Agreed. Someone at the table kept trying to convince me it blew away the 07 DRC Echezeaux next to it and that’s when I knew Juge wasn’t for me. Now the 85 Verset, that’s a wow wine.
But you also admitted in a post above that you have not tried any newer vintages of Juge, so it’s not really a fair comment for current releases. Likewise, I have not had any vintages more mature than 2007, so would not be fair for me to opine with confidence how well these wines can age. What I can say is, I’ve got the greatest palate in the history of the known world for, and here it comes, ME. I love love this stuff. Loved it first moment I tried it, well before I even knew what Juge really was, and a few years before the hype killed allocations and accessibility. I think my Northern Rhone palate is decent, and I’ve been drinking them for quite some time, from Clape, Allemand, Jamet, Gonon, Benetiere, Faurie, Michel, to Chave, to the range of lower to mid-tiers that grace the market and dinner tables. With the exception of Chave, and perhaps Allemand Reynard, I’d take Juge over any of them. Of course, YMMV.
But you also admitted in a post above that you have not tried any newer vintages of Juge, so it’s not really a fair comment for current releases. Likewise, I have not had any vintages more mature than 2007, so would not be fair for me to opine with confidence how well these wines can age. What I can say is, I’ve got the greatest palate in the history of the known world for, and here it comes, ME. I love love this stuff. Loved it first moment I tried it, well before I even knew what Juge really was, and a few years before the hype killed allocations and accessibility. I think my Northern Rhone palate is decent, and I’ve been drinking them for quite some time, from Clape, Allemand, Jamet, Gonon, Benetiere, Faurie, Michel, to Chave, to the range of lower to mid-tiers that grace the market and dinner tables. With the exception of Chave, and perhaps Allemand Reynard, I’d take Juge over any of them. Of course, YMMV.
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Thats cool, I respect your right to form your own opinion and I am in no way attempting to denigrate your love for Juge and I am sure you predate the social media hysteria that has seen the market become what it is today.
Well there have been whispers that this was all part of a guerrilla marketing campaign designed to increase the uptake of a Juge to Rougeard stock swap, sort of a vinous pump and dump.
The floodgates of the Juge economy have opened on Commerce Corner, be interesting to see where it ends up, would make a great Doctoral Thesis on the effects of social media on the secondary market for small Cornas producers.
I gifted a bottle of 2014 Juge to Corey for serving as my mule. You have no idea what that man would gift it for. NSFW or this vibrant, family-oriented community and bastion of peace and harmony.