A tasty souvenir from Laura's recent trip to California was a bottle of the 2005 Consilience Falcone Vineyard Syrah (Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County), $38.Actually, a few bottles, since she liked the wine so much she signed up for regular shipments after her visit to the vineyard!
This was a very full-bodied wine (15.2 percent alcohol), with notes of black pepper and something approaching chalky/powdery (in a good way), and a thick texture in the glass.
It was just the companion for an evening of girl talk about engagements, babies, house-hunting and other assorted topics.
I think I may have to play Let's Make a Deal with her when her next batch arrives. Got to get another taste of this one.
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