No mint julips here, no sir. Truth be told, we tried them last year and they were just meh, so we decided we’d celebrate Derby day with our favorite beverage: wine!
Days like this are few and far between recently; with my wonderful wife having some health issues limiting her alcohol consumption to special occasions, we don’t indulge like this very often. But we’ll consider this a good “warm-up” for our upcoming trip to Las Vegas!
We started off with an old favorite, and I am pretty sure this is the best vintage of this one ever. I’ve never scored this easy drinking wine this high before.
Next up, a strange little Chardonnay blend from a wonderfully reliable producer from the South of France.
To finish it off, a truly spectacular wine that was really vibrant and fruity, masking it’s 15-year old status.
Given how badly we did betting on the races, this turned into a very expensive day, but well worth it!
Next up: I have some serious catching up to do, and recently discovered a bunch of reviews that I’ve never posted from the last year and a half, so stay tuned!
Confessions of a Huge Wine-R 