Casillero del Diablo Gewurztraminer 2006
I was suckered in by the words "Chile" and "Gewurztraminer" on the same label. The $8.00 price tag caught my attention as well.
Okay, imagine if you will putting an Atomic Sour Power candy in your mouth (my kids loved those things). Then sniffing a pineapple and sucking down a gulp of pear juice over the candy. Followed by spitting it all out and gargling with day old rain water. That is the CdD Gewurz experience in a nutshell. Strong pass.
From my experience with inexpensive wines I have learned that $40 plus spent on a Burg-Syrah-Tuscan-Bordeaux is money well spent. My extremely broad conclusion is that most wines under $10 suck. Fairvalley Pinotage being the lone exception.