This is going to be interesting.

An inexpensive wine from the
Paola store.

I wanted to try SOMETHING besides
PN, so I chose this one. The
main selection criteria was the
ALC level of 13%.

I’m hoping this will be a
LIGHT one.

I’m having “anti-braised broccoli
and garlic” for lunch.
Fresh and homegrown.
The broccoli is “up simmering”
now as I take my first sips.

I don’t have good “reference
points” for Malbec, so I don’t
KNOW what to expect.

The nose has a “softness” to it.

What is that? I DON’T KNOW.

Can you smell LACTIC ACID?

And surprisingly, the first
member of the flavor entourage
through the door is ACIDITY.

Ahhhhhh, welcome. Have a seat
and let me feast my eyes on you.

My have you grown!

Grown WHAT?

I’m not minding this at all.

The wine IS LIGHT, with a bit
of the ML milkiness, and plenty
of flavor.

The tannins haven’t crossed the
threshold yet.

I just put the Vivino app on the
mobile phone so I can look stuff
up when I’m in the store and don’t
have a “wine consultant” handy.

I tested it on this bottle.

One reviewer mentioned tobacco.

Maybe. Like fresh leaves starting
to cure. But still green.

The broccoli is “down simmering”
so we’ll see how this wine paring
from hell tastes in a few minutes.

Hmmm.

Other that the fact that I got
it A LITTLE SALTY, this was
REALLY GOOD.

And the wine is a great salt
dilution solution.

As my mind starts to wander,
I imagine Argentinian “peasants”
enjoying this “feast” as they
take a mid morning break from
their agrarian chores.

HEY! I want to be a peasant.

Shopping list (for the upstart)

Broccoli seeds
Garlic bulb
Dead chicken, boiled into
submission
Cheap Malbec

How simple is that?

But what about the wine?

How good IS it?

Good enough. In fact it
brings a tear to my
eye…

Didn’t know Roy was a Malbec
lover?

What did YOU think this song
was about?

Where were you when you
decided that SOME Malbec
was worth drinking?

Well, I was…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U016JWYUDdQ

At the time, even SHE didn’t
know she was singing about
the Andean foothills.

And as it turns out, she would
have been better off
becoming a peasant.

Tell me again, how wide is
THIS reservation?

Hang in there.