Frost, Snow, Bordeaux!
After a chilly day of frost and snow in which I managed to walk into entirely too many door jams, (I swear they moved), tripped over nearly every rug in my home, (did they get fluffier over the weekend?) and for some reason decided the refrigerator was the best place to leave my iPhone… By the end of the day there was nothing else to be done but decant a bottle of Bordeaux and enjoy an insanely gorgeous sunset.
After a day like that I highly recommend curling up on the couch and having a long chat with a great friend over a bottle of this delicious wine. Granted, it is still a bit young, but has sufficient complexity to not require a meal to bring out its flavors… although a bit of chocolate didn’t hurt. Don’t judge… I wasn’t kidding about the multiple door jams.
As with all Bordeaux wines, this isn’t a very big wine, so don’t have it with anything too overpowering, but I think it would go well with a steak, (not a heavy pepper sauce) and maybe some steamed veggies… or skip all that like I did and head straight to the chocolate. The wine needs a good 1 1/2 to 2 hours to breath in the decanter at a minimum. The oak notes mellow as it breathes and the earthier mocha flavors emerge a bit stronger along with some raspberries and cherry touches. It’s definitely the kind of wine that you love to let linger on the palate. Enjoy!
