Chambertin is the grand cru vineyard in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin.
The vineyard is on the south-facing slope which helps grapes to ripen fully and accumulate sugar and tannin.
It is supposed to have beautiful aromas and flavors of concentrated fruit, very firm and well integrated structure and long finish.
It is supposed to... but this wine had VA (volatile acid).
VA is not necessarily wrong thing to be in wine. With right amount, it adds complexity to aromas; however, this wine had too much VA and I couldn't smell or taste anything else.
The wine was about to be thrown away, but JC didn't want to see this piece of art discarded so brought it home to use for cooking.
He made wine reduction and cooked Coq au Vin with it.
It was very rich and tasty!
Now I understand why French recipe books say not to be cheap on wine for cooking. It sure makes big difference (I don't know if I can keep doing this practice, though).
I couldn't taste wine, but I could fully enjoy the Coq au Vin.
Thank you JC for saving the wine.
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