It's a screw-top bottle and I didn't get a chance to taste this wine until a few days after it was opened. I think the taste held up, but I'm not sure about the nose. I smell a faintest hint of dried roses and maybe blackberries, but that's about it.
The color is dark, almost purple. The tannins are soft--which, given it's from Paso, suggests (to me) that the main component is Cabernet rather than Zinfandel. I mean, it's only two years old. I think most Paso Zins would hold onto their ferocious tannins a little longer than that. I'm also going to guess Pinot and Syrah, but I'm lousy at picking out grapes in a blend, so I could be totally wrong.
The fruit notes are boysenberry, cranberry and maybe a little fresh plum. I taste cloves and a lot of herbs--sage and lavender with hints of rosemary.
This strikes me as a good all around wine. You could drink it with tacos or tri-tip (or brisket, if you're in Texas) or eggplant parmesan. Or you could drink it with ginger snaps. This is a wine that could stand up to being mulled, but let's not and say we did, mkay?
It seems to me that this is a wine you'd like to bring along if you were leaf peeping or picking apples or carving pumpkins or just appreciating autumn.
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