Your suggestions on the best under $15

[summa]

Ok Some notes on the wines I tried yesterday...

2000 Firestone SB Santa Barbara County,
Ok, so it's very fruit forward, but Still very good, wonderful nose-clean, pear, pineapple, lot's of fruit to start, citrus, green apple, not a hint of oak, and good acidity, no grass, mustiness, or smoke to be found, decent finish, at about $10-$12 retail, Quite a great wine. (I'd not been at all a fan of Firestone before this.)

2000 Kunde SB Magnolia Lane, nice middle of the road one, more complex than Firestone, perhaps a "classic" California SB, good nose, some fruit, some oak, can't complain, but $4-$5 more than Firestone.

(don't have year)EOS SB Pasa Rablos, god I have to laugh, All Glycerin and Oak, almost thick, quite smoky, but where's the fruit? I thought I was drinking a good but dead american chard.

1999 Joseph Phelps Pastiche, vendor told me it was a blend of chard and sauvignon blanc, must have some semillion as well, good nose, though not a large as Firestone, but more complex notes, Very smooth, quite attractive to an american palate I'd think, more citrus, a touch of oak, not a long finish, but decently balanced. Somehow I'm surprised Joseph Phelps would do well for such little cost at $9 wholesale.


[This message has been edited by summa (edited 08-24-2001).]