*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Rodney Strong.
Although our weather is still oddly behaving as if it’s spring rather than winter, I’m getting in the big red wines while I still am in the winter mindset! We have had a few random colds days here and there, and that’s when we busted open the 2007 Rodney Strong Rockaway, a Cabernet Sauvignon. The Rockaway clocks in at 15.2% alcohol by volume, has a real cork closure, and retails fro $75.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) I served the wine with herb roasted chicken. I’d suggest something with a little more fat to stand up to the wine.
2.) The wine is a nose and mouthful of blackberry juicy goodness with a side of chocolate and espresso.
3.) With Valentine’s Day coming up, pair this wine with a steak and a chocolate torte for a great evening.
4.) The Rockaway comes in one hefty bottle.
On the nose I found juicy blackberry, black currant, pepper, chocolate, espresso, and a little note of campfire. In the mouth I got black cherry, blackberry, chocolate, black currant, earth, and more black fruit. A dark fruit wine with lots of juicy notes complemented by earth, spice, and chocolate, serve it with your next steak dinner.
Filed under: Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Red, Rodney Strong, Wine
