pair it with tomato sauce

Bogle Petite Sirah ($8.78)
From: California
I was at Costco, picking up some Sauternes, when I noticed this wine. I recalled that Vaynerchuk (tv.winelibrary.com) gave this wine 89 points, so I thought I would give it a try. It turned out to be a good recommendation.

Very dark in color.
On the nose: Floral notes, my wife accurately described it as, “like lilacs just as they open, along with the green leaves.” There is a bit of attic dust and then blackberries.
On the palate: Loads of dark fruit, good mid palate weight, very jammy, almost too much so for me. Nice back end structure with some moderate tannins.

I am a proponent of decanting all wines. I did not decant this one, but did leave a fairly empty bottle sitting on the table overnight. When Vaynerchuk reviewed this wine, he said he got "brown sugar" on the nose. I didn't get that originally, but twenty four hours later this was very prominent on the front end and it had become much silkier.