Made pasta with a marinara made by Rao. Excellent sauce, and highly recommend! I added some ground beef cooked in olive oil and salt only. Served with a soft and medium body red, tasting notes below.
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The wine hit the right tone as well, perhaps one of the best wines I've recently tasted ...
Clos de los Siete 2016 ... a blended red out of Argentina with 54% Malbec, 18% Merlot, 12% Cabernet, 12% Syrah, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc. This smelled so good of berries and grapes, flavor was smooth and seemed well balanced with a good measure of black and red fruits, including plum and even cranberry plus the rest, and mixed with spices and herbs. However, glass number 3 showed that it probably doesn't have much more shelf/storage life, so maybe still good till 2022 and definitely not beyond 2023.
This definitely went well with the pasta meal, could go well with beef no problem, definitely Mexican/South American dishes too.
If you're into wine, this one is worth searching out for yourself.