The wow girls consists of 4 all- weather members but we do have quite a few honorary ladies that engage in light tasting and experimental work from time to time. Agreed terms of a Pavilion membership – candidate must give 100% commitment to the tasting tasks in operation and be very discreet in disclosing results or aftermath of experiments to non members.
Louise Carpenter is our 5th member. Louise is my oldest school friend and she lives with Clare and I in 66. Working as a successful Project manager by day and moonlighting as a patron of wine after hours. She heads our communications department and often holds council during heated wine debates.
I drafted Louise in to do an exercise on Chilli Doritos and Perez Cruz, Friday night style.
Perez Cruz Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 2008 is an estate bottled wine from the Maipo Valley – Chile. Personally, Chilean wines are not a first choice of mine. I find it difficult to sell them and sometimes drink them, despite them being massively popular with the Irish consumer. This is one Chilean that I never have difficulty vending and one that I take home myself quite often. I needed a second opinion.
Got out our Schott glasses and pulled the cork. It pours this blackcurrant almost liquorice colour. The nose is blackcurrant fruit – cassis, mint, vanilla, some earthy notes and some liquorice – all-sorts.
The palate is silky and full bodied. Ripe dark berry fruit but not too sweet in comparison to other well known Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon’s. The liquorice aromas are there amongst the fruit with a little bit of earthiness – slightly unusual for Chilean Cabernet’s.
This Red is really well structured. Good firm tannins that stand up against the ripe fruit and a little acidity on the finish but all really balanced.
The results of the Chilli Dorito combination were all in all very favourable. The 400g bag was finished within the last glass and the spice and salt of the chips worked well with the fruit and slight residual sugars of the wine.
Great value meal consisting in total €13.00 for two.
Perez Cruz 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon €10.00
Chilli Doritos 400g €3.00
A reasonable Friday.
O&O
Ruth
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