2005 Chateau Du Piras - $15 Bordeaux, France. Another great wine from one of the greatest vintages. The color is of dark crimson that fades as the wine approaches the edge of the glass. Aromas of cinnamon, holiday spice, sweetness, and a touch of sour apple. On the palate the wine is medium bodied, soft and supple tannins, with a slight tart finish. This is a well balanced effort. At 13.5% alcohol it packs a lot of ripe flavors but doesn't have the heat of high alcohol that most new world wine with this flavor have. Goes excellent with NY strip steak, oven roasted home fries, and marinated mushrooms. This wine is really good, this is the reason why you keep trying new wines because occasionally you find one like this. A really good wine at a really good price, you can pay a lot more and not get a wine this well made. I couldn't find any information about this wine and there is nothing on the label. Coming from Bordeaux this wine is probably a blend of some sort but I guess it is mostly merlot, blended with smaller percentages of the other Bordeaux varietals. You gotta try this wine.
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