The Stag’s Leap ‘Fay’ was the other wine in our little head to head competition.
The nose on it was a mix of dark cherry, green pepper and cedar. Tasting the wine, cocoa and eucalyptus were the two dominate flavours with the barest amount of cassis hiding in the background. This wine certainly had a bigger mouth-feel to it than the Ferriere did but it was also much more tannic and with the lack of fruit came across as being exceptionally dry. It was OK with the Beef Tenderloin but, like the Ferriere, it got much better with the dessert.
Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 86, Mark - 86, Kathy – 85, Amy – 86, Overall – 85.75.
The wine was OK but it was also $79 US a bottle and for that price I was expecting a bit more than ‘OK’.
Overall I was disappointed with both wines as they were both around an $80 price point. For $80 I want a little magic or something special and while both of the wines were decent neither were as good as they should have been for that price. The $65 Robert Mondavi “Oakville” Cabernet Sauvignon that we had when Mick’s mom was over for dinner was a much better value as I would easily take a bottle of it over either of the two wines we had tonight. On the other hand, unless you try them you don’t know how good they can be.
I’d like to thank Mick and Amy for a fun night. They will be away for the next two Saturday night dinners so things will be quiet on the Blog for a bit.
Cheers!
Mark
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