Primitivo & Negroamaro.
Not my usual label type picture. I pitched the bottle before I remembered to take a pic. My bad.
It wasn't the wine taste I was looking for that night. I couldn't remember how it tasted and I opened it without doing a quick internet search. My bad again.
The wine wasn't bad. It just wasn't what I was in the mood for that night or the nights it took to finish.
The nose was slightly medicinal.
Color: red heading to brick at the edges.
Taste: No obvious fruit erm...maybe a not sweet blackberry? Smooth. Long finish. Earthiness - in a good way. No taste of ass that night.
Just when I thought the fresh barnyard was bad....I open up one which smells like an outhouse.
I have a laminated wine wheel which lists categories which help neophytes identify what they are smelling. It identifies Chemical smells of all sorts, including Hydrogen Sulfide & Kerosene. It doesn't list sh*t. It must be a universal given.
The smell did not go away with aeration though it was less so the next day.
That's it. Beyond drinking through the obscure, garagiste wines already in my cellar I am not getting any more. I could really use the smells of summer berries right about now: even more so when the snows start to fall.
90% Merlot, 10% Cab Sauvignon.
Other than the offending nose, the taste wasn't bad. It was a plummy taste, on the lighter side. Light finish.
My abject apologies for not posting as regularly as I've been drinking. Thank you for bearing with me.
My New Year's resolutions are to strive...
1. to post about every single bottle I open - wine, craft beer and distilled spirit (mmmmmsinglemaltscotch).
2. to hit the books again to read up on wine so I can write more useful commentary than just ..."yummmmy" & a comment about blissfully curled toes.
3. to make more cogent notes on tastings in the area. I will not be able to list all wines tasted but I want to post about that great discovery which blows out the competition at a tasting - at least in my opinion.
Meanwhile, Happy Christmas! I hope it finds you and your family well and with a bottle (or 2) handy.
One of the expected Christmas wines at Chez Monkey is Mumm Napa, brut prestige, a Napa Valley Sparkling wine.
The other wines are still to be determined after a consult with local wine gurus.
