(Big) Blue and Wine: Robert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage

Monday, January 25, 2010

Robert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage

Name: Robert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage
Color: Red
Varietal: Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Petit Verdot/Malbec/Cab Franc)Vintage: 2007
Country/State: California
Region: Various
Price: $10
Stars: 4 (out of 5)

We had this nice red blend last night with steak and orzo pasta. The blend is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon (just over 70%), with Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc all helping out. The nose was mostly dark berries, primarily blackberry and plum. The taste of this medium bodied red was blackberry, plum, a little bit of pepper, and some spice. We both really enjoyed it. The wine drank well on its own, as well as with the dinner. It was very smooth and well-balanced.

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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.