The main course of the evening was maple chicken wings wrapped in bacon. Mick paired this with a 2005 Decoy Napa Valley red wine by Duckhorn Vineyards. Decoy is a California wine that is done in a Bordeaux blend.
The nose on this wine was powerful with solid aromas of chocolate, green pepper, cedar, blackberry and mushroom. Tasting the wine, you will find black cherry and chocolate flavours on the start that finish with a caramel flavour. Interestingly enough as the wine sat for a while, the black cherry flavour changed to a very raspberry one which was pretty cool. The structure on this wine was good as it was big and chewy with lots of tannin and acidity that balanced well. The finish lingered for a long time as well. It paired decently with the wings but a pure Merlot would have been a better pairing. All in all this was a very enjoyable wine.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 90, Mark - 91, Kathy – 88, Amy – 88, Overall – 89.25.
There was no LCBO information on this wine. Mick said it was around $42 which is a great value for such a solidly crafted wine.
To finish the night up Amy picked up a white chocolate raspberry cake which was a good ending to the night.
Thanks to Mick and Amy for a great night of food, wine and friendship.
Cheers!
Mark
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