On the suggestion of a neighbor, we bought a bottle of evodia and had it with dinner Sunday. Dinner was delicious, a pasta meal with shells, sausage, tomatoes, cream and parmigiana. It has several handwritten notes in the margins of the cookbook, The Classic Pasta Cookbook by Giuliano Hazen.
Evodia is 100% Garnacha, 14.5%, 2007, and comes from Spain. It has a rich bouquet, a full presentation in the mouth, and a lingering aftertaste. It looks rich and dark in the glass.
I liked it, Dory was a bit reserved, commenting that it might be better with a steak (probably true.) We are so tuned into the Italian wines with pasta that any wines without those Italian flavors just doesn't measure up for us. Dory commented that it had that big bold bold "california" style of fruit forward taste. I thought it tasted a bit like a Zinfandel.
Over all, we enjoyed it, but would seek to drink it with grilled steak next time.
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