Saturday dinner out at a new joint in Colorado Springs, the "Famous"--an upscale steakhouse. Started with a Tanqueray Ten martini to dull the tastebuds. Great premium gin with a bite of citrus that's quite distinctive.
Then a half dozen Nova Scotia oysters on the half-shell. Best I've tasted in a long time and amazing this far from the shore. SWMBO had crab cakes, also top-notch.
Dinner was a peanut-butter textured filet mignon for me and a rack of Colorado lamb for spouse. The wine was Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, 2000. An incredible wine, dark purple in color and opaque but definitely not muddy. Great warm nose of leather (Corinthian?) and vanilla. Almost viscous texture with long legs when swirled. The wine was immediately accessible on opening, but improved over the hour of dinner. On the tongue, smooth and carrying the vanilla forward. Loads of undetermined fruit--not raspberry, but hints of dark, sweet cherry and cassis. Long smooth finish. Very little tannin noted, despite the youth of the wine.
Might have been one of the nicest cabs I've had in the past five years.
Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8