Speaking of bars...I met my pals Joyce and Andrew at Thirsty Fellow for a night out this week. It was an opportunity to catch up and to try a new Cabernet that I hadn't yet. Even better, it is one of RNDC's. I selected Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon. This was a very nice, smooth, medium-body wine that was very easy to drink. It went very well with the company and some of Andrew's sweet potato fries that I was stealing directly from his plate. The cool thing about this wine was what I learned after the fact. I went to work and asked one of our guys the proper pronunciation for "Louis"; was it LOUIS or LOUIE? Turns out I had pronounced it correctly by using the LOUIE version. The particular bottle I was drinking was the Sonoma Valley Cabernet. Turns out that in addition to the Sonoma, there is a Napa Valley Cabernet which is even better according to said wine guru. So, that being discovered, I will most likely be scoping out a Napa Valley bottle to do some comparing.
Another score this week was the Alamos 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon. I have been faithful to my reds as of late. This is a wine from Argentina. Retails for about $10/bottle which is very reasonable. One of the things I try to do when I get bottles of wine from work is to have a drink of the wine before I look up anything at all about it so that I am not biased by any information I see regarding others opinions, cost, or rating. I broke my rule last night. I was busy so I was multi-tasking. I looked up the Alamos while pouring my glass while also making dinner. I discovered pre-drink about the retail cost, so I was a bit biased before my first sip. I will say this is a very drinkable Cabernet. I was pleasantly surprised by its taste and will continue to pick this up from the "breakage" when I see it again.
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