Two more weekends, and 4 bottles, to go in the Epiqure quaffer clean out. At the end, next Saturday, I'll still have some quaffers left, but they will mostly be more bottles of wines that I've tried during the project. Mrs Rugby has her running event next Sunday and will have had two months off the booze with only a couple of leave passes - so kudos and a round of applause for her!
To celebrate her run and the end of the project we'll be having a 'blackcat20' FIFA World Cup Taittinger Brut Reserve followed by a 2004 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz with our Sunday lunch. But the real treat is a FASA to LHR a few days later on QF9 for 3 weeks in Europe, followed by a 'farewell FASA' home on QF2.
Tonights bottle is a K1 by Geoff Hardy 2012 Cab Sav from Adelaide Hills. I couldn't find a Dan's price, Epiqure has it for $35 - so I think it might have been in a mixed case that had bottles at a range of prices, because that's an expensive quaffer. The word is that it has "intense blackcurrant and cherry tabacco notes with toast and vanilla notes...The wine is elegant and lean with powerful tannins and a lengthy finish." This should be a nice. Homemade pizza again for dinner tonight.