Let's see how far this one goes.

Stocked up Mrs dd with an assortment of California chardonnays and west coast cabs last week and came across a very intriguing Robert Mondavi Private Selection limited release Cabernet Sauvignon (2014) with a portion aged in bourbon barrels for at least 3 months and she agreed to the purchase, contingent upon my finishing the bottle (over several nights, of course) if she didn't like the taste/combination. I was somewhat surprised to find the bottle 3/4 consumed over the last 3 nights (she really doesn't like liquor) with nary an offer for a taste for me so I had a 2 ounce taster tonight and found it quite interesting. (And, just to show I really can't give it a rest, there were no IBUs but the ABV was 14.5%) Lots of tannins but many other tastes of black cherries and blackberries with ribbons of vanilla, oak, dark brown sugar and whiskey in the finish. I think this would be outstanding with one of our chefs' steaks from the Grilling Steak thread.

Any other thoughts? Gimmick? Blasphemous?