Not a wine on my radar usually. From Castillon. Retails for 6 Euros in Europe apparently, and $14 here.
This was completely unexpected. A traditional well made Bordeaux, a couple of years off its peak. Everything about it was slightly better than expected, the nose more complex, the balance really solid, some nice complexity with spice, red fruit and a tiny bit of herb, and a much longer than expected finish. Served open at a tasting yesterday as an aperitif before some much more revered and interesting estates such as La Mission and Ducru. It stole the show, not because it was the best wine there, but because it was so close to the eventual winners.
For $14, this is a steal. I felt I could have been tasting a young Bordeaux made in the eighties. I scored it a 91, and promptly bought a case. A perfect house wine.
I’m a big fan of this wine. The 15 was excellent as well. Costco had them for $9 several years ago. Bought a bunch but down to my final bottle. Time to reload as this is still a steal at $14.
Dang. I just had some with red meat, while the air pressure was too high in my house. I forgot to sing to my bottle and told it a bad mouton joke. My expectations were just too high!
I had some underripe examples of Pitray from the 90’s and was gunshy ever afterwards, especially given that the name disturbed me for some reason. Glad to hear the wines have improved.
I’m about 80% sure this is the same wine. I was in Costco in Woodland, CA (about 20 miles northwest of Sacramento) on Sunday night, because my parents live in Davis and that’s the nearest Costco. I saw this for $7.99, not sure which vintage, maybe the 2019.
I was buying a few bottles to stuff away in their house, since I’m going to be up there more due to my dad’s health situation, but I passed on this one.
I’ll have to swing by there next time I’m up, and if it’s the same wine, I’ll give it a try.
Horrible fact checking. The most expensive bottle of wine was a fake, and had nothing to do with Jefferson.
Strange that a small cup is worth $36 million dollars though. After much soulsearching, I have decided that the buyer can spend another $36 million and buy my cellar (minus the VCC and Magdelaine). After all what is the point of having a small wine cup with lots of roosters painted on it, if you don’t have a nice collection of wine to fill it with.