Saturday, July 27, 2002

Tonight's wine at Campobello: 1998 Marietta Angeli Cuvee (you'll have to scroll down on the link). Good stuff - a red blend of 85% Zinfandel, 10% Sirah, and 5% Carignane. And here's the killer for a wimp like me - 15.5% alcohol. The wine is very big - somewhat sweet and thick - "jammy" as they would say in wine parlance. But the Sirah calms down the big blackberry sweetness. And the wine is young - drinkable but it does need to breathe. Personally, I'd cellar it for at least 7 years. 10:44:08 PM    comment []

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