Bohemian Highway Cabernet Sauvignon 2006; Bohemian Highway Merlot

Forget about lychee, or cherry, or plum. Today I'm looking for a wine with one distinct essence: dingledodie. I want to taste, smell, and be dingledodie. I want to live dingledodie. I want to wallow in dingledodieness. I'm looking for mad dingledodie wine that lights up the sky like a roman candle. Dingledodie. That's all, nothing else.

Not that I have the slightest idea what a dingledodie is, but that doesn't matter. By the time I'm done with this glass, I'll not only know what a dingledodie is but I'll be dancing down the street like one. Hold on, let me put on some Miles Davis. Let me think of Carlo Marx; Hassel on Riker's Island; Jane wandering in Times Square in her benzedrine haze. I don't know these people, but I'll think of them as I drink. But most of all, I'll think of Dean Moriarty.

Tonight I am drinking Bohemian Highway Cabernet Sauvignon 2006. I'm also drinking Bohemian Highway Merlot 2006. No, that isn't because I'm getting crocked off my ass, it's because I started the Cabernet several nights ago and didn't get a chance to post, so I needed to purchase another bottle to continue the review and all that was left was Merlot. So it's a double review tonight. Two for the price of one. Hell, let's do the whole Bohemian Highway collection, and maybe I will get crocked off my ass. How much more bohemian could I get? But no, no. I have work tomorrow. So I'll have a sample of both.

"The Bohemian Highway meanders through vineyards, redwood forests and palm groves. The wine embodies the casual, free-flowing spirit you'll find along the way." The wine embodies it. You know, with its essence of marijuana, loose women, and jazz. It must have been hard to get all of that into a bottle, but with a little imagination I can dig it, daddy-o. Let's take a little trip in our favorite rocket ship. Blow, man, blow!

First the cabernet: Spicy and heavy on the fruit. Maybe a little chocolatey.

Then the merlot: Not as good. Kind of astringent. Tannic.

The cabernet is great, but I'm not such a fan of the merlot. Which is a pity, since I bought the merlot in a 1.5 liter bottle. And I don't taste them damned dingledodies anywhere. What the Hell, isn't this supposed to be a bohemian experience? Wait a second, the wine is $6.99 for a bottle. I get it. It's cheap. Total dingledodiedom!

The Cabernet: 8 out of 10.
The Merlot: 5 out of 10.


Bloom: $6.99 each

Don't worry. Even I'm not sure what I'm talking about.