We’ve mentioned this wine before but that was the 2001 angeli cuvee which managed to hold onto for over a year. We just had a chance to try the 2005 version…which was in our possession for about a week. Some might call that an improvement…

In keeping with our desire to enjoy qualty but remain frugal/cheap/miserly we rarely break the $10 barrier in the wine department. Every now and again when the wild hair strikes we’ll throw caution to the wind and splurge on a $15 bottle – but only very rarely and only in uber special occasions…like Boxing Day…or Thursday.

Anyhoo, based on a hot tip from her Father (where he called and gloated with a “guess what I’m drinking right now…”) Julie ventured forth and thus liberated our beloved Angeli Cuvee from the wine dungeon at Fred Meyer. On sale, no less – w00t!

It may come as a bit of a shock to you to learn that we don’t really keep meticulous notes about these sorts of things but it was something like $28.

Winemaker propoganda:

If this wine were any denser it would be a solid. Almost black in color, there is a deep nose of graphite, charcoal, and ripe black fruit as well as a layered brooding dark fruit mixture, with vanilla and toasty oak overtones.

This wine will pay great dividends to cellar time and will last up to and improve over the next 15 years.

We have dreams about this wine…