Sacré Bleu, Chateau D'Arcins Cru Bourgeois is Good!

The French may be rude and have a dim view of Americans, but man do they make some great wine.  They're a people that are haughty about food and wine, but with good reason.  In fact, Pris and I have been going through a few more Bordeaux, Beaujolais, and wines with the Haut-Medoc appellation. We've reviewed a few of these wines here, but none yet as good as 2006 Chateau D'Arcins Cru Bourgeois Haut-Medoc. 

We'd tried this wine a while back, and the bottle stayed in our collection after it was gone.  We finally found it again at Central Market on our trip to Austin a few months back, and we decided to crack into it since we were supposed to go to Austin this weekend.  In theory we were going to replace it, but the trip had to be put off unfortunately.

This is an excellent Bordeaux with a deep dark color and deep redolent fruits.  This is a rich wine with loads of fruit, especially plum.  It has a bold nose full of ripe fruit.  What's really nice is how smooth the Chateau D'Arcins Cru Bourgeois is, considering how bold and complex its flavors are.  Refined tannins add to this red wonder and provide a smooth mellow finish.

We paired this wine with grilled steak and it was flawless.  Definitely put the Chateau D'Arcins Cru Bourgeois to work with grilled or roasted red meat or something heavy and rich.  This is an excellent wine we'll definitely be replacing in our cellar.

We picked up this bottle at H.E.B. Central Market for about $21, which makes it a great value considering the quality of the wine.  If you read French then you can find out more about Chateau D'Arcins Cru Bourgeois at: http://www.cavedarcins.fr/, otherwise you'll just need to do a Google search on it and scope out the various wine blog's write-ups.