Last fall, when attending a distributor function at Julio's I sampled a California Cab. I confessed to the Hess representative that I generally drink Cabs from Chile. (Not that I'm opposed to other Cabs, it's just that the Chilean wines are much less expensive, generally reliable and I like them!) "Too earthy," he says to me. "Don't get me wrong," he says, "I went through a phase where I drank a lot of them, but I now prefer the California Cabs." I liked the sample and picked up a bottle - in the $18 range - although that was a special that night as it is generally around $22. I match in up with some mid-January charcoal grilled steaks. This is a "big hairy" red - and I'm beginning to see the distributors point. I love it and would recommend it to any of you big hairy cigar smokers out there. Mrs. Vino isn't a big fan - finding it just doesn't have any sweetness. I'll look for it! Shhh - Don't tell her. She'll learn to like this one. (Hey - ck out Brett "it is all about me" Fav-raa playing for the Vikings in the playoff game in the background. )
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