Another nice
Napa Cab. The wine has by now lost the
purple blush of youth and presents a
healthy red color. The aroma is, well the best I could come up with is "
warm"--it offers some
spice and some
fruit, but is
at its heart just a
welcoming smell. The taste is a
mirror image of the aroma--lots of
fruit wrapped in a
peppery envelope. The taste is not overly complex--it is quite medium-bodied and
straightforward, and while I found this a nice change for
tonight's meal, I don't think this
sentiment would hold up if I chose to buy an entire
case. There is a nice, crisp
acidity and a good,
yielding tannic structure. I think a year or two would do this wine quite a bit of good.
In short, a fine wine, probably worth the $16 cost, but not a superb one. It went (surprisingly) quite well with the tomato sauce, which suggests it might be a good all-purpose, near-fancy red.
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