Happy Sunday! I spent the afternoon digging up my water meter (long story, don't ask!) and now I'm ready for a nice dinner and glass of wine. Tonight I've opened a bottle I picked up at Costco a few weeks ago and I am hoping it is an under-the-radar wine that I can enjoy (but never find there again!). The 2023 Precision Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a Napa Valley Cabernet and that's about all I know! Let's see how this wine is tasting!
The wine is an inky black at the center with bright ruby along the edges, textbook for a Napa Cabernet. The nose presents aromas of leather, smoke, dusty limestone and ripe black currant. The first sip is a rush of ripe fruit, black cherry, currant and plum with a good bit of tart acidity before transitioning to some ripe plum and peppery spice notes midpalate. The tannins are well behaved, providing for a wonderfully smooth dry finish that lingers until your next sip.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 9, not because it's a spectacular wine, but because it's a very good wine that was only $15! This tremendous value wine will let you glimpse at how the other half lives as you sip a very solid wine on a random weeknight! This wine would pair with a range of casual dinners, from pizza and tacos to burgers and brats. Since it's Sunday, tonight I am enjoying this wine with something a bit more elevated, a grilled bone-in ribeye with oven roasted fingerling potatoes and cippolini onions and grilled asparagus. Cheers!
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