Discovering Tonight, Christmas Eve & Drinking The Brut Nature SUST Vintage 2009 Of BODEGAS CARRAU, Uruguay With Family @ Home In Northern Virginia On Wednesday, December 24th, 2013 : Liking It Very Much - Gracias, Feliz Navidad Todos!

It's almost Christmas! Got home to enjoy a lovely meal with my family and opened a bottle of the BODEGAS CARRAU : S " SUST Brut Nature 2009 Vintage sparkling wine from Uruguay  that is produced with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes , in homage to Juan Carrau that must have started the winery back in 1930? It's really full and round and lush on the first taste, creamy and bright and fills the palate nicely and with little bite at all - very, VERY pleasing. It gets a bit more intense as it fills out more - develops more, and a bit more focused as well. Really nice to sip, very pleasing all by itself. It went great with the herbed- spiced oyster crackers that my wife baked as we sat and chatted and relaxed before the meal. Our Michael Downey rep, Brennan Downey the son brought me as a gift this bottle : my eyes lit up when he said it was a sparkling wine from Uruguay : " I know what you like Tony " Brennan said. he was right, too. I asked him : " Can we buy it, do you have some in stock? " " Yes, we just received some. " Brennan answered. Merry Christmas Brennan, Peggy, Shannon, Guilaume, Bill and all the rest that work today at Michael Downey Selections. merry Christmas Michael! Thinking of you all now as I get ready for bed as Christmas is always a special time as it is also the birthday of someone really special in our family and we will be celebrating that, too : with family friends and family - a very special time. This was a great start. The bottle of SUST had a label on it : TONY  Happy Holidays ...  Downey Selections ... Cheers, sante, merry, merry Christmas and happy holidays all!  Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn    I will buy some of this BODEGAS CARRAU ... I like it, fun and " new " and exciting ...   TONY   Feliz Navidad todos, gracias e hast luego amigos ...   TONY