It’s Sunday dinner time again, and Ruth & I are making steak. We had some leftover pineapple, so we went with more of an asian influence.
I marinated the steaks in a orange teriyaki glaze for about a half hour, and then pan-seared them, whilst cooking the pineapples in the next pan. We ended up with charry, steaky goodness. The carmelized sugar adds a nice complexity to the steak.
We’re pairing this with an Argentinian cab that is a steal at 14.99. At first swallow, I detected an unusual amount of cherry with some light woodiness. It didn’t necessarily have the dark fruit and cassis I prefer in my cabs. As the wine decanted and got a little air, the flavor deepened and I got some great balance, with deep tannins and a hint of tobacco. This wine’s a bargain at $18; at $15, it’s a steal.
2006 Tapiz Cabernet Sauvignon - 90
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When I was but a wee wino, drinking mostly beer and fresh out of college, I didn’t have much of a taste for wine. My only exposure would come on the occasions that my dad would bring home wine from the grocery store. Almost without exception, he would bring home one wine:
Beringer Founders’ Estate Chardonnay
It was buttery, bold, with hints of honeysuckle, pear, and apple. I had never enjoyed a wine before, but this one was excellent. It got a little heavy at room temperature, but for a few years, the Beringer Chardonnay was my idea of wine.
In the years since, like many winos, I’ve gradually expanded my pallet, from chardonnays to zins to merlots to sauvignon blancs to malbecs to montepulcianos to carmeneres and beyond…
But a good oakey chardonnay will always remind me of home.
2007 Beringer Founders’ Estate Chardonnay - 85
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