Hi All. I hope you had a great weekend. I, once again, reached beyond my wine boundaries to France, and chose a Bordeaux. A Bordeaux is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Wine growers in that region produce the more common reds, but also sweet white, dry white, rose, and sparkling wines. I chose a red Bordeaux. I selected the 2012 Chateau Briot Reserve – Grand Vin de Bordeaux. It touts that it is “pure and lingering” and it was, but not in a good way. It is pure in that it tastes just like a grape right off the vine. I’m not a purist in that I like fermentation of the grapes before I drink them. It noted hints of vanilla on the description, but I didn’t taste that at all. Perhaps my palette is not as refined as it should be or perhaps I should more careful in selecting wines with a screw cap. Note that there are some good wines with a screw cap though. The screw cap is just another type of hat that my good friend, wine, tips in my direction. I did not enjoy this conservatively-priced wine at $13 per bottle though. I don’t want to end this on a sour grape note though, so have a great week ahead!
