Friday, March 26, 2010

2007 Zaca Mesa Grenache

Oh Zaca Mesa how I love thee. Not only do you make incredible Rhone varietal wine but your tasting facility is hands down the best I have ever been to.

D and I are part of the Cellar Club. Picture all of those swanky, ultra exclusive clubs in LA, New York, and Vegas. Got a picture in your mind? Good. Not cooler than this one.

We get our own room, we get our own server, we get our own glasses, we get our own table, we get chocolate, we can meander(yes meander) around while we drink, we can drink pretty much whatever we want to try, AND, yes there's an and, we can play on the GIANT chess board.

Our trip to ZM last weekend was highlighted by the beautiful weather we enjoyed all weekend, the beautiful company, at least on D's end(love you), and the incredible experience we had at a soon to be reviewed new winery we found. Oh and of course we had to cap it at ZM.

This 2007 100% grenache was not popped at ZM we pulled it from our fridge but we did taste a 2006 there which caused us to want to pop this one. Sounded like a good idea at the time but it definitely needed another year of aging because it was a bit harsh. A little too much alcohol and a little too much tannin. We drank the rest of the bottle the next night and everything had calmed down considerably. MMMmmmm.

As usual ZM rules.

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