Wine tasting, Cabernet edition

I went to the usual Friday night tasting at Mt. Tabor Fine Wines again tonight.  The theme was Cabernet, which isn’t generally my favorite, but there were some surprises.  Sandy included a nice 2005 Cabernet-based Bordeaux, which wasn’t stellar, but was very nice.  It was very tight and we weren’t sure if it would ever really open up.  Hard to say, though.  There was also a Burgundy on the tasting board (I really should write these down, shouldn’t I?) which I tried.  It was a cut above all the Cabs, in my opinion, but I definitely favor Pinot over Cab, so it makes sense that I would like it better.

I picked up a bottle of high-end dry Alsatian Gewurtztraminer and an Austrian Gruener Veltliner to enjoy sometime soon.  You can be sure I’ll write something when I do.

2005 Woot Cellars Humbug!

I’ve decided that I need to write a little bit every day, rather than try to write a lot once in a while.  The perfect really is the enemy of the good.  So…

I opened up my 2nd to last bottle of the 2005 Woot Cellars Humbug! on Wednesday.  This wine continues to shine with great fruit and balance.  And, it’s got the “delicious factor” that makes it quite enjoyable to drink.  It was fading a bit on Thursday, but still was pretty darn good.  I can’t wait to try my last bottle in 6 months or a year and see how it has held up.