wine review
Jun. 23rd, 2009 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilman2008 Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon rosé
This was rec'd to me by one of the guys at Best Cellars, during a discussion of my yearly search for The Perfect Summer Rosé. He was right -- unlike too many of the rosé I've tried so far this year, the Mulderbosch has the ideal combination of off-dry fruit and clean finish, with a hint of what I'd swear was cinnamon but Wine Spectator says was pepper. If so, it's white pepper. Mid-weight, so there's more here than just a patio quaffer, but light enough despite the 13.5% to be refreshing.
As a pre-dinner appertif served chilled, it did the job, especially for people with tired feet and a smidge too much sun. I'm pleased to say that it also held up to dinner (Australian lamb loin, with garlic-sauteed sugar-snap peas), where the cherry flavor came forward more noticeably.
The color is a salmon hue that makes me think this would go well with crab cakes or breaded flounder, too. I intend to find out. $11.
(oh, and dinner was nomlicious. Bones were gnawed)
EtA: speaking of wine, anyone who drinks wine, likes wine, is afraid of wine, should read this. You Are Always Right. Yes. What he says. Or, as I used to tell people when I was working the floor -- "the best wine is the wine you like the best."
This was rec'd to me by one of the guys at Best Cellars, during a discussion of my yearly search for The Perfect Summer Rosé. He was right -- unlike too many of the rosé I've tried so far this year, the Mulderbosch has the ideal combination of off-dry fruit and clean finish, with a hint of what I'd swear was cinnamon but Wine Spectator says was pepper. If so, it's white pepper. Mid-weight, so there's more here than just a patio quaffer, but light enough despite the 13.5% to be refreshing.
As a pre-dinner appertif served chilled, it did the job, especially for people with tired feet and a smidge too much sun. I'm pleased to say that it also held up to dinner (Australian lamb loin, with garlic-sauteed sugar-snap peas), where the cherry flavor came forward more noticeably.
The color is a salmon hue that makes me think this would go well with crab cakes or breaded flounder, too. I intend to find out. $11.
(oh, and dinner was nomlicious. Bones were gnawed)
EtA: speaking of wine, anyone who drinks wine, likes wine, is afraid of wine, should read this. You Are Always Right. Yes. What he says. Or, as I used to tell people when I was working the floor -- "the best wine is the wine you like the best."
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Date: 2009-06-25 03:10 am (UTC)(amusingly enough, I am now being followed on Twitter by a South African wine distributor. Wonder if they'll order books...)
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Date: 2009-06-25 03:24 pm (UTC)We have a bunch of roses in, and I think you might like the Garnacha based Spanish ones since they have a little more heft than the Provence ones (Inurrieta, Borsao, Muga) and they're all under the $11 mark. Our Tavel of the moment is delish but $20, so :-p
Good reds in that range are numerous - there are CdR's like La Garrigue ($11.99) & Estezargues, Malbecs like the Goulart Classico ($7.99) and the Susana Balbo "Crios" ($12.99), a neat Italian Cab/Brachetto blend from Casabella called "Mont'Arquato" ($8.99), Portuguese wines like Altano ($6.99), dozens of Spanish Tempranillo and Garnacha based wines (too many to list, seriously), even an earthy German Pinot Noir called Latitiude 50 ($10.99)
If you're ever near B'Way and 204 come on by and I'll give you the tour.