2008 Coppola Alacante Bouschet

Well it is Saturday of the Labor Day weekend and we will be sitting down to dinner shortly. So I thought I would take some time before it and tell you all about a great wine, The Coppola Alacante Bouschet. Tonight's dinner will be a minestrone soup, meat ravioli with a homemade marinara sauce of our garden tomatoes. We'll have a micro-green salad with Italian dressing and garlic bread. You can check out Big Daddy's blog, http://bigdaddyscookingtonight.blogspot.com/ for the great recipes I just mentioned.

Now about the wine! The Coppola Winery has another hot wine on their hands with this vino, for sure.

One of the great things is the label, a HOT magenta color. The really great stuff though is inside. When you open the bottle and pour that dark, dark, cherry color into your glass you can smell the floral bouquet, it is a wonderful aroma. Then as you take the first sip, you can taste the jammy fruit and chocolate. On the palate the intense jammy fruit flavor carries over, as well as a little spice. This wine is medium-bodied and will pair well with various grilled meats as well as with a nice pasta.

Here is some additional information from the winery: "The Francis Coppola Diamond Collection 2008 Alicante Bouschet is made from 100% Alicante Bouschet grapes from Lodi, CA. The wine is aged for 11 months in 50% new American oak and 50% used French oak."

A great wine that will not disappoint. I found it a very enjoyable wine from beginning to end! So buy a couple bottles, I found it for just $9.99! This wine really made The Pig Jump Over the Moon!

Another winner by the Francis Ford Coppola Winery! Taste it and let me know what you think.