Over the past few weeks I went through the four that I ended up buying.
Les Cailloux- At the time a favorite of mine for value and under the radar stardom- Some of the 89 and 90's I tasted were right up there or better than the bigger names. Tasted young I was disappointed as it was definitely on the raisin and overripe side.
The recent bottle I had was horrendous. Massive sediment drop out, bitter, VA, undrinkable. Either way over the hill and gone, or perhaps exposed to heat in bottle before I received. My other bottle looks the same.
Clos des Papes. Yep. Clearly a FOMO buy. Had to see if it would live up to the bob's accolades. Remember it being OK young, drinkable but very ripe. Not badly raisin though. Recent bottle was actually similar. Not super advanced, but very sweet tasting. Identifiable as CDP, but certainly not a high 90's wine, and the lack of structure makes me think there is nothing interesting in the future of this wine.
Pegau. I liked Pegau OK back on release- Again, very ripe, but don't recall cloying. Somewhat similar to the Clos des Papes- this has aged, but not really evolved. Better than the clos, les cloy, but still not a wine I expect to butterfly into anything. Just primary fruit with no where much to go.
Beaucastel- My favorite of the on release tastings and remains that way. The most restrained and balanced in my mind. Even a bit of secondary evolution. A shadow of other Beaucastel vintages, but interesting enough to hope there is something more to come.
Net, after 16 years, I think it is pretty clear who was right on this vintage.

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