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One afternoon Bell and I were taking our daily six mile walk in Rome. We were going down a very unassuming street near the Campo de Fiori called via Pellegrino, when we saw a restaurant - no signs on the outside at all - that happened to have a Michelin sticker in the window. The restaurant was called Bric and we decided to makes a reservation for our last dinner on this wonderful trip to Italy. Bric really does deserve its own post, because the meal was amazing - our best during this trip. What helped was that we had the best wine on the trip as well, the 2003 Ca'Marcanda Promis, a red blend from the Tuscan region. Only after we got the bottled did I discover that Ca'Marcanda is a project from Italian wine icon, Angelo Gaja. The wine was deep, with dense black fruits and mineral notes with a pleasantly ripe and lifted personality.

This is a special wine that provided a fitting end to a very special trip.