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Wine Of The Month
As always, the goal of our wine of the month club is to bring you distinctive, high quality, high value wines, while occasionally “pushing the envelope” in terms of expanding your tasting horizons… without the stuffiness.
January 2012
Bennett Lane, Maximus – Red Feasting Wine – 2006 – Napa
What better way to start the New Year than by enjoying a “Red Feasting Wine”.
The blend on the 2006 Maximus is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 10% Syrah, and 5% Malbec. “The wine opens with aromas of blackberry, violets and chocolate covered cherries. On the palate the wine displays flavors of dark berries, mocha and cherries. With elegant, velvety tannins that enhance the mouth feel, the wine has a long fruit driven finish and pairs well with practically everything”. This is a big wine and even though it’s got some age it will still benefit from decanting or aerating after it’s opened. Let the full flavors envelope your palate as you envision the wonderful events that will occur in 2012.
Marchesi Di Barolo, Maraia, Barbera Monferrato – Italy - 2010
This delicious Barbera comes from the Piedmont region of Italy and is a vibrant and lively wine. Piedmont may be famous for its Nebbiolo-based wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, but the inhabitants of this region in Northwest Italy don't drink these big, tannic wines on an everyday basis. When it comes to a weekday dinner's accompaniment, they usually turn to Barbera The balanced acidity makes this an excellent companion to pasta dishes, braised lamb or beef, or just some crusty bread and some of excellent Asiago cheese from Rudy’s
Touraine, Domaine du Pre’ Baron – Sauvignon – 2010 - France
Here is a marvelous, old world style, Sauvignon Blanc that will warm your heart on a chili January evening (or morning). The first thing to notice is a richer color on this French Sauvignon as compared to the New Zealand and California versions that we are used to. While still showing off some zesty citrus notes, they are offset with a bit of minerality and a touch of slate that leads to what I call a “wet stone finish”; sort of like tasting the fruit and the earth at the same time.
This wine is from the Loire Valley of France, an area that produces exceptional white wines. I am becoming more and more excited about white wines in general and about this region in particular. Maybe we should plan a Rudy’s excursion, sometime in July, and Dave Nelson could be our tour guide and we could hit some Tour d France race sites while we’re there. Just a thought.
Thanks for being an important part of Rudy’s, have a spectacular 2012!
Tom Ashenbrener and all of us at. . .
Rudy’s - A Cook’s Paradise
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