This wine surprised me. I mean to say, we tasted it before we bought it (at the Good Food & Wine Show), but it's been on the rack since then, and for some reason I wasn't expecting much from it. I remember tasting most of Rolf Binder's wines (very personable were the staff, too), and retained only that their more expensive wines were incredible, but unaffordable to a chump like me. So I thought I'd bought the runt of the litter, so to speak.
Not so! While I'm sure it doesn't equal their best wines, it certainly delivers. The nose is thick and sweet, with aromas of blackberries, cherries, and strawberry jam. It may be a little too jammy to be perfect, but I won't quibble - I have a particular fondness for thick sweet reds. The palate is equally rich, delivering spicy pepper, plum, cloves, and candied orange peel, with a bit of tannin and a lingering mouth feel.
I really liked this wine, and I'd buy it again in a snap.
Food: Pepper steak
Price: To be honest I don't remember, but is was probably around $20 or so.
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