Well..it is 2 years later and I still love this wine. I have bought 2 cases over the past 2 years and we open a bottle for those "special occasions"...or when we have run out of our usual supply of $12-$15 bottles of wine. This is one that I always want to have on hand as it is just reliably GOOD with everything.
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I have mixed feelings about this wine. At first, my impression was..it was smooth..very smooth and unassuming. No complaints overall, but then again nothing that really stood out, espcially to justifty its hefty pricetag. It reminded me very much of the 2000 Chateau Guibon, which is 1/3 of the price but of the same mild and smootyh character. But as the meal progressed, I believ it is one of those small handful of wines I will remember for the long haul. But I am not sure is that due to the set of circumstances (good food---frilled chicken/london broil/zukes and squash with an appetizer of delallo olives and a mild blue cheese, good excercise today---yoga/jog and doing the lawn; and a great day with my kids metal detecting in the local park and finding a lot of "treasure"----66 cents to be exact), or is it really due to the wine being "that" good....or am I just a slave to a price tag, subliminally trying to justify that this wine really is extradinoary due to its high price. Who knows. All I know is that I am glad that I have a second bottle of this wine so that I may hold onto it and try it again...maybe a few years from now....
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It was okay. Nice to drink an old vintage that is a pomerol, but I could not appreciate the value in this wine at that price level. I've had $9-15 bottles of bordeaux that were just as good if not more interesting.
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2000 Château Haut Cloquet
6/1/2008 - chumpalumpa wrote: 95 Points
Well..it is 2 years later and I still love this wine. I have bought 2 cases over the past 2 years and we open a bottle for those "special occasions"...or when we have run out of our usual supply of $12-$15 bottles of wine. This is one that I always want to have on hand as it is just reliably GOOD with everything.
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2000 Château Haut Cloquet
6/11/2006 - chumpalumpa wrote: 90 Points
I have mixed feelings about this wine. At first, my impression was..it was smooth..very smooth and unassuming. No complaints overall, but then again nothing that really stood out, espcially to justifty its hefty pricetag. It reminded me very much of the 2000 Chateau Guibon, which is 1/3 of the price but of the same mild and smootyh character. But as the meal progressed, I believ it is one of those small handful of wines I will remember for the long haul. But I am not sure is that due to the set of circumstances (good food---frilled chicken/london broil/zukes and squash with an appetizer of delallo olives and a mild blue cheese, good excercise today---yoga/jog and doing the lawn; and a great day with my kids metal detecting in the local park and finding a lot of "treasure"----66 cents to be exact), or is it really due to the wine being "that" good....or am I just a slave to a price tag, subliminally trying to justify that this wine really is extradinoary due to its high price. Who knows. All I know is that I am glad that I have a second bottle of this wine so that I may hold onto it and try it again...maybe a few years from now....
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1995 Château La Cabanne
5/29/2006 - chumpalumpa wrote: 84 Points
It was okay. Nice to drink an old vintage that is a pomerol, but I could not appreciate the value in this wine at that price level. I've had $9-15 bottles of bordeaux that were just as good if not more interesting.
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