;)
Okay, you got me, I don’t know much about wine.
But I honestly thought “Hanna-Barbera” would be a great varietal.
Theresa I am so sorry, I thought tonight would be special and you’re right: I should’ve gotten the La Famiglia Snows Lake Vineyard Barbera 3-Pack. THAT would’ve gone great with pizza, roasted meats, grilled seafood, or even spaghetti. I bet you could enjoy a bottle now and even cellar one or two for later if you wanted! Man, that would’ve been a great wine to pick up. I really dropped the ball here.
We could’ve enjoyed a wine with a dark, complex nose full of black cherry, honey baked ham, and cigar. Cigar, honey! Soft tannins, sweet oak, man I bet that wine tastes amazing. And it’s so red! So very, very red.
This “Hanna-Barbera Fun Wine,” though, is a pretty disconcerting shade of teal.
Well, we may not have a bold, explosive red wine, but we’ve got a thin, sugary syrup with some old cartoon characters on the label. We can make the best of any situation, after all! That should count for something, right honey?
Honey?
2006 Snows Lake:
- Variety: Barbera
- Vintage: 2006
- Optimum Period for Consumption: Drink now to 2016
- Appellation: Red Hills, Lake County
- Snows Lake Vineyard, Red Hills
- Varietal Composition: 100% Barbera
- Release Date: Released
- Harvest Dates: 10/30/06
- Sugar at Harvest: 26 Brix
- Time in Wood: 16 months
- Type of Cooperage: 2/3 American, 1/3 French
- Bottling Dates: 4/2/08
- Number of Cases: 380
- Alcohol: 15%
- PH: 3.8°
- Total Acidity: 0.6
- Residual Sugar: dry
2006 has deep intense color, and great structure, showing black cherry, cedar, and tobacco on the nose. The mouth is rich and lush, with a smooth, long finish.
