Biltmore Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Chateau Reserve)
Tommy and I drank this Cab with a lovely 30-minute meal by Rachel Ray. The meal was pretty good and the wine was okay. I was expecting this Cab to be a little bigger and mature in the fruitiness, but it was not. The mid-palate was full of fruitiness, but of a more unpleasant sour fruitiness. And a little syrupy too I thought. I don’t remember it having much of a finish to it. I like finishes, I think they are my most favorite component of wine. My next favorite component would be the nose (smell). The only thing I could smell was heat (which means alcohol). I was slightly disappointed when first tasting it because I wanted something big and bold to go with the Gorgonzola beef tenderloin that I had just made. I enjoyed the wine much better on its own after dinner, although I only got a few sips of enjoyment out of it before I zonked out on the couch. At 9 pm. On a Friday night. I am such a loser.
I will give this wine 82 points. Tommy and I still have 1/2 bottle of it to finish. I think that I would enjoy drinking a glass sometime this week when I get home from work and want something to drink while making dinner (or watching Tommy make dinner). It seems like more of that kind of wine rather than a during-dinner or an after-dinner enjoyment.