Month: January 2019

I was taking a break from the research and final publication of the Twelve Nights of Wine science experiment.   I had a great Friday night with some close friends and we shut down the restaurant. I have never shut down a bar or club, but I so own the family-friendly restaurant scene. We ordered the 2015 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. I know what you’re thinking….Beringer means pink…as in White Zinfandel. They do make other wines. I’d use the term silky for this wine but that is kinda bourgeois. However, this was a really smooth medium-bodied Cab with hints of cocoa, mild fruit and oak. There were four of us who were drinking this wine and all really enjoyed it. I would definitely recommend it for you or as a gift to someone who enjoys a good drinking Cab. You can find it at Total Wines or Target for $25 – $30 per bottle. Have an excellent end to the week and great weekend!!

Infinity: the unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity or the limit of the value of a function or variable when it tends to become numerically larger than any preassigned finite number. In this case, the preassigned finite number was twelve, but it seems to be an infinite occurrence of a wine experiment. However, we are coming to a close with this experiment. I am going to review the last two wines of the Twelve Nights of Wine now and then will, in a final summary, present a chart of findings and details associated with each wine. Vial #11 was a 2015 Nebbiolo wine from the Piedmont region in Italy. It had an essence of mineral and some smoke, but was relatively mild overall – pretty good. Vial #12 was from the same winery and Italian region, but was a 2013 Olo. It was earthier, a bit bolder and was not fruit forward at all. I enjoyed this wine, but letting it breathe is really important with this wine.

This Twelve Nights of Wine review is like Game of Thrones in that it has taken far too long to get this last season finished. That’s about the only similarity really…I don’t speak with an accent, I don’t own or manage a dragon nor have ever seen one, I don’t think I’ve pissed off enough people for them to massacre my whole wedding party and guests if I ever get married, and I know winter is coming and I’m ok with it.

This is the longest Twelve Nights in all the history of all Twelve Nights.  Yeah I get it – I’m not prioritizing very well.  New Year, New Me so resolving to finish this with a full report of results.  Vial #9 and #10 were both a Médoc from the same vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France.  This red blend is a combination of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.  A Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot or Malbec can also be part of the blend when it comes to wines from this region.  I did not really enjoy Vial #9, the 2012 year, as it just didn’t have much character.  It had a hint of sawdust and really didn’t stand up to much. Vial #10, the 2010 year, had more character.   It was earthy and had an essence of blackberry and cocoa.  I did enjoy this wine.  This experiment within the experiment demonstrates that there can be significant difference between years of wine.  See…this is a learning environment.