http://www.folieadeux.com/mat/red.html2007 Ménage à Trois Red
PRICE - $12 PER BOTTLEEven if red wine is not your speed, give our Ménage à Trois Red a try. This wine exposes the fresh, ripe, jam-like fruit that is the calling card of California wine. Three saucy grapes make up the blend. Zinfandel adds a juicy character, Merlot mellows and Cabernet adds backbone. Forward, spicy and soft, this delicious dalliance makes the perfect trio.
I've had this one, and it's delightful. In spite of the fact that it's obviously a player in the modern trend of cutesy clever labeling, it's a well-done wine. But then how could they resist the naming when the winery is named Folie à Deux?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of another Freud-wine connection. I have a promotional refrigerator magnet--from when my late husband worked in the offices of the premiere French restaurant here--that's from Oregon's King Estates winery. They're famous for their pinot varietals.
The magnet has a pic of Michaelangelo's statue of David holding a bottle of wine strategically. Headline: Pinot Envy.
Go here
http://www.winexmagazine.com/index.php/wine/viewplay/willamette-valley/
for info on their history. Scroll down to the "South" heading.