March 28, 2024 - Domaine Pegau 1995-2008 Vertical: Nose: 92, Palate: 91+
My #4, Group's #2. Tasted Blind.
March 25, 2024 - Tragically, my last bottle is very badly oxidized. So sad. The previous one was glorious.
March 3, 2024 - Perfect fill, perfect cork. Slowly turning lighter, more transparant, certainly not forgetting it's roots. Nose is all about beef, blood garrige,tste has accvent on the minerals with the sweet La Crau Grenache playing base. At a plateau, if you like mature wine - will go on. Will drink the rest of my stash within the next 5 years, I think
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March 1, 2024 - Beyond their prime
February 25, 2024 - Great complexity here. Developed tertiary notes of red fruit compote, quite perfumed. There is leather and oak here as well. Full bodied. Low acidity, medium ripe tannins. 13.5 ABV. Great length and complexity. Drinking beautifully now, will last another decade.
February 10, 2024 - ESTG does Pegau-Palooza (Seattle, WA, USA): Slightly oxidative on the nose, coffee, plum cake. Wow, getting more tannic, more powerful, more austere. On the whole, this bottle was showing rather closed but with incredible structure. On day 2 this is showing more roasted, deep, white pepper, sharp, focused, rather intense.
February 3, 2024 - This showed very well at a tasting of eight CDP's and was the second best wine of the night amongst some prestigious wines. Good freshness with lots of life ahead, this is a lovely wine.
December 9, 2023 - This bottle was a but below the previous one, although from the same batch bought on release so i suspect a bit of bottle variation here. Was among the two wines of the night (preferred was Grange 02 by far!) but held well against wines like Montelena cab 1997, Les Grandes Places 2019 from Gerin or Barolo Riserva Bricco Boshis Vigna San Giuseppe 2012 from Cavallotto! So still a decent bottle obviously! Based on this bottle only, this will stay there for a few more years before slowly declining. But i know tye best bottles have a bit more time.
November 26, 2023 - Thanksgiving dinner with the family, good excuse to open a nicely aged CdP. Last tasting of this vintage was 2015. Decanted for about 90 minutes, drank over 45 minutes.
Medium dark garnet color, cloudy, slight separation at the edge. A bit of barnyard/brett on the nose even post decant (consistent with last bottle), faded over the course of the time we drank it, Nose also showing dark cherry, garrigue, baking spice. Palate of black cherry, dried red fruits, currant, savory notes, baking spice, cinnamon/clove. Baking spices and sweet red fruit persist through the mid palate. Full body and long finish.
Great showing on this evening and a great pairing with the harvest flavors of Thanksgiving dinner. The wine is in a great spot, consistent with 2015 tasting, has not faded in flavor or complexity. Healthy decant is a must for this wine to get the best of it.
November 18, 2023 - Beautiful at this point. Very smooth, still some fruit, the meary tones have subsided. Very well intehrated and round. If you enjoy more tertiary tones and less power while still having some fruit this is a good time to drink.