Grand Marais Free Range Red

Celebrating Mother's Day in Grand Marais - one of our favorite places in the world! Had a Rex-Goliath Free Range Red. Good cheap red that we enjoyed while playing backgammon with lake Superior in the background!

Baldacci Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

We are celebrating our community garden tonight with some bacon wrapped tenderloin steaks from Buch's (amazing) and this wonderful Cab from our Napa trip in 2007.

Description: Baldacci Brenda Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - very thick, tannic wine. Glad we are having good steaks with it.

Aroma - blueberry jam and earthy characteristics
Taste - earthy, berry - blackberry or currant, leathery, smokey, tannic (almost hides berry).

Really enjoyed this wine.

A: 96
E: 97

Sterling Sauvignon Blanc

This is a great white wine on a nice night in NOLA. I'm enjoying this vino (E) while A enjoys gin & tonic.

Description: the wine is clear, crisp and fruity. Citrus with melon characteristics. Fresh tasting - slightly sweet.
Rating: 95

2005 Amiata Sangiovese from Italia

We had this deep vino for our roasted corn and avocado salsa steak tonight.
Description: deep red, tobacco like an old cigar, had to breathe for awhile - bitter on opening. Aroma: not good. Don't smell it.
Overall: Both wouldn't do over.

A: 84 points
E: 75 points (as A laughs)

Artesa 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

We had a steak for first time in many months so decided to rock a serious cab to go with it.

Bouquet: cinnamon, raspberry

Descriptor: deep plum, garnet color. Cedar, strong tannins, earthy finish, plum (not quite thunk plum!), berry but not sweet berry.

Great with steak roasted corn avocado salsa!

A: 92
E: 93

Peju Cabernet Franc

Napa Valley Peju Cabernet Franc 2004

We enjoyed a Cabernet Franc tonight. We have renters again and have reason to celebrate!

Bouquet: pomegranate, tobacco

Descriptor: light plum, vanilla and white pepper. Color is deep brownish garnet. Would be good with a cigar, which we are currently without.

Our scale: 100 being best wine ever:

A: 90

E: 85 (needs a steak, then 90) :)

Wine lovers

We are beginning a new idea of blogging our great wines that we drink. In 2006-2007, we went to Napa Valley and tried some great wines at some amazing vineyards. We are now starting to drink them and want a way to keep track of them. Here's the first to start our blog, although there have been many good ones before it.
The Provenance Carneros Merlot 2003 is a good one to start with!
Bouquet: leather from the Renaissance shop :), Blackberry
Descriptor: Meaty, earthy, thick wine - would be great with steak. "it's like a thunk plum - whole plum with leaves, pit and all - so thick!", berry, tannic.

This is really a very serious wine, the likes of which we rarely are able to enjoy.

Random scale out of 100 (100 being best wine you've ever had):
E: 96
A: 96