Bonjour. Je suis le renom mondial Marcel, qui reconsidère de vins spéciaux, les vins qui sont plus de l'étiquette que le vin. C'est juste. Vins de Nouveauté. Et comme l'expert... Oh, forgive me. I forgot...(More people speak Bengali than French, so sad.)
I am Marcel, Le Wine Monkey....(
"This is your sister? No? Your daughter? Sacré
bleu! Is this possible?)... and my specialty is reviewing special wines, wines that are more the label than the wine. That is right.
Novelty Wines. Any one can review the others, peew! So easy. Le Bob, Le Suckling, Le Kyle and all the rest of them... Not so brave. They don't even attempt. My life is so much more... dangerous!
Recently when combing the dark jungle where the Vins de Nouveaute' lurk ... (Supermarkets and 99 cent stores), I came across this intriguing example.
Mad Housewife, 2008 Cabernet Savignon. No wonder she's mad. She's drinking this! Novelty wines often have a suspicious provenance. The back label says bottled in Napa... but the front label just says, "California". So... the juice could be from... Tarzana? I shudder.
(Le reste dans la paix, Cheetah, mon frère.)On the tongue it's a bit muddled, fruit and cheap leather notes. BUT, for a party or gathering of non-snob imbibers, the price works. Around $6 bucks.
On my Marcel's TOP BANANA scale, Five being a Novelty Label Wine that astounds for the price, this surly Mrs. Cleaver gets Three Bananas. I'm a kind monkey.
Mad Housewife Cabernet Sauvignon, 2008 - $6.00
