Medium crimson red. Aromas of red currant and summer pudding fruits with a lift of varietal cabernet, and appealing spicy shiraz. Youthful and lively fruit flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and loganberry follow from the nose. A medium bodied wine with a sweet-fruited mid-palate and great balance.I shall endeavor, at some point to find out what a loganberry smells like... In any case, it's a delightful wine with a "peppery" taste to it (pepper- the spice, not pepper - the vegetable). I have to admit I picked this particular wine this evening due to it having a twist cap vs. a cork.
Penfold's is an Australian winery. I'd heard from an Aussie that they make good wine and so when we found some at the local liquor store (the folks that host the wine tasting) we picked some up.
I am also super excited because the first batch of stuff for my upcoming project showed up today and it's every bit as wonderful as I had hoped!
I am still looking forward to the Garnacha de Fuego we picked up... described thusly:
On the nose, this wine shows ripe black fruits: black raspberry and prune, with a touch of eucalyptus, pepper, and a smidgeon of earth. The palate offers a silky smooth texture, warm black raspberry, black cherry, and plum, with a touch of spice – maybe vanilla? Acidity and tannins are medium, appropriate for food but not so high that they’re overbearing when this wine is drunk by itself. Drink it with burgers, skirt steaks, cheese, tacos.I am thinking it will, perhaps, go well with Sunday Dinner (unless we find something else at the tasting...)
In any case, this isn't going to be an especially long post because I've had wine and concentration is not real easy at this point for me. I think being tired when you have wine just makes the wine have a more soporific effect. Add to that the fact that I had a light lunch and thusly not alot in my stomach when I ingested the wine and you have all the makings of a rather short blog post.
P.S. - to the person who I know doesn't read my blog but might, on occasion, have this blog read to them, whom I may or may not have referred to as Mr. Wine Snob in/on a certain social networking platform, I promise I didn't mean it as an insult. I honestly hope that one day we will again get to share some wine and when that day arrives, I promise to not look like Eliza Dolittle again!
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I like Penfolds. It is delish.
Yo, I might have some right now!
Also, Mr. Wine Snob stopped reading at "I picked this particular wine this evening due to it having a twist cap vs. a cork." And he can go screw himself in my humble opinion. Or uncork himself or whatever. Study after study show that wine snobs can't tell expensive wine from Stinko de Vino. My favorite study is still the one that shows that gourmands can't tell pâté from dog food. Really: that's an actual study. I love science.
I have been to the Penfolds vineyard, there stuff is amazing! Their Shiraz/Cab blend, pure bliss.
FWIW, Mr. Wine Enthusiast (which is really a more apt moniker for the person) really does know his stuff in regards to wine and my interaction with him made me want to learn more about wine.
@Stoogepie The pâté/dog food thing is another good reason for me to never try pâté. (I did catch my mom making "tuna sandwiches" out of 9-lives one morning when I was growing up, which pretty much put me off of ever eating tuna sandwiches ever again!)
@justjp - I am looking forward to trying some of their other wines now that I've had the Shiraz/Cab. Now that I'm starting to have a clue, I'd like to get to another vineyard.
@stoogepie actually, my bf "mr wine snob" drinks wine with twist off tops all the time (who cares...it's not like he has a wine cellar or wants to keep a bottle around for years), and he doesn't buy wine based on price but based on what he likes. Almost no-one he knows really likes to drink wine (besides me and our friends who work at wine bars)...not his friends, his family, his employees or his customers...but he certainly doesn't look down on anyone for it and he doesn't consider himself any kind of wine expert.
And finally, HE never said anything to her about anything and doesn't think of her as an "Eliza Dolittle", so maybe you should go screw yourself.
Darling Blog Readers... I honestly don't want this to turn into something unpleasant.
To be fair, Mr. Wine Enthusiast doesn't even read my blog. And to be clear, I have a ton of love and respect for both him and his girlfriend (to whom I happen to be related).
And so... I make the request, ala Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"
@Jinx.tv: Please take me less seriously. Really, I'm sorry if I touched one or more of your nerves or hurt any feelings. My comment was about gourmet-related expertise in general and the screw versus uncork line at Mr. Wine Snob's expense was intended to be funny. I obviously knew nothing about Mr. Wine Snob until you just filled me in, so I didn't think even he would take my comment seriously. As for your suggestion, I regularly screw myself already. Seriously, I didn't mean any harm.
@MsDarkstar: I'm sure we can all get along. I promise I'll try to be good.
@stoogepie you're right, you did push my buttons although i have read your blog a few times and should probably know better...if you were saying something about me i would probably react much differently BUT when someone makes a cheap joke at the expense of my bf who is the nicest guy and honestly has the best thoughts and intentions toward everyone and isnt here to either defend himself OR laugh it off, i really get riled up.
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