'S' Night - European Reds continued

Thursday, March 15, 2012

‘S’ Night with Mike & Becky

Menu: Sausage, veggies, hummus, strawberries, cheddar, swiss, Gloucester, crackers, bread

1. Carlos Serres Reserva 2005, Rioja, Spain   $19.99
   
   Bob: “Mmm. The sausage is a 10.”
   Bob: “Smells really good.”
   Claire: “I’m not good at descriptive words.”
   Karen: “Peppery.”
   Bob: “We can’t all like it.”
   Becky: “There’s no rule against that!”
   Claire: “Even I like it!”
   Becky: “It has a vanilla after taste. You taste the pepper first, then it relaxes into vanilla.”
   Mike: “Spendid. Sings on my tongue.”
   Jess: “Scrumptious.”
   Bob: “Makes me salivate.”
   Claire: “Stinks.”
   Bob: That was stupid.”
   Claire: “Silly.”
   Karen: “Shut up. Seriously”
   Bob: “Sausage.”
   Mike: What was it like being alone on campus during break week?”
   Claire: “It sucked.”
   Bob 7, Karen 7, Mike 8, Becky 8, Jess 8, Claire 6 (because of the smell)
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Sabor Real 2008, Toro, Spain    $9.99
   Karen: “Smells like a Spanish wine – Sweeter. Definitely Spain.”
   Claire: “More my style.”
   Bob: “Bitter.”
   Mike: “Not bitter. More sour.”
   Bob: “Okay. I can be influenced. I’m a sucker.”
   Jess: “Easily swayed.”
   Bob: “It grows on you. It tastes like Mike’s sock.”
   Becky: “I don’t like it.”
   Claire: “I do!”
   Jess: “Street fight!”
   Bob 5.5, Karen 6, Mike 7, Becky 5, Jess 6.5, Claire 7
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Serrado Colheita 2008, DĀO, Portugal  $??
   
   Becky: “Looks really dark.”
   Bob: “Cuz there are no lights on”
   Africaans -> Baie_Dankie = Thank you very much
   Karen: “I do like this one. It’s dryer. Really dry.”
   Bob: “It has a bite. Snake bite. Right at my ankles. It hits my ears.”
   Becky: “Definitely dry.”
   Mike: “A good wine. A little dry. Not in the bottom 5.”
   Bob 5.5, Karen 7, Mike 6.5, Becky 6, Jess 6.5, Claire 6
   Mike: “Immature palates don’t know how to rank the wine!! New Rule: The person with the highest ranking has to finish the bottle. The person with the lowest ranking picks the next bottle.”
   
   
   
4. Chateau Segondignac Médoc 2006, France  $10.49
   
   Bob: “Lighter. Light red. Almost blood.”
   All: “Blood. Not funny.” (go to YouTube if you don’t get this joke)
   Bob: “Ewww.”
   Discussion about prepping for surgery….
   Bob: “Are you going to wash your hands?”
   Doctor – Opens a book.
   Bob: “Seriously?”
   Doctor: “Gotcha!”
   Mike: “We have to save this story for the ‘V’s”
   Jess: “Has a…” (sticks tongue out, scrunches nose, furrows brow)… “taste.”
   Mike: “It doesn’t smell as crisp.”
   Claire: “My hands are sweating.”
   Karen: “This is so dry. It’s almost too dry. Like persimmons – dries your mouth out!”
   Bob 6, Karen 6, Mike 5, Becky 5.5, Jess 5, Claire 5