Last night my love and I spent the evening with Tio Ely and Cory. Tio Ely made dinner, a delicious spaghetti. I brought over a couple of bottles of wine including Four Vines Zinfandel Old Vine Cuvee 2006. The pairing was, I thought, excellent. This fruit-forward wine brought lovely notes of black fruits and spice to the nose while delivering blackberry, plum, and spices to the palate. The flavors combining with smooth tannins and mouthwatering acidity combined with the peppery spiciness of the spaghetti to create a delicious synergy. For $10 a bottle this is a fantastic, food-friendly Zin (and it makes a tasty little drink on its own).
Strangely enough I think it went well with RuPaul's Drag Race too.
Number of wines reviewed in 2009: 141
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Let's see here-
RuPaul
fruit-forward
black fruits and spice
blackberry, plum and spice
mouthwatering acidity(don't know about that one)
peppery spiciness
Yep, sort of fits.
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