I was away at a quarterly business meeting for the last few days… On the way home, I stopped by Cost Plus World Market to check things out. I love a visit from time to time – candles, home decor, cute girly stuff, those awesome stuffed green olives. And wine! You know – necessities…
Unbeknownst to me, they had started their holiday wine sale! What’s better than wine? Wine on sale!!! So I stocked up and bought a bunch of wines I haven’t tried before.
This one I bought purely based the the label. Because well, it’s awesome. I mean really, a gold embossed monkey wrapped around the bottle – when are you going to see that?! Oh, and my friend told me I had to get it too. That.
Without further ado, I bring you German Monkey Wine…
Affentaler Valley of the Monkey Pinot Noir
Otherwise known as Affentaler Valley of the Monkey Pinot Noir. I will admit that when I first opened this wine, I was not impressed. I was prepared to write it off as simply a cool bottle to turn into a holder for my tealight tree. But after it had a chance to breathe for a bit, it got better. It has flavors of dark cherry, earth and tobacco.
For $10.99 a bottle, it was a decent Pinot Noir. At that price I would probably get it again… If you do, remember to let it breathe for a little while…
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