What is your favorite wine?

I have new twist to this question. If I offered to give you an unlimited amount of one wine label for the next 15 years free of charge (with the current vintage on the market being given out), what wine would you choose?

And of course, the wine has to be for your own consumption. No selling or trading it. And at the end of 15 years, whatever you have left, you give back. And you can't build up more than a case. So this is truly your favorite wine to drink with a small capacity to age some. And OK, if your choice takes another 6 years to be ready to drink, I'll split the difference and give you the vintage that hit the market 3 (that's 6 over 2) years ago. If the label you choose is no longer made, that's too bad.

As an example, a Zin lover could choose the Seghesio Zinfandel Sonoma Valley.

Would you choose a first growth Bordeaux? Or a highly regarded Burgundy? Would you make your wine something you could drink with some regularity?

My own choice was easier than I expected. And long time readers shouldn't be too surprised. It's not too expensive and it's widely available. And it is what I drink more of than another other single wine.

My second choice would be the Montes Alpha Syrah ($20). The 2003 was very good and the 2005 and 2006 were some of my hands down favorites.

But the winner is the Columbia Crest Chardonnay Grand Estates, under $10 pretty much everywhere. And a white, no less.