+1, super bummer.
Purchased two from a generous board member a few years ago and both rank in my top 5 for bottles of Napa Cab.
I still have 91 Dominus and the last couple I’ve opened have been fine.
Another bottle might have shown differently for you.
PS - my 1998 Dom. de Marcoux CNduP crashed and burned about 3 years ago - didn’t just fade away, became actively unpleasant.
In no particular order: Ducru 1988, Fleur de Gay 1990 and most 2003 Bordeaux CCs, with a special mention for GPL (there some great 03s but an overwhelming majority of bad ones).
Opened a 2001 Behrens & Hitchcock last night…was not undrinkable, but definitely had some of the issues that have been mentioned in the past with the synthetic, purple cork…ie paint thinner on the nose and a sweet, Kool Aid taste…only redeeming quality is that it freed up rack space for fall arrivals.
Having stored this wine since release at 55 degrees, I opened this bottle tonight in the hope that it would not be the abomination that was the 2003. Fortunately, it is not. However, because I had higher hopes for the 2005, my level of disappointment is greater. The wine is port-like in its richness. It has a kind of tarry, earthy, charred something (not meat) profile, and the main fruit element I can discern from the wine is raisin. The finish is long, but I am not sure that counts as a positive (e.g., “The food is poison, but the portions are large.”). I am at a loss to think of a kind of food that this wine would compliment.
I used to enjoy Janasse Vieilles Vignes until the 2000/200 vintage, but this is not that. Whether it is climate change, a change in winemaking philosophy, or both, things seem to have taken a turn for the worse.
+1. I need to open my lone remaining bottle someday, and I hope it shows differently.
Pity.
I have 95, 98 and 2005 Janasse, but they are all Cve Chaupin and all are still fine. Don’t think I’ve ever seen the Vieilles Vignes in my market.
clos st jean. any of them.
Is 2001 Pape Clement still a gloopy mess?
Must have been a bad bottle. I had this about 10 years ago (the sommelier “contributed” a bottle to Voodoo’s 60th Birthday party dinner at Uncle Jack’s) and it was beyond outstanding. One of the best Cali Bordeaux blends I have ever had.
A lot of the above represent responses more appropriate for a thread titled “What high-scoring wine did you really hate when you finally got around to opening it because you didn’t like the style.” For example, I recently had a magnum of Clos St. Jean Sanctum Santorum. I shared in over a few days with 7 other people, most of whom drank it “blind” against other Clos St. Jean wines and not only picked it out as the best of the group without knowing what it was, but thought it was one of the best wines that they had ever had.
On the other hand, I admit that my answer to the question is 2003 Clos St. Jean La Combe de Fous, which was a hot, gross, over ripe, prune tasting ode to the heat that year and the failure to hire enough pickers to get the grapes off the vines until the winter.
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Most recently, 2003 Cristia CdP (regular), just awful. If you want to know what “stewed prunes” taste like, this is your wine.
2004 Ponsot Clos de la Roche - the meanest of greenies.
2008 Boillot Mouchere, more sherry than sherry
We had a 1997 Dunn Howell Mountain last weekend that was underwhelming. It was the first time we have had it in 5 years or so, and every other bottle has been excellent. We bought a case and hope the remaining bottles are still good.
Ed
+1.
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Every '91 Dominus I’ve had has been wonderful for me ! ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}
I’ve had some amazing Ducru ‘88, but all were rebottled/reconditioned by the chateau in 2011. Anything from the 80’s in original bottles in risky…
about a half case of 2007 Dom de Chevalier Blanc. Just an amazing wine on release. Did not hold up. At least mine did not. Interestingly I have had many other vintages which have done fabulously well.
Would agree with that a while ago, but the last three I opened were very good so you may want to revisit if you haven’t dumped them