The past few days included a great many things...
1. A visit to Rappahannock Cellars
2. Lasagna lunch is in full effect at Naked Mountain Vineyards (posting to follow)
3. The swearing in of our 44th president :)
Unfortunately I'm just going to blog about the wine and not about the dawn of a new day for the US.... but HEY what a better way to start off Obama's first day as President than with some fantastic vino!
The winter scene was in full effect this past weekend, putting about a 2-3" coat of snow throughout the western parts of VA. To me, nothing goes better with snow than a nice glass of Cab Franc. So I'll start this week's posting with Rappahannock's Cabernet Franc:
Cabernet Franc 2006
This wine is up there with Linden's Claret in regards to drinkability. This is the perfect wine to drink with a good book in a bubble bath or by the fire. Hell it's the perfect wine for pretty much anything... when I was having my tasting the man pouring the wine said he enjoyed it with pepperoni pizza... I could see that too.
Nose:
cherries, tobacco
Taste:
mild tannins, very smooth, currant, rassberries
Rappahanock is a beautiful cellar set in the foothills of the Shanandoahs. Their tasting fee is a little high for the area ($7.50 per tasting or $3.00 if you've tasted there before), but you get to go home with the glass and you do get a fair bit of wine for what you pay for. Typically their tastings consist of 8 or more wines. In the busy months they offer two different flights of wines to choose from. So as you can see there's a lot of variety. The Cab Franc was my favorite, but they have other exceptional wines as well, including their 2007 Viogner and 2006 Meritage.
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