Virginia wine adds to Curry flavor...

Bringing an end to our usual Sunday night, our laundry was going strong, my wife was up making a delicious dinner, and it was my chore to pick a wine to go with her creation. Tonight's dinner will be a delicious curry with beef. So what region did my wine selection come from????

After great deliberation, I decided on a C-ville favorite White Hall winery. However, with
all their great selections settling on one was a bit tougher. Having not had an exotic grape for a while, I decided on a bottle of their 2009 Touriga National.

It was not a disappointment, the nose was well rounded and complete. It exhibited aromas of vanilla, cardamom, and light red fruit. Additionally, hints of cumin and coriander came through at the end. The wine exhibited warm red fruit with light white pepper flavor. The wine exhibited almost no notable tannins was most prevelent on the front of the tongue. A nice starter red for many non-red drinkers.

The lack of complexity and depth paired well the toned down beef curry. The rice and sugar snap peas rounded out the meal and left that mmm mmm good feeling. This was a nice sunday night meal
and I looked forward to the left overs for tomorrow lunch.