Maybach Materium Wine and Balance

It seems as if everyday we are being inundated with information on how to live longer and healthier lives. Books, magazines and talk shows are continually telling us about anti-oxidants, vitamins, organically grown food, red wine, more wine, less wine, and so forth. It is all so confusing.

Many years ago my dear friend, Lucy Arnaz, was representing a product called “Vitameatavegamin.” The makers of this concoction of castor oil and alcohol proclaimed that it could reduce 10 years off your appearance and add 15 years to your life span. In actuality all it did was keep all of us suckers busy and drunk in the rest room for a lengthy period of time. This turned out to be a very challenging time for Dr. Alex. Unfortunately, he too had been fooled. So, while his waiting room full of patients waited, Dr. Alex was trying to sober up in the bath room. And since Dr. Alex is not really a doctor there were additional issues to consider, which we will leave for another day.

We eventually all sobered up, regulated our digestive systems and learned a very valuable lesson. Balancing your life through nutrition, exercise, smart choices in your lifestyle and a positive attitude is truly the “magic” potion to a more improved life. For awhile it was a tough road for Lucy and Ricky, since they had invested quite heavily into Vitameatavegamin but they did eventually recover and were all the wiser, learning from this naïve blunder.

I began thinking about the magic of balance in every aspect of our lives. Regardless of our gender, age or lifestyle, balance in our work and play is an ultimate goal. This is also true of the wines we drink. The ones that offer us that almost perfect symmetry of fruit, minerality, acid and structure can be a nirvana in our palates.

Recently, Dr. Alex and I met our friends Gomez and Morticia Addams at a local bistro for dinner. Their Uncle Fester had collected some very special wines, which he gave to Gomez and Morticia to share with us at dinner. With great anticipation Gomez poured each of us a glass of the 2004 Maybach Materium Cabernet Sauvignon Wine from Oakville, Ca. We swirled and sniffed and then swirled and sniffed again. We were presented with a deep purple color, spice box nose, silky tannins and a finish that seemed to last forever. This extraordinary wine was perfectly balanced with every nuance we could ever desire.

The 2004 Maybach Materium set the tone for the rest of a our “kooky and spooky” evening with Gomez and Morticia. We never know what to expect with our very unconventional friends. Sometimes the most wonderful things happen when you least expect them. This was a perfectly balanced wine and evening, with the most unexpected of friends. Leave it to Uncle Fester to be our sommelier extraordinaire.

Wine Recommendation:

2004 Maybach Materium Cabernet Sauvigon.

RATING:

5 APRONS & 1 WOODEN SPOON.

May your apron bow be tied with perfect balance.

XXOO

Mrs. Reed