May 13, 2021
Chateau Saint Roch Kerbuccio Maury Sec
While the world is returning to some semblance of normal in
many places, COVID is still forcing us to jump through ridiculous hoops in
other places. Take my morning
yesterday. I had an actual, face to face
event I needed to attend at one of the local colleges.
First thought – yes!
I get to see people! I get to sit
in a room with people! I get to have a
conversation with people without them freezing or cutting out half of the
phrase. I’m not afraid to do in
person. Even in this environment, I
prefer it. I hate Zoom meetings, I hate
virtual “wine nights.” I’m sorry. I live dangerously, I know.
I arrive at the college, feeling the gleeful giddiness of
knowing I get to do something almost normal.
They need to take my temp at the entrance. Cool, no problem. But they don’t have one of those digital
thermometers that you point and fire like a little laser gun. Nope.
They have a tablet attached to a pole.
Stand in front of it, they say, it will read your temp.
I stand in front and line my happy face up with the outline
of the human on the screen.
Nothing. They angle the tablet
around. Nothing. Maybe I’m too short, I jump up so my head
reaches the top of the tablet. Still
nothing. Three and a half minutes later,
we get the angle just right, I hold my breath, the stars align, and my temp
comes back 98.3. I ask the girl at the
machine why they don’t just use the point and click thermometers that everyone
else does. Because this is faster. Right.
Do you know what isn’t complicated? This wine.
It’s 100% fabulous (as close to a 5 out of 5 stars that I’ve had in a
while, I gave it a 4.5.). Lots of fruits
– blackberry, blueberry, and plum. It’s
easy to drink and light on the tannins.
It has a thick mouthfeel and can be done with or without food. The big downside of this one? Drink it the first day you open it. Even twenty-four hours of air and the flavors
change drastically to more leather, more bitterness, and less fruit.
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