2002 Easton, Shenandoah Valley (CA), Barbera ($20 U.S.). Tech data: 14.5% alcohol, pH 3.58 and acidity 7.2 gm/liter.
It gives very ripe blueberries and other lush fruit on the nose and upfront. The layered complexity in the middle combined the fruit, acid, oak, tannin, so well that none of the elements hit you over the head. The finish lingered and lingered.
Matched it with Rigatoni in Pink Vodka Sauce, Italian chicken sausages, and sliced Brandywine tomatoes. Definitely was not a Blue Monday.