Mmmmmmmm.
"Imagine a dark-haired siren gliding down a broad marble staircase, her subtle curves sheathed in deep red velvet. She approaches lightly, smelling mildly of Nibs and hint of anise and vanilla. She reaches out gently and caresses your palate with a satin-gloved hand."
That is my wife's interpretation of what I was thinking about this tasty, $12.00 red. How come my fantasies can't include giant marble staircases? Also, any obviously wealthy vixen in velvet who's been chomping Nibs would make a really fine companion. My interpretation of the wine went a little more like:
Imagine your palate is a car being soaped by sighing, dark skinned and bikini clad beauties in sunny Southern California. In slow motion. To music. Like in the movies. I am pretty sure it's in the movies. I hope. (I need the car; I had to get to the wine.)
Seriously, a sip of this wine was like drinking from a glass of velvet. Without the lint-y coughing. This wine went very well with our homemade pita pizza.
Worth a try.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Candidato, Spain, 2006, Tempranillo / Garnacha
Candidato, Spanish for "Monday night when you've finished the merlot".
Not kidding. I looked around for a good candidate and there it was. I'll be frank: this wine is easy on the wallet, nay, the change pot. But it is a pretty decent value when I think that 2 dozen donuts (which would, if I ate them, make me much sicker than this bottle of wine), cost about the same amount. It has everything one needs in a wine. It's red, comes in a vitrified pouring device, and looks completely at ease sitting on a counter or a table near a kitchen.
Actually, if I remember correctly, at a wine club circa Christmas 2007, this wine was enjoyed by all and scored pretty high on our scorecards. Just a bit oaky and fairly robust without being cloyingly sweet or ostentatiously French. Super-awesome with homemade pizza. Or after Merlot.
Did I ever mention wine club? Well, let me tell you, great friends come to wine club, and even better times result! It may have taken 2.5 hours to drive to it in a snow storm, but the moment wine club starts all malice is forgotten! Am I not right Amigos?
Not kidding. I looked around for a good candidate and there it was. I'll be frank: this wine is easy on the wallet, nay, the change pot. But it is a pretty decent value when I think that 2 dozen donuts (which would, if I ate them, make me much sicker than this bottle of wine), cost about the same amount. It has everything one needs in a wine. It's red, comes in a vitrified pouring device, and looks completely at ease sitting on a counter or a table near a kitchen.
Actually, if I remember correctly, at a wine club circa Christmas 2007, this wine was enjoyed by all and scored pretty high on our scorecards. Just a bit oaky and fairly robust without being cloyingly sweet or ostentatiously French. Super-awesome with homemade pizza. Or after Merlot.
Did I ever mention wine club? Well, let me tell you, great friends come to wine club, and even better times result! It may have taken 2.5 hours to drive to it in a snow storm, but the moment wine club starts all malice is forgotten! Am I not right Amigos?
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