February 28, 2006

Pepperwood Grove Syrah Hurrah!

All three of us - me, my Partner in Tasting (PIT) and my visiting mom - liked this wine, a 2003 Pepperwood Grove California Syrah. It paired nicely with the hot and sour soup, which really brought out the fruit and the spice of the wine. YUM. This wine had a peppery nose and a nice bit of spice, juicy berries in the mouth and a soft finish. Wine Spectator wrote that this wine has "chewy sage." My mom had a hoot over that one. "CHEWY SAGE?????" she said. Phttttt.
"I tasted parsnip," howled the PIT. I am still trying to figure out what a beam is ..as in "a pretty beam of fluid berry" (This is Wine Spectator describing how this wine tastes) At first I thought he was talking about a blood transfusion after a head injury but I am sure that, as with the word quaffable, this is a wine word that I have only begun to understand. This bottle cost $6.99 at the local Rainbow Market co-op in San Francisco. Cheap!!!! Or should I say very affordable.

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