Since 'Date Night' fell on a Sunday, we spent the whole day doing fun things together and trying to make the most of a mild day. We also had our eye on the bottle of 1+1=3 pinot noir cava brut reserve that was in the fridge from the Champagne Warehouse. Since their tasting notes recommended it with ham, cheese, pizza, or pasta, we waited to eat a late lunch, then ordered in some nibbles and pizzas.
Like the rose we had just drunk from 1+1=3, the pinot noir was a beautiful, deep red colour tinged with a bit of pinky-orange, another very pretty wine. It smelled of raspberries and ripe plums - I didn't get too much of the floral scents that are described on the bottle. The flavour was a total surprise. It was completely dry and very rich, with just a touch of cranberry along with the other dark berry flavours, perfect with the tomato-acidity of the pizza. It also had very good bubbles throughout.
This was a completely different wine to the rose, but just as satisfying. For anyone who is sceptical about cava, this is the one to try - it's totally unlike all of the horrible stereotypes that cava has. This cava is a 'wine with bubbles', if I hadn't known it was cava I would have had a hard time placing where it was from.
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