new year

and fine wine. A 1978 J. Pedroncelli Sonoma County Cabernet-Sauvignon to be exact. One of the finest wines I had the pleasure to drink. That was last night at a "not new years eve part" party. A brief description... nose: smooth and pleasent (unfortunately I do not remember which scents were present); body: very smooth and well balanced with a developed hazelnut flavor. Extremely pleasing. Amazingly, almost no sediment. Of course we didn't pour it straight from the bottle, it went into a decanter first. It didn't need to breath at all, and was ready immediately after decorking. It did get to breath some anyway, but this did not lessen it any. I just wish I had a case of these!