Humphrey Wine Club

The wines that the nice man at Que Syrah chose for us...

 

2010 - Parés Baltà "Ros de Pacs" (June 2011)

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If there's any need to keep score of how 'pink' a rose is, this one is about as close to the red end of the scale you can get while still being able to be called pink, we think. 

There's a lot of 'a little bit' going on.  A little bit of sweet.  A little bit of acid.  A little bit of fruit, strawberry perhaps.  A little bit of spice.  But a good bit of refreshing!

We brough it out to share with some Tamales A Daring Kitchen Article that we had made, and we'll call it an ok match. It didn't do anything to make the food better, nor vice versa, but nothing was worse either. The tasting notes suggest chicken, so perhaps a simple roast?  Definitely not a big rich caserole type thing.

Filed under: 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Consumed Merlot Organic Rose Spain Syrah
 

2007 Mankas Hills Vineyards "Amelie" (September 2011)

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It's hard to figure out exactly what's going in the nose.  Sort of fruity, but sort of like a garden too (in a good way) but not a rose garden, just a garden.  Definitely got berries on the palette and a little bit of acid like things going on that were probably the tannins asking to be left in the cellar for a few more years.

We opened it up with a fairly rich Pork Dish A Daring Kitchen Article because the tasting notes suggested Korean BBQ.  We'd call it a match where no one was unhappy but no one was any happier.  It worked, and they didn't cause problems for each other, that's all.

Filed under: 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon California Consumed Merlot Red
 

2009 Terredora Di Paolo Aglianico (October 2011)

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If we lived our lives solely on first impressions this wine wouldn't get far...  Our first impression is that it was pretty rough. 

Upon reflection, it still is pretty rough, but we see a grand future for it...  We kind of feel we just go a mouthful of tannins, but as it got a little more air after sitting on the table for awhile they softened a bit, certainly enough to give some clues as to what's underneath.  We're pretty certain we found cherries in there and probably the same on the nose.  We really think this would benefit from spending some time in the back of the cellar, probably closer to 5 years.  We don't really cellar for posterity, but we may tuck one of these away, especially since it's the first time (we're pretty certain, anyway) that we've had an Aglianico.

We did pair it up with a beef dinner A Daring Kitchen Article, and would do so again in 5 years time, we expect.

 

This also helped us on our quest A Century Project Qualifying Grape to join the Wine Century Club The Century Project Introduction.

Filed under: 2009 Aglianico Campnia Italy Red
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