I’ve had several excellent wines in the past few weeks but haven’t had time to write about any of them. Here are the highlights;
- Belle Glos Las Alturas Pinot Noir
- Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet
- Rubicon Estate Rutherford Cabernet
- Don Maximiano Errazuriz Founder’s Reserve Cabernet
- Caymus Special Selection Cabernet
- Estancia Pinot Noir – Monterrey
These wines run the gambit from $11 per bottle to well over $100 per bottle, but they are all delightful drinkers. I’ve been told that Sequoia Grove Rutherford Bench Reserve Cabernet is drinking as good as the Caymus Special Selection at a fraction of the price and I’m working on tracking down a bottle to try. If it’s as good as I’ve heard I’ll pick up a couple more bottles to have around. You’ll notice a dearth of whites in the above list – I just haven’t found any recently that flip my trigger. I dearly love an elegant bottle for under $15, the kind of wine you can enjoy with good pizza or a well-made hamburger, then I keep a selection of $20-$50 bottles in the cooler for really nice meals and holidays. For special occasions there are a few bottles in the over $75 range, but there aren’t many of those and I like to have them with a meal that deserves such a bottle. Wines and teas are a passion; they provide many of the same experiences, benefits and both offer an almost endless number of variations to investigate.
