My wine tonight with dinner was 2002 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages. This translates from the French to mean Five Grapes - or more specifically five varieties of grapes. This Cabernet Sauvignon is more a meritage since it's comprised of five grape varieties. It's a bordeaux style of wine.
This wine drinks very smoothly now. Wine Enthuiast gives this a rating of 90 and lists the price as $75, but I've found it in the Cedar Valley area for about $45. While some would suggest waiting to drink this or decanting it for several hours before serving, I'd say go out and buy it and drink it now! The aroma and taste has blackberries in the background. It's a dry wine but very flavorful.
For food pairings tonight, we had the following as our main course: Loin of pork marinated in a root beer reduction and slow roasted with a mustard glaze. The wine's richness and good body went very well with the pork.
And, as always, it goes very well with Ghirardelli 72% cacao intense dark chocolate!
As always,
Bob
