| Name: | Cigarzin Zinfandel |
| Rating: | 4 Stars |
| Winery: | Consentino |
| Vintage: | 2005 |
| Varietal: | Zinfandel |
| Country: | USA |
| Region: | California - Napa Valley |
| Retail Price: | 30.00 USD |
| Alcohol: | 14% |
Lucinda and I had a date. Not an appointment, but an actual no kids, Lucinda shaved her legs, I made reservations and we got dressed up and went out to eat kind of date. When we get an opportunity to do this, our restaurant choices are limited here in Madisonville, KY. That is why we decided to go to our favorite local
Italian restaurant Difabios. Difabios is owned by Pete and Laura Difabio and they make some of the best Italian dishes I have ever eaten that we did not cook ourselves at home. Remember, this is a date, someone else had to cook :)
We sat at our table and the waitress was quick to present the wine list. Typically, every wine I have seen on any kind of list at a restaurant is priced at close to twice what you can buy it for retail. Keeping that in mind, I perused the list and we decided on a red zinfadel. It came highly reccommended by the waitress (as is her job) but it also got a thumbs up from Pete Difabio himself.
The Cigarzin was a reddish/brownish color with a nice subtle boquet. The flavor, though, was a real slap in the face, and a good slap at that. I didn't expect that much flavor from such a subtle smell. I cant begin to list pommegranites or red cherries like the manufacturer states, I just know it tasted great.
As we were finishing off dinner and still sipping our wine, Laura difabio approached our table with a few slivers of semi sweet dark chocolate. She told us that she and Pete had tried this wine at a tasting in Chicago and letting some chocolate slowly melt in our mouths while sipping the wine would take it to another level.
We tried it and just let me say Lucinda didn't need to shave her legs because that was orgasmic alone, We both had a winegasm.
This is a very respectable every day wine. If you have not tried this one, I would suggest going out and getting a bottle and some semi sweet dark chocolate, and a babysitter.
