Friday, September 7, 2007

Brazilian Wines

As today is Brazil's Independence Day, let us continue the theme and discuss a couple Brazilian wines.

As I mentioned in the Cachaca post, I dined last evening at the Churrascaria Rodeo. With dinner we had a couple Brazilian wines. You don't often see wines from Brazil at local wine stores so it was a treat to get to try a couple.

The first wine was the 2004 Aurora Cellars Proprietary Red ($25). This is a red blend and I am unsure of the actual varietals. It does appear to retail for around $14, so its restaurant price would be less than double. This was a dark colored wine, with an intriguing taste. It had a full body with mild tannins. There were more dark berry flavors but with spicy undertones. This paired very well with all of the grilled meats we ate. I very much enjoyed this wine and would order it again.

The second wine was the 2004 Brazilian Soul Cabernet Sauvignon ($21). This was a mild Cabernet, with mellow tannins and lots of bright fruit flavors, cherries and raspberries. It did go well with the grilled meats. It was a decent wine though nothing special.

1 comment:

Stepan W. Baghdassarian said...

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