Impromptu Time of Our Life with Friends and Stottle Sangiovese

This wine was a surprise. It was delivered to us on Friday night after a last minute invitation to great friends who happened to be in the area. Like any good friends coming from a wine tasting at Stottle Winery, they brought wine. In this case it's from a local tasting room (I used Mobile Wine Tour to discover the tasting room is less than a mile away). The label says the wine was produced in Walla Walla - so it must be good right? Anyway, it was a nice surprise. I've not always been a Sangiovese fan, not that I can really say why I haven't but - this wine (and some other Sangioveses I've tried recently) is making me a fan. It's lower alcohol and higher acidity are just crying out for a BBQ. I had a bit of the leftovers with barbecued chicken tonight and it was fantastic.

It's always great to find a treasure close to home - looks like I'll make that mile drive to stock up on some "local" Sangiovese.

Julie's take - "I like it".