Yesterday evening’s Advent Calendar wine was an Australian Shiraz.
My girlfriend accidentally locked her keys inside her house, and had to track down a spare pair, so I had to wait a bit longer than anticipated to get my drink on… Soon enough though, it was on!
We poured our mini-bottles into the glass, and smelled… What’s that smell – cardboard? Black cherry? Not much of a nose…
We tasted. What’s that taste? Cardboard? This wine was not giving us much…
Quick – let’s aerate! We swirled the wine in our glasses for several minutes. This was taking too long, considering the day we both had!
After several minutes the wine started to open up, giving us black currant or black cherry flavors with just barely a hint of black pepper. That’s better…
This one clocks in at 13.5% ABV, and was also bottled by Paul Sapin and with the reference to La Chappelle de Guinchay, but this one is a product of Australia. I’m confused…
In the end, a perfectly acceptable Wednesday night wine, but be sure to decant it first.
Wine and History Visited 
Aren’t alcohol advent calendars the best? My fiancé and I are currently making our way through our beer one!
My friend has a beer one! That seems interesting too! I saw a whiskey one at the store, but I’m not a bit fan of whiskey…