It is Monday evening and we both worked hard at our jobs today. I was able to sneak in a 3-mile noon hour run.
I am making ricotta-stuffed chicken breasts, brown rice, and steamed asparagus for dinner tonight and I chose this French Domaine D’Aubaret Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 because I thought it would be a good complement (and because I was curious to taste it). We haven’t had much opportunity to taste many French Cabernet Sauvignons.
This is a keeper and I like it very much. As soon as I opened the bottle, I knew I was in for something good; the nose is brimming with licorice and spice. The color is a deep red in the glass. On the palate is plenty of plums, cranberries, and cedar. The tannins are full and round. Yes, this is yummy and I am glad that we have three more bottles waiting for us to enjoy. Cheers!
March 8, 2009 at 7:24 am
Melody, its a WSJ or any other club wine…the house is in Faugeres in the Cotes de Thongue region (we have been there), is a VdP wine. The house is better known for its Merlot than for CS but the major wine grapes of Languedoc are Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah/Cinsault. I have seen a pic of the CS in a PN bottle (not good) & FR never list the grape name on their bottles; dont make 100% CS and a
2007 would need cellering for 3-5 years. Wine clubs are not scams, but they do prey on the unknown…Sorry.
Cheers? Marty and Jeannie
March 8, 2009 at 8:35 am
M & J — Very interesting comments, as always! We are always eager to become better educated on wine. Nothing subtracts from our enjoyment of wines that we like so the more we learn, the better. Keep these lessons coming!
May 18, 2009 at 12:32 am
keep blogging…i count on your opinions when deciding which wines to order
May 18, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Ether — You can count on it. Thank you so much for you comments. It’s comments like yours that keeps us blogging!
December 23, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for your review on this wine. Were the other bottles as good as the first? I have a bottle sitting here that I am getting ready to open…