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| 75 | | | 88 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | Some folks want a wine that has chocolate notes in it to go with chocolate. Target this one, and you’ll find plenty of chocolate notes in the flavors. This full-bodied red wine with a medium, translucent cherry red color invites familiarity with its aromas of dark raspberry fruits. On the palate, raspberry picks up dark chocolate characters, and the team of flavors, with vanilla, tobacco and coffee notes enhancing the package. Acid, fruit and silky tannin all march in lockstep. The alcohol (14.5%) shows a bit in the final moments, but keeping the wine at cool room temperature (60ºF/15ºC) attenuates it a bit. Aged in used French and American oak, so not oak-driven. Potential keeper if well cellared. Use a tall tulip-shaped glass. Chocolate: Medium dark chocolate, BRIX 60% cacao; Vosges milk chocolate with bacon; dark chocolate slightly softened with large-grain gray sea salt; chocolate-influenced barbecue sauce on smoked ribs; Other foods: roast pork tenderloin dusted with coffee, dark cacao, black pepper, sea salt and five spice powder (really good); grilled lamb chop treated to the same mix; roasted or grilled duck; mole poblano (but hold the heat).
Big Boat Wine Co. | 02/01/2010 |
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