While the vast majority of wines should never be heated or served above room temperature, there's a small class of wines that thrive being warmed. In October I had a bottle known as Witches Brew which went wonderful on a cold fall day with its mulling spices. Today, I'm drinking a similar wine from Easley Winery, their 'Warm Mulled Wine'.
From the label, it is a mixture of a Red table wine, mulling spices, honey, apple cider, and lemon juice. Together, this makes for a wine with a medium level of tanins, low level of alcohol, a medium level of acids, and a fairly sweet wine. Its a balance that truly tastes better warmed up on the stove or in the microwave than at room temperature or served cold.
The wine itself is a dark reddish-purple hue and is well mixed. From the appearance, I would not guess that spices and other things were mixed in with the wine.
Overall, I'd rate this wine a 65 out of 100. It contains some complex tastes, but these come from the spices, honey, cider, and lemon juice and not from the wine itself. But the wine itself runs less than $10 and for the price, is a great warmed wine for a winter night.
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