ECO-BEVERAGE REVIEW: La Rocca Vinyards 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Organic Wine

La Rocca Cabernet Sauvignon is an organic wine recommended by the store manager at New Embassy Liquors, I found it again when I went upstate - so this wine seems popular. The number of organic wines is fairly small in the shops I have looked in numbering only a dozen or so - finding the same wine in two different shops is often either because of solid distribution or strong popularity in this writer's humble opinion.
In any case when I poured this wine it was earthy and berry to my nose - we tried it with a dark chocolate christmas cake after giving about 10 minutes to breath... It was very good smokey luscious dark berry tobacco that popped especially with the chocolate. I just got another bottle to try later with a meal and I'm looking forward to sharing this find with family and friends.

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