Ah, another excellent, affordable wine in one of them funky tetrapaks! I am really growing to love this packaging. One simple thing, it takes up much less space in the fridge. You don’t have any qualms about resting it on its side as the plastic screw-on top is quite secure. This was actually tucked away in our cold vegetable crisper and forgotten about for a while, until today.
Quick side reverie: I am not one of those people that feels the least bit funny about buying a wine in one of these tetrapacks, or a wine with a screw top, glass enclosure, or even one of those milk-gallon pull tops. I do however still feel weird about a cheap plastic-y cork though. It’s just so. Target-feeling!
Anyhow, this wine is such a pallet cleanser. I was walking around the kitchen snacking randomly on differing items like a spaz, a little nibble of a rye cracker, some of those Spanish marcona almonds, even a wacky cheddar/jalapeno-stuffed olive from Cisneros Farms (a damn fine olive). Then I take a big sip of this crisp, lime-y Sauvignon Blanc and it just cleared it all out – not in a harsh way, but in a light, summery breeze across my mouth. It’s super pale and clear in the glass with a nice acidity that went perfectly with our dinner that night: grilled vegetables & fruit (leeks, red peppers, tomatoes, zucchini from our backyard, pineapple) and a few slabs of tofu, marinated in sesame oil and garlic.
People always talk about CAT PEE smell when it comes to Sauvignon Blanc. Having two cats, that’s not a smell I welcome in a wine. This one was thankfully cat-pee-clear. Wheee!
($11.99 at Colorado Wine Company)