Tonight’s supper was sandwiches made from our leftover Willy Ray’s brisket, Bill Ackerman’s buns, and the juices from the initial re-heating of the brisket. With the two BBQ sauces that came with the brisket, Oaxacan Pasilla & Willy Ray’s BBQ sauce, the sandwiches were very moist and tasty and quite enjoyable with a 1999 Ravenswood Kunde Zinfandel - fill under the capsule; dark ruby garnet in color; rich nose & flavors of spicy berry fruit. good mid-palate of fruit and acidity; and a medium long spicy fruit finish. We were able to eat out on out patio, since the rain clouds moving around during the afternoon, never raining and disapearing before dinner.
I love BBQ with Zin!!!
My personal taste would have been to put aside the 1999 and go with something younger and bigger. But if the Ravenswood Kunde was on the winelist at an interesting price, I admit that I would have been pretty tempted.
It was from our cellar. Also I’m not very fond of big young Zins. I consider the 1999-2001 as young. Older zins we drink from the '80s.
Dick, any way we can convince you to take pics of some of your wonderful meals for us? There are so many dishes and drinks you describe that I’d love to see
Carollee has taken a few pictures recently and posted them on her Facebook page.