May

22

We’ve been traveling in the Northeast for the past few days to spend time with family, and due to all of the flying and driving, we are surely wiped.  Fortunately, we will be staying with my folks for the next couple of days, which to our minds means only one thing: party time!  While they monitor the baby monitor tonight, we’re heading out for a big night on the town, during which we will dine on Italian food and stay out past our normal bed time of 9 p.m.  By the time we return back to where my folks’ place at 9:30, we will surely have polished off an unusually solid bottle of wine (which we have already started drinking) to mark the occasion of our first date night since our son was born.

Frankly, the Domaine Paul Autard Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2004 (a mix of Grenache, Syrah, and Counoise) is one of those bottles that reminds us that it really is worth shelling out a few extra dollars for a truly exquisite bottle of wine when the moment calls for it.  

We each took a few whiffs of this wine and with nearly every breath came away with a different aroma.  Figs… spice… honey… lasagna (!)  There’s just so much to enjoy about a wine that challenges the senses the way this one did, making the arrival at our final tasting notes — primarily sweet pipe tobacco (or dried fruit and nuts… in fact, cinnamon babka came to my mind at one point), along with black currant, in the nose and mouth, firm tannins, medium-to-large body, and smooth finish with a little bit of spice — all the more satisfying.  

Just wonderful!  We can’t wait to finish the rest…      

Where to get it: Use the Snooth search function under the heading “Wine Locator” on the right side of this screen, or visit wine-searcher.com or winezap.com, to locate a bottle near you.


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