New rule. When your team is eliminated for the year - open a nice bottle of wine! (My football team - the Pats went down today - hard!) Back to the wine. On the nose I get smoke - unusual. Not a fruity wine - but that doesn't mean it doesn't have good flavor. Great tannins and length - I'm still tasting the wine minutes later. Pair this with almost anything. In fact, this would be a bottle I would drink on its own - without food. Mrs Vino would have it with an uber dark chocolate. She does say the wine is a bit bitter. I get that. I generally see Cab Franc as a blend - but if you want to try this varietal on its own - which actually grows well in New England (oohhh the NE Pats went down hard:() - I would look for this one - even though it is close to $20. (Hey - like the crackling fire in the photo background?)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Tuffeaux Bourgueil 2006
New rule. When your team is eliminated for the year - open a nice bottle of wine! (My football team - the Pats went down today - hard!) Back to the wine. On the nose I get smoke - unusual. Not a fruity wine - but that doesn't mean it doesn't have good flavor. Great tannins and length - I'm still tasting the wine minutes later. Pair this with almost anything. In fact, this would be a bottle I would drink on its own - without food. Mrs Vino would have it with an uber dark chocolate. She does say the wine is a bit bitter. I get that. I generally see Cab Franc as a blend - but if you want to try this varietal on its own - which actually grows well in New England (oohhh the NE Pats went down hard:() - I would look for this one - even though it is close to $20. (Hey - like the crackling fire in the photo background?)
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