Let's pretend for a moment that wine is alive - a living, breathing female creature.
She's a dark red beauty: Full and round and showing off her ruby brick colorful self. As I swirl her around, she clings tightly to the glass only to yield slightly in showing off her legs. Her perfume is deep and sensual with fresh earth, forest floor, dried rose, plum and blackberry mingling with oak and cedar. She smells so sweet and earthy I stop here for a moment, indulging my senses. Pepper? Spice?
Then I take my first sip and enjoy a Tuscan sunset in late Autumn surrounded by rolling hills and olive trees. I taste smoke, spice, rich oak on a full dry palate that finishes long with roasted cherry, fig, cocoa and a bit of ripe raspberry. It leaves my mouth watering ever so slightly. And so I sip again.
A blend of Sangiovese and Merlot from the Chianti region, this gorgeous wine is a bargain at under $20. Pair it with roasted meats if you must, but it's perfectly enjoyable on its own.
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