Thanksgiving Revisited

To conclude my previous post ... no one was in the mood for a thirty year old Sonoma pinot (the Hanzell 1979) so I opened a bottle of 1995 Hanzell Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir *** for Thanksgiving dinner. Cherry red color with bricking at the edge, this was full on bloody with nice tang on the mid palate. It is bone dry but still fleshy and the finish lasted a minute. We followed up with Mondavi Napa Valley Merlot 2005 ** which is less robust than the 2004, and not quite as fruity, but is more subtle, and a generally good value wine at $16.