What: J.L. Chave Mon Coeur Cotes-due Rhone 2007
Rating: 10
Price: $15.99 to $26.99 online (more at restaurants, per usual).
Non-Quantifiable Rating: So. Good. It. Causes. Sentence. Fragments.
Yes, that's a two digit rating you see there. I know...I'm shocked too.
At Cave Vin last week, the waiter asked what we'd like for half price wine night. I said something super helpful and sophisticated like: "Uhhh, dunno, something good, kinda Pinot-y...or whatever...and stuff." Somehow, our waiter translated my request into: "I'd like the best wine ever, please."
OK, it's probably not the best wine ever, but it's the best wine this amateur oenophilic palate has encountered in recent memory. It was great (albeit a bit tannic) the instant it opened, and became absolutely sensational after it sat for a while (I read online that someone decanted it and let it sit open for 36 hours before drinking). It has dark berries, bittersweet cocoa, and a wee bit of coffee. It's full-bodied, but it won't kick you in the pants.
My only complaint was that it was so good that it kept interrupting our dinner. Every time one of us took a sip, we'd interrupt the other person to say something like "ooohhhwwowww" (again, that's my sophisticated palate talking). It's that good. It was pricier than we'd usually spend at a restaurant and we decided that if we could find it online for less than $20, it deserved a full 10 rating. I did, so it is.
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