Quote Originally Posted by Eville View Post
It looks like I've come a long way from page one. We took a 4 day weekend trip over Thanksgiving to the South of France, specifically the Rohne valley. We spent a full day driving around to the different wineries in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape area tasting and stockpiling. I came home with 18 bottles left after the rest of the weekend. This was some of the best wine I have ever had. Here's a picture of the back of the van after the last winery of the day.


Tonight I'm cracking open a bottle of Domaine de Mourchon Tradition 2009. 65% grenache, 25% syrah, 10% carignan from 40 year old vines.

ETA: Pretty good. Really mellow and velvety feel, not much tannin. Dry on the finish. I think this is my last bottle of this. Wish I had another.

The Rohne Valley, eh? I'm completely envious. I'd love to do one of those French winery tours - even more than I'd want to do a Northern California wine crawl. Have you by chance checked out the movie Bottle Shock?

Not that it compares, but recently a good friend introduced me to the Cooper Hawk winery. I believe they're only located in a handful of states with only a few restaurant locations/tasting rooms, but there is a local location with a tasting room. And not one of the wines I tasted I would not want to buy a bottle of. I'm not a huge Chardonnay fan, but I have to say they have one of the most incredible Chardonnay's I've ever tasted!