So I admit, usually when I go out to eat, I’m not looking for good or unusual wines, especially
on the by the glass section of wine. So when the wife and I went out for date night last Saturday at the Light Horse restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, I stuck to beer. However, my wife made me slightly regret that decision with her selection of the 2010 Boom Boom Syrah.
This wine was very unique.
I believe they served it a bit warm but aside from that, the wine drew me in mostly because of its nose. At first whiff, I thought the wine was going to be funky. I couldn’t identify what I smelled, and then hit me, salty warm caramel. I took several whiffs, and that was certainly what I smelled. I don’t believe I have ever got that from a wine and was intrigued as to what this Syrah was going to taste like.
Thankfully the wine didn’t disappointment me; it came right out with lush bright red fruit on the pallet, a little acidity for balance, no notable tannins, and then a finishing hint of the salty caramel on the finish that was prevalent in the nose.
Overall I was intrigued by the wine, my home research found me pleasantly surprised that this bottle cost about $15.00 a bottle, comes from Walla Walla, Washington, and is made by Charles Smith Wine Maker. If my wine collection was running low and I didn’t have time for a trip to VA wine country, I’d have no problem picking up a few bottles of this for an everyday drinking wine.
