14.5 % Alcohol
Tasted 2014-12-05
Kudos to Ric Forman. This bargain cab from Chateau La Grande Roche is a hit.
The wine from Napa Valley icon Ric Forman offers a wonderful dark cherry red with minimal lightning rims. At the beginning very discreet aromas of black cherries, a little bit licorice and dark chocolate. On the palate very fruity and gently. Alcohol well-balanced. Perfect ripeness. Absolutely wonderful to drink this wine now.
Three years ago this was different. I still know that I opened a bottle and had to wait one day before it was drinkable. Also this time the wine opened up after some hours, minute per minute the fruit aromas were coming more prominently forward. A blossom beauty.
As I said the wine offers lot of pleasure at the moment. But I am quite sure it will hold this quality for another four years.
We paired it with a traditional German goulash which was OK but not perfect. The fragile structure of the Cab was a little bit overstrained by this strong dish. Better would be a for example a not too spicy pie with ground meat and spinach. Yummie!