*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the winery.
Theoretically it is spring here in the DC area. Given today’s weather with a high of 61 and cold rain, I remain unconvinced. However, I am taking the opportunity to work my way through some of the red wines still lurking in the basement. Tonight I chose the 2010 Bonny Doon Le Pousseur Syrah which has a screw cap closure, clocks in at 12.8% alcohol by volume, and the current 2012 vintage retails for $26. I can’t find the photo I took of this wine.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) Pass the lamb please.
2.) We had this with sausages, which also worked, but I really wanted some grilled lamb.
3.) Lots of complexity in the wine at this price point.
4.) The wine had an incredibly long and lingering finish.
On the nose I got plums, pencil lead, spice, and meat. In the mouth I found cocoa, plum, berries, blue fruit, spice and a finish full of lingering dusty cocoa covered blueberries. I kept imagining myself sipping this on an early September night around a campfire.
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