After enjoying some Talley with Black Truffle Double Cream Brie and a trip to downtown Napa for some Tapas and a bit of Portuguese Still Red from Dao, we paced back home and thats when things got good. Shortly after we arrived back at the house Rick says decisively, "Do you want to taste the sexiest cab I've ever tried?" I was excited.
He walked out onto the back patio with a beautiful dark bottle. The label bore no text but instead, a wood-cut print of a decrepit widower holding a hunting dog in his lap. The bottle was opened and I was about to taste something truly special, the 2006 Erna Schein Cemetery Cabernet Sauvignon.
The first thing I noticed about this majestic wine is that it had a viscosity that I had never encountered before in a still wine. The liquid seemed to cling to the glass from the bottom up in an amoeba like fashion instead of dripping down with the usual legs. The nose provided a pungent blast of silky, almost jammy red fruit liqueurs and a sweet mocha note that I have never experienced so prevalently in any other wine.
Sip after sip the rich, heavy fruit flavors, raspberry liqueur, dulce de leche, and sweet mocha reverborated sublimity in my mouth. On several occasions a childish laugh escaped me on account of how phenomenal and astonishing was the wine in my glass. The only thing that eased my formidable hangover the next morning was the taste of the Erna Schein in my mouth that lasted well over 12 hours. This wine is a masterpiece and is perfect for an anniversary, celebration, or a reunion with a good friend. If you can find this wine, buy it; at approximately $70 on release the ride is worth the price of entry.
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