Had this red blend table wine last night with homemade Chicken Cacciatore and it was flat across the board.
2005 Chateau Coufran Haut-Medoc
Massive, thick, Left Bank Bordeaux with a captivating color of ruby red fused with plum purple, lending a enriched bouquet of toasted oak, dark cherry, damp gravel and leaves. This wine is definitely structured to be paired with a hearty main course offering thick dark red fruit, rich soil, unsweetened baking chocolate and nutmeg on the palate. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2009 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges
This 100% Cabernet Franc from The Loire Valley in France has a thick, rustic bouquet of barnyard, lillacs, lavender and leather while offering smooth tannin, brooding dark fruit, dried herbs, unsweetened black licorice and a refreshing, semi burst of semi sweet blackberry in the mid palate. This wine will absolutely throw you for a loop if you are use to drinking California wines. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2009 Chateau Busquet Lussac, St Emillion
This young Right Bank Bordeaux consisting of 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon offers a bouquet of perfume, lilac, incense, compost and faint maple. Mild to Medium in body while lending red currant, green pepper and cranberry on the palate, this wine has mild, undeveloped tannin and finishes with a pleasant, pronounced note of cocoa and moderate to heavy toasted oak. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2005 Chateau La Garde, Pessac Leognan
Alluring, fragrant nose of fresh green grass, dark berries, red fruit and vanilla with polished tannin and an expressive delivery of coffee, tobacco and black cherry. Stellar throughout and paired very nicely with my baked, lightly seasoned, pork chop dinner. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2005 Chateau Lamonthe-Bergeron, Haut Medoc
This Cru Bourgeouis blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc has an attractive bouquet of clay, touch of subliminal sweet berry, perfume, lavender and hearty cigarbox. Sound medium bodied with a compact disposition of deep currant, black cherry, vanilla extract, tobacco and wholesome earth, I absolutely loved the integrated oak influence evolving at the back of the midpalate and all the way throughout the lengthy, relaxed finish. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2005 Chateau Soleil-Puisseguin Saint Emilion
Thick, dark plum hue lending a bouquet of violets, mild vanilla, limestone and heavy musk. Really had high aspirations for this wine, but was dumbfounded as well as disappointed by how heavily oaked it was. Will say though that I enjoyed the flavors of black currant complimented by remnants of tobacco and a dash of herbaceousness. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2007 Quinta do Vallado Douro
Yet another delectable wine from the Douro Region in Portugal, with a brilliantly refined bouquet of dark berries, musk, perfume and black pepper accompanied by a polished attack chock full of violets, plum, blackberries, damp earth, while lending an expressive finish. These Portuguese Reds are quickly becoming some of my favorite wines ever and everyone should indulge deeply! Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
2006 Po de Poeira Douro Red
Happy Saturday to all and hope everyone is keeping warm! Before two nights ago i had absolutely no reference for Portuguese red wines and i was extremly excited as well as terrified to try this wine from the Douro Portuguese wine region. After about 15 minutes of airating, i became overjoyed by the refinement and freshness of this wine from the luscious bouquet following all the way through the finish. Filled with red berry and black cherry fruit that seemed to be touched by the hands of divinity, i was left speechless, utterly content, appreciative of every precious moment i had with this remarkable wine. One of the most pleasantly surprising wines i have ever had and perhaps the most enjoyable and massive $20 bottle of wine i have ever consumed! Compliments of Vinum Importing and Distributing. http://www.vinumimporting.com Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
Château du Trillol 2007 – Red Wine – Corbières
This 60% Grenache-40% Syrah medium bodied blend from the Corbières Appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon offers a rustic bouquet of clay, eucalyptus, musk, barnyard and rugged oak while lending flavors of mild, semi tart blackberry pie and course black pepper. I am on the fence with this one and did dislike the huge amount of sediment that came along with this wine. Keep Drinking and Keep Believing.
