This delicious wine was brought back from Paris in V.C.'s luggage. You can tell it's a good one because the bottle is sealed with wax...rather than aluminum foil or a screw top. Either that, or the vintner wants to give the illusion of something special.
In the case of the Matayac Cahors, the "something special" is not a veneer...
We saved this wine in our dorm room, expecting to drink it upon graduation...and then didn't. So I brought it home with me, waiting for a special occasion to drink it. We finally decided that, since I would be headed back to Europe on a Fulbright teaching assistantship, and C.B. made it down for a rare appearance in Green Bay, this was occasion enough...otherwise, when would we drink it?
I certainly was not going to lug it back across the Atlantic...nor was I comfortable leaving it in my parents' house (Mom would probably put it in the refrigerator, drink it without me, or do something equally sacrilegious to red wine consumption...)
Thus, we popped off the wax, decanted, and enjoyed! According to CB, it was "good even before decanting." Other comments? "Wow!" Stats include:
Year: 2005
Appearance: deep red/purple
Cost: 10-15 € (can't remember exact price)
Taste: smoky, with notes of blackberry and hibiscus;
aged in oak barrels, which accounts for the smokiness
Bought: in 2008 at Carrefour, Boulogne, Paris, France
