WTN: Plouzeau Chinon "Rive Gauche" 2007

A cheapie off the wine list at Corton (a disappointing and expensive wine list at the heir-to-Montrachet, but the food was excellent). I paid $40 off the list, so I figure ~$13-15 retail.

Great QPR. Rasperry, cassis, tobacco, more fruit than your typical Loire Cab Franc but without a loss of varietal typicity. Medium weight, silky tannins, snappy acidity. Frankly, I enjoyed this more than my recent bottles from Raffault and Jouguet (sp?).


EDIT: I should add that the sommelier couldn't answer a basic question about a wine on the in house wine list (Whether the Mas Cal Demoura "L'Infidèle" is a second wine or just a separate cuvee from the other Mas Cal Demoura red with a different name which sells for a higher price). That shocked me. I also saw the sommelier upsell the table next to us from a nice little 2006 Burg to a 2004 Pommard, claiming, and I quote, "1999 and 2004 are the best drinking Burgundy vintages available today". Right, and I'm Santa Claus.
The glasses were fine.

Plouzeau is a new estate to me but it sounds well worth searching out.

In the days of Jean-Pierre Jullien, l'Infidèle was, I think, the top cuvée at Cal Demoura with a simple Coteaux de Languedoc below. Under the new owner, Vincent Goumard, there is a more expensive cuvée, Les Combariolles, but I don't know whether the basic CdL still exists. I'm not sure when the change occurred but there were both Combariolles and Inidèle in 05 and 06.

That sommelier sounds a real w**ker!!!