(Big) Blue and Wine: Clos du Bois Cabernet Sauvignon

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Clos du Bois Cabernet Sauvignon

Name: Clos du Bois
Color: Red
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2005
Country/State: California
Region: North Coast
Price: $9
Stars: 4 (out of 5)

Krista and I both really liked this Cabernet from Clos du Bois. The wine was nice and dark and inky in the glass, with a great nose of blackberry, black cherry, and plum, with some vanilla from the oak. It was well-balanced and velvety smooth in the mouth. I tasted mostly dark berries with a bit of spice. The finish was fairly long and left me wanting more.

We drank this delicious wine with steaks and mushrooms and a spinach salad. The wine went well with the steak and was also excellent on its own after dinner. It wasn't long before we finished this bottle. For the price, I would highly recommend the Clos du Bois Cabernet.

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The main purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my wife and I to keep track of and easily organize wines as we buy them, drink them, and review them. Although we have been drinking wine for years, we really developed a strong interest in wine in the late summer of 2008. From about August of 2008 through mid-March of 2009, we consumed approximately 35 bottles of wine. I have tried to keep track of these wines and our feelings about them, primarily through the use of Excel spreadsheets. I am hoping that this blog will allow us to accomplish some of these goals more effectively and interactively. I briefly summarized these wines in the first post of the blog. Subsequently, I will post more detailed notes regarding our tastings as we look to expand our palates and continue our journey of exploring the world of wine. Along the way, I will try to make notes about my wine-related influences and provide links to some of my favorite sources on the web. Occasionally, I may post about other life events or happenings in the world of sports and music, two of my other passions.