The good characteristics of toast oak mixing with jammy red fruits make for a fun wine that’s easy to drink. Ménage à Trois Folie À Deux is a lively and smooth wine that’s incredibly approachable. Savor: The ending is more of the mocha and vanilla notes overlaid with raspberry preserves and a gentle tannin. Texturally, it’s rather smooth, and a little bit of sweetness is present. Good acidity keeps it live, and touches of mocha linger.

The fruit then kicks in, with lots of pomegranate, concentrated blueberry, and fresh raspberries. Sip: There’s a distinctly oaky note that starts off, with bits of vanilla, toast, and smoke. Little touches of espresso and mocha lurk in the background. Smell: Plums, jammy raspberry, strawberry, vanilla and a hint of spice lead off. Sight: A more consistent ruby red from end to end. Check out the full article over at 10K Bottles website to see how it compares to Murphy Goode Homefront Red and a field of other reds from California. The aging process rounds out the tannins, softens the acidity and allows a wide range of fascinating and complex flavors and aromas to come through, making them an unquestioned highlight of the red wine world.This post of tasting notes and review of Ménage à Trois Folie À Deux is part of a collaborative series called “If you like…” with 10K Bottles.

Aged wines made using primarily Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are widely recognized to be the finest in the world. Of course, this is only half the story â€“ we cannot ignore the fact that wines made from the Cabernet Sauvignon varietal are prized not only for their strong acidic fruit flavors, spicy and earthy notes and high tannin content, but also for the fact that they age beautifully in oak, resulting in wines which are on another level from those made from lesser grapes. Part of the reason for this is the fact that Cabernet Sauvignon is a particularly hardy grape, resistant to both frost and rot, and can grow well in a number of climatic conditions so long as it receives enough sunlight and water.

There is little doubt about the fact that the most familiar red wine grape varietal in the world is the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, seen listed on bottles from more or less every single wine producing country across the globe.

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