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Tonight's Pairing

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion
Spareexactgrief-struck
The Pour
2
Ridge Lytton Springs
Wine🇺🇸 Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, California, USA · Zinfandel blend

A California classic for a writer forever tied to California, with brambly dark fruit framed by real structure. It is warm without being sentimental, a glass for remembering someone.

The Mood

Didion records the year after her husband's sudden death while their daughter lay critically ill. It is cool and forensic on the surface and shattering underneath.

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