Saturday Night – Trick or Treat - Part 3

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For dessert Mick picked up a favourite dessert of ours which is a chocolate cake that we call Cab. cake as it pairs very well with Cabernet Sauvignon. Mick opened a bottle of 2001 Caravina Cabernet Sauvignon.

"Cab Cake"

The nose on this wine was so faint it was barely noticeable but you could make out some coffee and cocoa. Thankfully the wine itself was much bigger than nose and was a full bodied Cab. with high tannin. Big flavours of cassis and black pepper were there throughout. It worked very nicely with the Cab. cake.

"No Nose"

Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 88, Mark - 87, Kathy – 86, Amy - 87, Overall – 87.

The LCBO had no listing for the wine. Either they have stopped carrying it or this was a bottle Mick picked up in the US. I did a quick Internet search and found a listing for the 2001 Caravina at $65 US. If that price point is accurate, there are much better Cabernets out there for less money. Mick, if you have any information on this wine, please comment.

It was fun to try some new wines but tonight I will say that the food far outshined the wines as all of it was excellent. Thanks Mick.

Cheers!

Mark