2006 Abiouness Sangiovese “Game Farm Ranch”

On a day when everything is not going your way, it is nice to find a little inexpensive wine (under$30) in your cellar that brings its A-game. It’s so nice, in fact, I’m sticking it on the blog.

I am drinking the Game Farm Ranch Napa Valley Sangiovese from Abiouness. Nice licorice and dark fruity character yields a fantastic jammy nature to this little gem. With only a 150 cases produced, finding this wine may be the hardest part of drinking it. I happened to meet Nicole Abiouness at a local wine shop (Cellar 17 in Houston) during a tasting and thought this was one of the top wines that night. Of course, I picked up a little…

This wine is subtle and velvety and has a nice almost complex finish. Lots of fun to drink and try to get all those little nuances out of. This wine goes well with my chicken cordon blu and the Chick Corea playing in the background. A nice ending to the start of another day – a day where I will win!

92 – PC
93 – CC