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"Bi!!" > wrote:

> The first sweet corn of the season has begun to spring up at
> roadside stands this week so I picked up a dozen ears of a bi-color
> corn called "Precious Gems" to go with Allen Brothers filets on the
> grill. I opened a bottle of 1999 Dalla Valle Oakville Cabernet.
> Still fairly young and dark in the glass. Nose of Creme de Cassis,
> anise and Napa dust. Sweet ripe black fruits on the palate,
> blackberry, balck currants and blueberry with a bit of wet gravel
> notes. Still a bit tannic but the tannins are quite ripe and fine.
> Nice bottle. A solid "A" on the Dale Scale.

Would think Dalla Valle a bit young at 1999. I'm still holding two
bottles.