In the past I’ve professed not to be a huge fan of Sangria in bottles. Generally speaking, Sangria is better with real fruit and wines that are good to start with. However, I totally understand the allure of not having to go through all the work that goes into real sangria as well, especially when Kirkland will sell you a massive bottle of their Kirkland Sangria for only $6. So, is a magnum of $6 Sangria worth it?
Smell: Candied Orange peel comes up, and is joined by hints of raspberry and spice. It smells tangy, like orange liqueur.
Sip: It’s sweet, and immediately orange laden. The orange flavors are very much given toward orange liqueur, candied orange peel, and fresh tangerines. The fact that the wine happens to red seems to minimally impactful, with minimum amounts of strawberry and raspberry. There’s nice spice here, giving into cloves and cinnamon.
Kirkland Sangria is actually surprisingly tasty for the price and volume. While it’s certainly not real wine, it’s also well balanced, nicely spiced, and cleanly flavored. If there’s a downside, there’s not much red wine here, and they put the calories on the bottle (which turn out to be about 1000 calories for a bottle, which isn’t horrible given it’s a 1.5L!*). That said, Kirkland Sangria is worth a try, and would please a party of punch thirsty people.
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I really enjoy Sangria at restaurants so when I recently found that Kirkland Signature makes a Sangria I was excited to try it!
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I would definitely pick this up again! It’s nice to have a bottle in the fridge if you have people stop over and want to offer a fun, delicious drink.
The ingredients list is super short with just a few ingredients you would expect to see. For a 5 oz serving of Costco Kirkland Signature Sangria you’re looking at 100 calories, zero grams of fat, and 11 grams of sugar. The bottle also states the sangria has 6% alcohol for those who are curious.
It’s a pretty big bottle! 1.5 liters for $11.99 Canadian (not on sale). I can’t really comment on price outside of Alberta, because the price of alcohol fluctuates depending on where you are (mainly because of local taxes). For example, something at the Costco liquor store here that was over $20 Canadian was $5.99 US in Hawaii when we were there.
In the past I’ve professed not to be a huge fan of Sangria in bottles. Generally speaking, Sangria is better with real fruit and wines that are good to start with. However, I totally understand the allure of not having to go through all the work that goes into real sangria as well, especially when Kirkland will sell you a massive bottle of their Kirkland Sangria for only $6. So, is a magnum of $6 Sangria worth it?
Kirkland Sangria is actually surprisingly tasty for the price and volume. While it’s certainly not real wine, it’s also well balanced, nicely spiced, and cleanly flavored. If there’s a downside, there’s not much red wine here, and they put the calories on the bottle (which turn out to be about 1000 calories for a bottle, which isn’t horrible given it’s a 1.5L!*). That said, Kirkland Sangria is worth a try, and would please a party of punch thirsty people.
Smell: Candied Orange peel comes up, and is joined by hints of raspberry and spice. It smells tangy, like orange liqueur.
Sip: It’s sweet, and immediately orange laden. The orange flavors are very much given toward orange liqueur, candied orange peel, and fresh tangerines. The fact that the wine happens to red seems to minimally impactful, with minimum amounts of strawberry and raspberry. There’s nice spice here, giving into cloves and cinnamon.
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