Tonight, with leftover cassoulet (one of many dishes that may actually improve upon reheating):
2000 Dom. Alary Cairanne "Font D'Estevenas" nose: dark fruit, Syrah funk palate: deeply fruity, funk that goes away with time, dark berry/plum fruit, fairly soft tannins reaction: of all the wines tasted with this cassoulet, this one comes out on top. The cassoulet brings out the fruit of the wine, but the opposite cannot be said. Even without food, the wine is pretty tasty. Although I don't know of the actual encepagement, it tastes like it's good a good whack of Syrah in it.
Mark Lipton