CWD: BORE-dough

[Lee Short]

It being my birthday's eve, I grilled a big ribeye (enough for 2), made some garlic mashed potates, and opened (of all things) a bottle of Bordeaux. To be specific, the 86 Pape Clement, which I have had in my cellar since its very infancy (both the wine's and the cellar's, for those keeping score at home). Nice wine. Not great, stunning, knock-your-socks-off wine. But very, very, very nice wine in that understated Pessac-Leognan sort of way [insert soundtrack of Floyd's "quiet desperation is the English way"]. I might have another, but probably not. Ah, well, it's only Bordeaux.

Poor, poor Bordeaux. Little love for her here.

 

[BJ]

I liked John Gilman's description I just happened to read today: poor man's Haut Brion (at least in the past, in the case of PC). Sounds great.

Nice inaugural cellar bottle too. You've been at this longer than me.

See you Sat.

 

[Jay Miller]

Hey, I like the '86 Pape Clement. Nothing after 1998 though.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Hey, I like the '86 Pape Clement. Nothing after 1998 though.

Yeah, me too. And the 1988. Those are my two favorite vintages.

 

[Keith Levenberg]

The old-school Papes can be excellent. A '75 the other day tasted very Haut-Briony (and actually better than the '75 Haut-Brion). Graves gets love from me!

 

[Brad Kane]

originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
A '75 the other day tasted very Haut-Briony (and actually better than the '75 Haut-Brion).

Whoah, Nelly! Not in my book, by any stretch.

 

[Jay Miller]

Must admit, I've never liked the '75 PC. But I also know that it's flavor chemical distribution is one I'm not particularly senstive to (on both occasions when I tried it everyone else liked it and I couldn't taste anything - nada). On the other hand from vintages I've tried I also really like the 1990, 1961 and 1955.