Holiday Quaffers
2002 Weingut Reinhard
Beate Knebel Winninger Rottgen
Riesling, Spatlese
Mosel
$17.99
Chateau St. Michelle
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon
$10.99
Shane's Notes
We divided our time between the two sets of relatives this Christmas – we spent Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas day with Jen’s. We spared our relatives the complete wine tasting/note taking routine and just sketched some quick notes on these wines.
We had the Riesling with my parents. It was sweet and bursting with flavors of lemon curd and apricot. A strong acidity saved it from being cloying. We just don’t understand why German Rieslings aren’t more popular.
We took the Chateau St. Michelle to Jen’s house to accompany the standing rib roast we had for dinner. The roast was magnificent, and the wine proved that you can purchase a good quality cab for under $15 (you just have to go outside of Napa Valley). It had a juicy, black fruit flavor and was very well structured. If we had the room, we’d definitely buy a case of it. Chateau St. Michelle is rapidly becoming one of our favorite bargain wine labels.
posted by Shane and Jen @ 11:33 AM
1 Comments:
Chateaux Ste Michelle does offer some excellent bargains, but they aren't always a "bargain wine label..." I'm not sure how much of their good stuff makes it to California though; I have to go direct to the winery or to specialty shops for most of their best stuff.
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