Wine of the Year

originally posted by Keith Levenberg: Vogue used to be the trophy Musigny, but is now cheaper than Drouhin and a whole lot cheaper than Mugnier.
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Keith, do you feel this is a true indicator of relative quality or rather a quirk in the marketplace?

. . . . Pete
 
I think the fashion pendulum has swung to make the oaky and blockish style that Vogue makes... out of vogue. I suppose it's still possible that 50 years' of aging will have Vogue laughing last. But if you ask me, even within the genre of "powerhouse" Burgundies, there are others who do a better job than Vogue.

That applies to what they've been doing since the mid-to-late '90s anyway.
 
Does Palm grow better in clay or sandy soil? Are the trees irrigated? And what is the expression of the Duckhorn terroir in the coconut milk?
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I've had that '24 Pape-Clement at Bern's - yep, classic Graves. The '24 Haut-Bailly and Domaine de Chevalier were on a whole 'nother level though.
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I eye-balled the two of them on the list, as well. Interesting how our choice of wine depends on things other than known tasting notes.

The sommelier strongly hinted that there were fewer bottles of the Pape Clement than H-B or D-de-C. And that, should I never get the chance to sample the others, a distaste for Bernard Magrez favors the selection of an old bottle he can't spoof.

There was a discount against the Pape Clement, in small part because, as noted, the label had almost completely disintegrated.

I knew '24 was solid for Bordeaux, but beyond that had no knowledge of which wine might be better.

So the Pape-Clement it was.

That being said, if the '24 Haut-Bailly and the Domaine de Chevalier (two domaines I like quite a bit) turn out to be as good as this bottle, I'll have something to look forward to.
 
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