2001 Kenwood Russian River Valley PN

[hotwine]

Picked up some pork loin at Costco last week, and grabbed a couple of bottles of this, since we rarely have any PN/burgs in the cellar. Poured an hour before dinner and allowed to sit quietly while she prepared din-din of green beans almondine, asparagus, new spuds and loin fillets (pork was seared on both sides in OO, then covered with 4 cups of sliced apples, a half cup of brown sugar and 4 Tbsp of maple syrup and simmered on low heat for 35 minutes).

The wine offered a mixed berry nose and more on the palate with none standing out; the French oak in which it was aged for a year was noticeable but not overbearing at all. 13.8% alc/vol and about $10 at Costco (hate it when I throw away the receipt before logging into the database!) A wonderful pairing.

She pulled the recipe from a fairly recent issue of Southern Living magazine, the only periodical we don't recycle immediately after (her) reading.