more decadence

[rone]

Tonight Kim cooked some smoked pork chops, and made some pesto to go with some angel hair pasta and asparagus from our garden, plus salad that contained fennel, broccoli and lettuce from our garden (and green onions from someone else's garden).  It was all fantastic, and i opened a bottle of Norman 2002 Mephistopheles zinfandel (PDF).  It's dark, rich, complex, obviously tannic for a zin but not too much so, and hot (œnospeak for "high in alcohol").  Kim then whipped up a batch of Mrs. Donnelly's Brownie Mix, which cost $20 (!), but, hey, the samples at the store were unbelievable.  And the brownies do rock, and pair very well with the wine.  I also have a Norman `02 old vine zin waiting in the rack... mmm.

Comments

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

I had a glass of that "seven deadly zins" last night. It was like saying hello to a sweet old friend I hadn't seen in years. Lots of caramel on the finish.

The last "hot" bottle of wine I had was the 2002 Newton claret. I really like it, but wow, it's on fire. Something like 15.8%; the fruit can't stand up to it.

I love it when you post about wine, btw.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I had the SDZ at a restaurant in Sac'to when Kim and i were visiting pen_shui. Your description jibes with mine.

I appreciate the compliment. I don't do it too often because i go on and on and i'm afraid of turning into one of those horrible people who break out the thesaurus when writing about wine.