by Jimmy Cocktail
21. March 2011 07:12
As much fun as my Basketball, Bourbon and Barbecue event is every year, it does take up a fair bit of my time preparing for it. This year, we discovered two new dishes that will be added to the keeper list, a fantastic potato salad and some very tasty collards. However, the pairing of those collards with my pulled pork topped with another new barbecue sauce is simple magical and something that I will most definitely be bringing to you in the not so distant future.
However, today’s column is about wine, not barbecue, although, I suppose I would be doing my job very well if I wasn’t making you hungry when I talk about the wine. No, even though I was preparing for B-Cubed (it’s the only way I can think of to shorten the name of that event) I was still working on my blind tastings for my WSET class. This was a wine that I’m glad that Ms Cocktail picked out for me as it was one that really had me confused and one that eventually I missed in my selection. I had the flavors down, but I just couldn’t match what I was tasting with anything in my memory banks, so I ended up guessing…poorly. I called it a Spanish Rioja, clearly missing the mark here. Oh, in case the name isn’t clear enough (ha ha!) this wine is a Northern Rhone Syrah.
Tasting Notes:
This is a clear, medium intensity, ruby colored wine that has legs. It has a clean, developing nose of medium intensity that has aromas of blackberry and oak. It has medium(+) acidity, medium(+) tannins, medium(+) alcohol and a medium body. It has flavors of blackberry, black cherry and oak with a medium(+) length finish. It is a good, high-priced wine that is ready to drink but will improve with age.
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