That may have sounded intresting.... this was!!

[mrdutton]

For those of you who may be fans of reds like Bonny Doon's Cal Del Solo Big House Red or Cline's Cotes D'Oakley this baby is right up your alley!

As a matter of fact, I think it might even be a few steps above that alley.

Fruit on the nose, fruit on the palate. Tastes like cherries and blackberries to me; smells like 'em also. But then there's other things also. Hints of vanilla and spice (like a bit of pepper) along with hints of bitterness, like what you get from aromatic earth, and some astringency from hints of tannis on a long, complex finish that seems to last almost forever.

This stuff is a bit more expensive than the 7 to 9 dollars you pay for the Cline or the Bonny Doon. It rolls in around 17 dollars a bottle.

California Old Vine Red, Lot Number Twenty Six, Marietta Cellars, Geyserville, CA.

Alcohol is 13.5% according to the label.

Drank this with Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes (covered with fresh ground black pepper) and home-made succotash. The meatloaf was veal, pork and beef topped off with some tomato sauce and filled with onions and garlic.

Now there might have been better things this would have gone with, but it sure went well with what was served.