A little bit of vino

This wasn’t a planned wine tasting so I don’t have a number of images, but I did get some other reviews while we where tasting it.

We had dinner in a nice Italian restaurant here in town (Napa) that has bucked the chain feel, and have come away gathering a large following, the name of this restaurant is Fillipi’s. One thing they had done was gfet a good selection of Napa Valley wines (which shouldn’t be surprising… but is) at reasonable prices. Generally when you go to a restaurant you end up getting raped on the price of wine, so it was nice to get home and find it had only been upcharged about $5-6.

Now for a $20-30 bottle of wine you expect certain things. It should taste good, be smooth and taste good. Well they hit all the points. The 2004 Andretti Selections Cabernet Sauvignon has a nice fuity flavor without leaving a bitter taste. A smooth complextion that went extemely well with the Italian food, and a full body that you come to expect from good Napa Wine. For the price I won’t be stocking a lot of it in my cellar ($20 isn’t bad for good wine, but more then the wife will let me spend on numerous bottles), but it was one of the cheaper wines at the restaurant, so will be my choice when dining there again. Over all I would have no problem suggesting this wine to anyone wanting a nice fruity Cab to go with an Italian Dinner.