Saturday, December 15, 2007
Good Cheap Wine
Last night I had to work late and had a slight stomach ache, so when I got home and didn't feel like eating or drinking "the usual," I pulled out the last bottle of wine I bought a while back. A few months ago I decided to experiment with Cabernet Sauvignon of various prices under $20. I don't even remember what they all were now; I just know that the last bottle sat and sat. It was the cheapest of them all, the Tisdale 2004, price: $2.99.
As I sit here drinking another glass, I'm still amazed. I'm not a wine connoisseur by any means, but I've certainly had more expensive Cabernet that tasted much worse. I decided to look it up and found that one source - reviewing the 2005, not the 2004, I'd note - didn't have much good to say about it (although some of the replies are much more positive), but said it was much better after it had breathed. Then again, I see that others say that letting wine breathe is overrated. I only found one review of 2004 Tisdale, and it was Shiraz, not Cabernet, but it still seemed good and sensible and similar to my own experience.
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