A very good value at the ridiculously low price I paid ($9.99, on sale) at Houston Wine Merchant (South Shepherd).
Bright, medium dark ruby. Lots of sweet, sappy cherry and plum fruit on the nose along with a hint of smoky gravel. Rich, ripe flavors attack the palate (in a soft-textured frame) with juicy mulled cherries and root beer/cola components, tapering off with baking spice-laced earth notes. Very nice. I'll take this over 90% of the $30 burgundies out there any day. 88.
(Certain "terroirist" bloggers would, I'm sure, poo-poo my obviously pedestrian tastes claiming that "this biodynamic french microproducer and that organic microproducer make much more genuine a product" -- and their wines probably are really good, but where the heck does anyone not living in New York City find such wines without taking off two weeks from work to "seek the Grail"? So I'll happily find and drink this much more easily found "people's burg.")
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Thanks for the review Tom! :-) In my opinion, your "pedestrian" tastes are finely tuned--perfect, even--for finding solid, widely available wines without the trappings of "micro" "custom" "cult" or "garigste" Keep it up!
P.S. We've linked this to our Sebastiani Vineyards Facebook page too.
I scored 7 bottles of the wonderful 2006 Sebastiani Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir at Randall's the other day... at the ridiculously low close out price of $7.03 per bottle. What a find, a great wine at a steal... just sorry that they are not going to carry it anymore. Oh well, we will be consoled with these until we find another source.
Tom,
The Sebastiani Cab is excellent. A few more bucks in WMass than the other varietals but well worth it. For Italians who need wine with dinner most nights of the week, it's a steal.
Gigs
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