Too much sipping, not enough writing

It's a great week when the bottles fill the recycle corner of your kitchen counter top. We opened and shared some delicious new wines.

Throughout the week, we enjoyed a Malbec Rose from Maipe (Mendoza, Argentina). It's a nice drinking wine, perfect for these lazy, humid afternoons.

We love Chilean wines, recently favoring SB from the Anakena winery. On Friday, we opened a bottle of their 2008 Carmenere (Rapel Valley). Inky, lots of dark berries, great with grilled steak. Later that evening, we shared an Argentinian wine: Maipe Bonarda 2009 (Mendoza). Another inky, deep red--not quite as intense as a Malbec, but lots of interesting fruit. It went well with dark chocolate and almonds.

Saturday, a friend brought a 2009 Malbec from Alamos (Mendoza), and later on, we opened an excellent 2007 Zinfandel from Amador County, CA (Sobon Estate, Rocky Top). And somewhere in the middle, we had a glass of our former stand-by (now a treat when Daryl travels to Trader Joe country): Charles Shaw Cab. The Malbec and Zin were lovely wines--bold and teeth-staining.

Better tasting notes for the next round, we promise.