Mick and Amy were off on vacation Saturday so we decided to get together Friday night after dinner for some chocolate and wine. We picked up some Brix and Lindt dark chocolate and grabbed a bottle of 2001 Beringer’s "Knight’s Valley" Cabernet Sauvignon from the wine rack.
The nose on the wine had rich notes of dark chocolate, caramel, blackberry, eucalyptus and cedar. Tasting the wine, before having any chocolate, flavours of cassis, coffee and cocoa were present. I was a little shocked as the wine seemed very much like a French Bordeaux then a California cab. Mick jokingly called it "Cotes de California". Having dark chocolate with the wine caused a strawberry flavour to appear and dominated the wine. The structure on the wine was good but it was quite tannic which made the wine seem very dry at times.
Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 87, Mark - 88, Kathy – 87, Amy – 88, Overall – 87.5
Here is the LCBO information on the wine –
BERINGER CABERNET SAUVIGNON (V)
VINTAGES 352583
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 34.95
Wine, Red Wine
13.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : XD
Made in: California, USA
By: Beringer Vineyards
Release Date: N/A
*Please note that the LCBO information above is for the current Knight’s Valley (2008) and not the 2001 reviewed here.
I’m noticing recently that Amy and I keep having the same ratings on wine which worries me as either her taste is improving or mine is going downhill. :P
Cheers!
Mark
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