WTN: Wabbit and wine

I put the wabbit (wild) on the wood stove at 9:30 and decanted the wine, 2005 Ch. St. Jean Cinq Cepages, at 12:30. By 6:00 the wabbit was fully cooked and flacking off the bone. With 12+ inches of snow out there (and my wife in Florida) I figured I deserved a nice wine to go with the wabbit. Wine was very nice with deep purple/black color and nose and palate of spicy black cherry/cassis with a very dominant tarry note that I loved. I know I paid a premium ($30 Ohio prices with full discount) but it was well worth it. I also know that this wine can be bought for much less ( $19.00 at costco) somewhere, but that is O.K. as I just wanted a nice wine to go with the wabbit. I hope this winter wonderland will turn into Spring someday soon.

[Jenise]

Jim, $30 is actually an excellent price for that wine. Not very long ago, it was going for $60-80, and when I bought it for a wine tasting I host about 2 years ago, I paid in the low $40's at Costco. If you're seeing that for half that price now, it must be the result of another distributor biting the dust and selling off inventory in a hurry. Good catch!