“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.” …. Louis Pasteur
I went into
the racks today to see which wine might be needed to be enjoyed now, selected
and tasted a 2008 Sineann Wines Cabernet Sauvignon from
their Baby Poux Vineyard in the Columbia Valley AVA(Oregon). Oregon is
what I often think of when I’m thinking of Pinot Noir, and – o.k. – maybe Pinot
Gris. Cabernet Sauvignon, for me, is left bank Bordeaux blends, Sonoma or Napa Valley. A good
vintage (97 points Wine Spectator), it’s unlikely you will find a 2008 on the shelves now, but
2012 (at 95 points)
and 2013 (at 91-94) should be available and worth looking into from Sineann.
Deep purple in the glass with a nose of plum, cassis and blackberry that jumps
from the glass. Flavors of plum, cola, blackberry, and cassis are well
integrated in a full bodied wine that finishes with a razor’s edge of crispness
in a wondrous contradiction of flavors that not only linger cleanly but
develop. Sage and cinnamon end notes. Aired more and tasted on the second day,
mashed blackberry dominates the nose. Flint and pencil lead develop in the
taste that still leads with blackberry. Tannins are silky and the wine is
creamy smooth. A most interesting and enjoyable Cabernet Sauvignon. Offered a
taste to someone who generally does not like structured wines and she loved it.
Thumbs up on this one!
Cheers!
………………… Jim
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