2001 Rainbow Ridge Alicante Bouschet

[dananne]

Until Friday night, we hadn't opened a bottle of this since the fall of '03. I had thought it would be a good idea to allow this to mellow out a bit, and while I still find it a really nice wine, I confess to being a bit disappointed in how it has turned out. It's sort of like listening to heavy metal music with the volume turned down to 4 -- it's just not the same.