We drank quite a bit of wine this holiday week (and some beer, too)...opened some old favorites and tried some new stuff also. Here's a little summary of what we sipped:
Kath's parents spent some time in Italy earlier this fall, and they brought us two wines from Castello Il Palagio. We shared the very nice red table wine, and we are saving the 2001 Chianti Classico Riserva.
Liz brought a lovely semi-sweet red wine from Georgia, which we served with Thanksgiving appetizers. Aptly named Scarlett, this was a pleasing bottle--and the first from Georgia we've ever tried. Good stuff!
With dinner, we drank Fetzer Chardonnay and Ortman 2005 Syrah Rose. Those are two of our favorites. We also opened several Charles Shaw wines throughout the week.
Finally, we decided to open our 1996 Quintessa to enjoy Liz and Colleen's last day with us. This was our first foray into the world of cult wine, and we weren't disappointed. It was a lovely, delicate red--very pretty. We did agree that it was probably past its peak--there was no noticeable finish and it tasted a little pale, so to speak. It was good, very good, but not phenomenal. Lesson learned--we'll open our 2001 before the ten year mark.
It was an excellent week--good company and good wines!
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