Friday, January 25, 2013

Oh, the finish... like oxycontin

Tonight's selection:
Wine: 
Tilia Malbec, 2011
Origin:  Mendoza, Argentina 
Price:  $12.95
CC score:  5 of 5 =TDF

My darling James bought me this Friday-night companion, and it's another 5/5, and my new fave!  It is really, really lovely.  I think I'm becoming fixated on these gorgeous Malbecs.  And, hey!  I found this guy when I searched this wine!  He's a kindred Wino!  I Liked him!

I was looking for a word to capture the experience and Jon Thorsen beat me to the punch: Velvet.  This is a perfect DW bottle, so smooth!  Very plummy, gentle finish, practically gulpable, I'm not kidding.  The sexual chemistry between this wine and my tastebuds, frankly, is embarrassing.  I don't even have any curse-words to add. 


"Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh."

-- William Butler Yeats.

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