Folie á Deux, California (United States) 2011

This somehow manages to tread the fine line between an overtly sweet, consumer-directed wine and a more serious drink, which is an exceptionally hard thing to achieve. There’s also a culinary niche for this wine: American cuisine is now fed by many more tributaries than was the case not long ago…from India, Mexico, North Africa…and from other places that love genuinely spicy meats that call red wines with some sweetness to counterbalance the heat. And this is one of the better foils for those foods that I tasted in a long time. Platinum Award winner at the 2013 San Diego International Wine Competition.