For whatever reason I was a little tired Sunday. I initially had grand plans for our evening meal, but by the time I went to H.E.B. to pick up supplies I was already feeling a bit rundown. So I decided to do a tried and true dinner of steak, baked potato, and salad. To go with this easy meal Pris selected a bottle of 2007 B.R. Cohn Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cohn has is one of our go to wines when we can find it. We've bought it at H.E.B., Jones Liquor, and wherever we run across it. This is a nice little Cab. Its not as full bodied as most, but it still offers great flavor and a nice strong finish.
The 2007 B.R. Cohn Cab had a deep fruit nose that was loaded up with ripe dark fruits. This is a softer and mellower Cab, but it still had loads of rich raspberries, cherries, and cassis. All the hallmarks of a good Cab. The Cohn opens up across the mid-palate and ended with a mellow, but nicely tannic and dry finish.
Despite it being lighter, the Cohn went really well with steak, potato, and salad. Of course the deep fruit and tannic nature of the wine complimented the rich beef flavors in the medium rare sirloin. It was surprising how well the wine went with the salad that had just a simple home-made red wine vinaigrette. The soft fruit and mellow nature of the wine went very well with the tangy herbal salad. As a side note, I love making my own vinaigrettes. They're easy and hard to mess up since all you have to do is keep adding more oil or vinegar (and sundry herbs) till you get the flavor you want.
The B.R. Cohn is great little Cab, especially if you're looking for full flavor minus the big boldness of most Cabs. We picked up this bottle at either H.E.B. or Jones Liquor (we grabbed the last two there on our first trip in). The Cohn Cab runs about $17 a bottle. For more information on B.R. Cohn and their wines you can visit: http://www.brcohn.com//
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