Carter Table 5 2009

Tasting Notes: Table 5 is a food friendly blend pairing perfectly with rich pastas, steaks and braised meats. The color is dark, deep purple and opaque with a nose of raspberry, blackberry and black licorice. The fruit follows through on the palate accompanied by chocolate, ripe black currant and the subtle toast of French oak. All of this is buttressed by firm tannins that provide a long and ethereal finish. This excellent restaurant wine has the structure to be the perfect foil for prime cuts of steakhouse beef, the pasta or any tomato dish at an upscale Italian restaurant or a mushroom risotto at a contemporary Californian restaurant. Enjoy the wine on its own or with food to experience the best of what Napa Valley has to offer.