Forty Bottles of Ringboree

Talon 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon
With chili, on the deck, with a group of friends.

Bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree: 32

As you now doubt know, the enjoyment of a particular bottle of wine has much more to do with the surrounding circumstances than it does with the wine itself. A terrible wine with good friends can result in fun and good stories later. But I digress.

Anyways, the Talon Cab is exactly the style of Cab that I like. Big and bold, with caramel, chocolate, dusty earthy aromas, and just a hint of mint. It was perfect with the chilli and the night air.

Unfortunately, it was my last bottle of Talon, leaving me in a situation where the only wines that I have are ones that are to be saved for a special occasion, or ones that I really want to keep for another couple of years. I think I may have one wine that I can open on a whim, and that's a bottle of Fat Bastard Chardonnay - still a very very nice wine.

Perhaps I can get out to Talon today and get another case of yumminess.

For those of you not in this area, Talon is a local winery, out on Tates Creek road, and it's extremely unlikely that it''s available outside of the central Kentucky area. Sorry.