Like a prayer, I stumbled across this '05 PJ Valckenberg Madonna on a local liquor store’s “$3 cooking wine shelf”. The nose is nondescript melon with some sugar. I wish there was more to smell, but there simply isn’t anything else there. Thankfully, some of the melon nose transfers over to the palate. Unfortunately, our melon friend is accompanied by his lesser acquaintances “candied banana” and “mild bug spray”. It somehow manages to be both goopy and overtly hot on the palate. This is a clumsy wine. 79 pts.
Hey, the perfect wine to serve at the Diet of Worms!
Ooops, a bit late for that… 
Goes well with a Filet o fish sammich or the McSalad
Maybe you should have cooked with it.
The bottle, cork, capsule and label must add up close to $3.
Then there’s transport. You got the wine for nothing.
Should have taken the $3 and bought a scratch off lottery ticket. Maybe you would have won and used the winnings on a bottle that was drinkable.
LOL. truth.