Pindar Vineyards is one of Long Island’s most iconic wineries with wine lovers of all ages flocking for their extensive wine selection.
Sometimes you just want a deep, dark, delicious red – not a light, lyrical red wine, but a bold, full-bodied red, smothered in flavors and silky tannins that can soften the rough edges of a tough day, or week, or month, or year. A wine buyer’s first impulse probably wouldn’t be to check out the Long Island wine section of their local wine store, and it certainly wouldn’t be to look for a Pindar wine, but they’d be wrong – very wrong. .
Pindar Vineyards is well known for its fun, affordable and often sweet, semi-sweet or semi-dry wines. But at the bottom of the vineyard’s tasting menu are two wines that should be at the top of any wine lover‘s list: Merlot Réserve 2019 and Cabernet Sauvignon Réserve 2019.
Let’s start with the Merlot Réserve 2019. This Merlot is tempered with a small amount of three other noble grape varieties: 9.2% Syrah, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 0.2% Malbec. These little additions really allow the 89.6% Merlot to sing. Lush notes of berries, spice and toast enhance this velvety wine. This wine can accompany a steak or a hearty Italian dish, but it also drinks beautifully on its own. In fact, on its own, it’s truly a soul-soothing red.
The next wine, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Réserve, is an elegant yet muscular expression of Cabernet. This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon full of ripe yet bright cherry, dark berry and toasted vanilla flavors. Again, this is a wine that can be drunk on its own, but just a bit lighter than merlot, still not light, this wine will pair beautifully with steaks, barbecue and hearty Italian dishes. Want to elevate a meal as simple as pizza? To be enjoyed with a bottle of this wine.
Both the 2019 Merlot Reserve and the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve sell for $34.99, and both are worth it.
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