Nothing like a weekend to make some pour decisions, pouring wine of course. Hard to believe for our second weekend in September there’s a heat wave warning for today. Piss off humidity, it’s September. Time for cool crisp days, sweater weather.
Whatever you’re pouring this Fall, whether its white or red, feel free to pass along your favorite wine.
Let’s start with this one.
Zenato is putting out some spectacular wines. They are responsible for a 96-Point wine under $25, almost unheard of. This Valpolicella Ripasso was spectacular, and I named it my Wine of the Year a few years back.
The Cormi Corvina Merlot from 2018 has been in the bottle for 6 years, so aerate it or do what I did and swirl it lots.
When I opened it, and took a sip, I knew right away it needed a little time to breathe. If a wine tastes a little boozy, or even a little harsh, that is a sign that it needs to breath. Because I had it in the glass, I did a ‘manual aerate’. I had a big glass and I swirled it aggressively, basically aerating it. What a difference it makes. This wine went on to have gorgeous flavors of black cherry, plum, fig, and dried cherry. Brand new to our liquor store here and priced under $25. I had it with a stuffed butterfly pork chop.
Sauteed onions, celery and carrots and added blue cheese in the bread crumbs along with some Newfoundland savory. Yummy. Grilled and smoked, it was quite tasty.
Here’s another great wine at a great price.
This wine received 94 Points as a best value wine, priced at just $15 a bottle. This beautiful Sangiovese from Italy has gorgeous flavors of cranberry, tart cherry and oregano. Beautiful wine at a great price.
A moment of cuteness before I go
This is my 88-year old Mom with Maggie, in a pink bow, and my nephew’s new puppy, Lexi. Just cuteness overload.
Enjoy September, and have a wonderful weekend. Till next week Cheers
Darlene
Wine-It’s Just My Opinion 