I am entering the Wine Spies Contest to review this wine. The deal was that if you wanted to enter the contest you reviewed the wine and submitted your review by November 3rd. Let me be very clear here: No conditions were attached to receiving this wine. It was a party favor. You did not have to review it or do anything with it, unless you wanted to enter the contest. I got this bottle, in a 350 mL size, as a party favor from Levendi when I went to the Wine Spies party in California last week. The wine is the 2005 Levendi Sweetwater Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. It clocked in at 14.5% alcohol by volume, had a real cork closure, and hails from Napa. Following is my poor attempt at wine poetry as I try to win some wine!
2005 Levendi Sweetwater Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
Sugar plums dance through heads
Tart black cherries tingle tongues
Noses delighted by enticing aromas
Dark chocolate envelopes mouths
Big juicy blackberries picked fresh
Mingle in pie with vanilla essence
Beguiling bramble flavors lure
Black fruit gives way to edges of red berries
Structure and tannins hint
At years of life to come
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