Tonight I opened box 14 of my age-and-store wines. Now, I am a bit behind on my tasting and drinking of these wines, on the box was written, "Open June 2009", good thing the wines inside were meant to have a little age on them ... this one is 6 years from vintage date. Out of 12 bottles I pulled this Australian Cab-Merlot out as something interesting and worth tasting tonight ... was it the right choice for BBQ chicken? I guess we're about to find out. The nose still had some oomph and so did the palate. Aromas of black raspberry, dark chocolate and spiced vanilla - the palate was even more interesting and intense with vanilla, cassis, white pepper and spiced chocolate. As for the chicken, it seemed to be a pretty good match. A good choice and still quite a good wine.
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