Recommendation: Quality Wine at a Bargain Price
Winery/Producer: Milbrant Vineyards Winery; Mattawa, Washintgon
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvigon (77% Cabernet Sauvigon, 11% Malbec, 7% Petit Verdot and 5% Syrah)
Geographic Origin: Columbia Valley
Vintage: 2010
Price: $13.60 ($15.99 with a 15% discount coupon)
Purchased From: Total Wine; Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Pared With: Steak (with Misty’s Restaurant rub1), twice baked Maytag blue cheese potatoes and fresh green beans.
Tasting:
He said: Dark red color. Plum bouquet, dark chocolate taste and long dry finish. A very smooth velvety Cabernet that’s seeped with lingering flavors. In a word, it’s GREAT. Wonderful flavors, balanced and delicious. At the $13.60 price it’s an OUTSTANDING BARGAIN, at the normal $15.99 price it’s still a bargain.
She said: Wonderful Chocolate bouquet followed by a flavorful dry taste with soft tannins and long tasty finish (with chocolate flavor). For $13.60 this is an outstanding Cabernet and a real bargain.
Comments: 1Misty’s Restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska serves great steaks flavored with their own rub. I used one of the free samples I picked up last Fall on the grilled Filet Mignon we had with this wine. The steak was perfect with this velvety Cabernet.