Folie à Deux Ménage à Trois 2004

Last night I revisited a favorite inexpensive wine, Ménage à Trois (pdf) red from Folie à Deux. Sorry, the site only shows the 2003, ($12) but the current vintage is 2004, usually available at Trader Joes for $10 or Safeway for a similar price. A blend wine, this is one of the few cheap wines that manage to have a smell of grapes, not chemicals, oak, or alchohol. Not that I hate those things, I have oak trees on my property, and use chemicals, and alchohol daily. In 2003 it was composed of Zin, Merlot and Cabernet. I suspect the 2004 is similar. Although it is somewhat high in sugar and can seem sweet when consumed alone or with some foods, it nonetheless represents a good value.

Get some. Now. Or not.