wasn't blown away, and it did seem like cheap wine, but it was well worth the $2.97. Having said that about a month earlier when I was in California, I sought out Trader Joes just for the 2 Buck Chuck. My sister thought I was nuts buying such cheap wine and I picked up a bottle of the Merlot and Cabernet. We both drank the Merlot and enjoyed it. We popped opened the Cabernet and it was a little harsher, but in all fairness I actually preferred the 2 Buck Chuck to the live OAK or whatever I tried from Wal-Mart. Heck I wish they carried the 2 Buck Chuck here (Charles Shaw) as Im no snob, and I could drink that more regularly.

 

[GeezerMan]

Can you overclock it?

 

[Bobartig]

@Ridefree: Did you taste the 2buck chuck before picking up so much of it? The thing about Charles Shaw is that the quality tends to vary by batch, so people will buy a bottle, cork it in the parking lot and take a drink. If its a decent batch, they'll pick up a couple cases. Otherwise, they toss the bottle and try next month. Apparently the 'decent' batches are really quite good. I wouldn't really know. I just use it for cooking.

I've even seen mostly full bottles of 2 buck chuck sitting on the sidewalk outside TJ's from bastards too lazy to walk to the nearest trash can.

 

[Amart]

I'd rather drop $10 on a bottle from Chile, regardless of grape. That country is a permanent true bargain.

Fun find though ^_^

P.S. It's definitely good for cooking. I love poaching meat and fish in wine.

 

[kindest]

how is it compared to the infamous 2 buck chuck (charles shaw) from trador joes

 

[AMD K9]

2 buck chuck is better IMO

 

[Gladiator2000]

I prefer the Rite Aide Five Oaks Cabernet over the Trader Joe's Charles Shaw. Don't like the Charles Shaw after taste.





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