Castillo de Molina

And now it's time for a very essential wine, namely Castillo de Molina, in this case 2006 Reserva.

This is a Chilean cabernet sauvignon, and an excellent drinking wine (as in the sense of not needing accompaniment of food). However, the importance of this wine is that it was the first wine that I enjoyed, and thus is responsible for my red wine drinking. For that reason alone it is qualified for a 10/10, hell this one should even go to 11. Regardless, I'll try to give it a more qualified grade based on how it actually tastes and feels.

I'm a fan of Cab Savs, they are just very drinkable and enjoyable to me. And this is a good Cab Sav, it was the "house wine" for quite a few years, and it's still a go-to wine both for my parents and me. It will be drunk again and I will possibly update this post then. It's dawning on me that I should probably either write down tidbits about the wines I drink as I drink them, or post them closer to drinking time.

Regardless, this wine receives an 8.5/10.

Goats do Roam

New wine from the same night, this time it is Goats do Roam Red 2007.

A South African wine, which thanks to friends I am now having quite a few of, and enjoying very much. However, with this wine I have already hit what might become a recurrent problem here, and that is that I don't really remember anything about this wine. I remember that I liked this wine though, and better than I liked the Muga that we had earlier. It's also a wine that is a good drinking wine, but don't think it's a way good one, as I would probably have remembered that. (Didn't drink that much that night).

So I'm going to have to give this wine a 7.5/10, based on liking it better than the Muga, but not really remembering more than I do.

Muga

The lead off wine for this blog is Muga Reserva 2004.

This is a Spanish wine, which are generally not among my favorites. Which is just a different way of saying that I rarely drink Spanish wines, probably due to the fact that we never have it at home as they have a tendency to give my mother migraines. Regardless, this was a pretty good wine, despite its somewhat surprising first impression. Sour is the best way to describe that impression, and it surprised me as that is not something that I'm used to with wines. Overcoming that first impression, it goes on to have a very distinct after taste, in that it works your throat like liquor.

We had this wine with lasagna, and I would recommend that it be drunk with food, as it isn't the best "drinking" wine. Still one of the best Spanish wines I can remember drinking. (Remember might be the operative word here).

All in all I give it an initial rating of 6.5/10.