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Drink like you won the Masters: Achaval Ferrer
2007 Achaval Ferrer Finca Mirador $99.99
As a warm up to this year’s Masters at Augusta National, defending champion Argentina’s Angel Cabrera hosted the dinner for former champs and proved a master of wine too.
According to an excited email we received from our good friend Manuel Ferrer, Cabrera called up one of his country’s finest, the 2007 Achaval Ferrer from Finca Mirador, a big and rich high scorer. It matched an equally Argentine – and quite a meaty menu of ceviche chorizo and morcilla, empanadas and ribeye with mashed potatoes and malbec demi glace.
The Mirador ($99.99) is one of the top efforts of Achaval Ferrer, the young Argentine Italian partnership, making elegant wine frsom low-growth old vines in the Andes foothills. It scored 94 on Mr. Parker’s scorecard.
Next year’s host of course is Phil Mickelson. Picking a wine should not be hard. He’s won the honor twice before and he’s a Californian. Granted his patch of California is San Diego County where the vineyards aren’t yet tournament champs. But he could strike a blow for non-Napa vineyards and stay closer to home with something from Santas Barbara, Maria, Rita and Ynez. How about the 2005 El Corazon de Jonata, a syrah/cab blend of nifty Santa Ynez complexity from Jonata’s Matt Dees (he played on the courses at Staglin and Craggy Range).
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- Chris Sherman, The Blogging Nibbler
