This past weekend consisted of an assortment of celebratory events in honor of me turning 26th! Saturday I poured for a Rose tasting (stay posted for more on that probably tomorrow- ooh the suspense, haha!) then flew out to Surrey where I met my beloved posy for an exciting night of brick oven pizza making, pavlova and fantastic wine! One in particular that is worth mentioning. I had the privilege of drinking a bottle of Black Hills '08 Nota Bene...mmmmmm.
For those of you who havn't tried it, you must and for those of you who have, well you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's a Bordeaux blend with 48% Cab Sauv, 41% Merlot, and 11% Cab Franc. The winery is located in Oliver B.C. and is actually the source of a few other wineries red wine production. It's like I say, where there's good grapes there's great wine, so why not buy them if you can't grow them perfectly? The opposite isn't always the case, it's much harder to screw up beautiful fruit than it is to make something beautiful from terrible fruit. As it has been ingrained in my brain repeatedly, it starts in the vineyard people, winemaking starts in the vineyard.
Excuse the tangent, back to the Nota Bene. This wine is one of the smoothest grained bordeaux blends I have experienced in B.C. The mouthfeel alone is worth the bottle (it's not exactly cheap- about 60$ at the liquor store.) The nose on this wine screams cassis and black cherry and whatever black fruit you can think of, put those in a pot, throw in a cinnamon stick, a vanilla bean and and simmer for 5 hours. That's what this wine smells like...my nose is salivating.
The palate is just as if not more incredible. The complexity and concentration of the fruit is endless, as is the finish of the wine once it leaves your mouth. Every aroma is complemented by the return of rich black fruit, dancing around in your mouth like no tomorrow. It's sultry and leaves you wanting more...which is a pity because it's so hard to get. The restaurants in Vancouver can be quite the lil piggies. You have to try it. It's sexy and definitely worth noting so..."note well" or Nota Bene!
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