*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR firm for the winery
Oh how I love bubbles! I even made my own bubbles with some of my blogger friends in 2009. It was just disgorged and shipped to us recently, I’m excited to tell you about it. Back to the point though. Bubbles. And yummy bubbles. You can’t beat that. I’m adding another wine to my Thanksgiving wine recommendations for 2011. The wine n question is the Domaine Carneros Cuvee de la Pompadour. It clocks in at 12% alcohol by volume, has a traditional Champagne closure, and retails for about $30.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) I didn’t want to stop drinking this wine to take my notes because I was afraid Mr. Wannabe Wino would take more than his share while I took notes.
2.) This wine would be perfect with your turkey. It’s a rose and it’s a sparkling wine, can’t beat that!
3.) I would easily pay $30 for this wine.
4.) In fact, I will on my next wine buying trip.
On the nose I got raspberry, florals, cherry, slight apple, and wax notes. In the mouth I found peach, pear, raspberry, and strawberry. On the palate the peach stood out the most, and tasted very fresh. Overall the wine had great bubbles and acidity and is bone dry.
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