I really do not like these wines. At all. And I had lots of them, like 3 cases from 2005 alone. Wines like Monbousquet, Troplong Mondot, Fleur Cardinale, La Clotte, Les Gravieres, and a smattering of others. Got rid of all my 2005 Lascombes as well, which frankly, is indistinguishable from these modern St. Ems.
The cool part is, since I don’t wanna sell wine, is that I got to trade it all with a close friend of mine, taking all his classic stuff. He prefers modern.
So we just sat in our storage lockers for the last 2 hours catching up, having good laughs, trading bottle by bottle, no haggling, just straight-up fair trades.
I got a bunch of 2005 Joguet Chinons, including my beloved Franc de Pied, Foillard 3.14, and a bunch of 2004 and 2005 Bordeaux: Montrose, Clerc Milon, D’Armhailhac, Durfort Vivens, Sociando Mallet. Plus a smattering of some other funky stuff.
I’m sure he feels he got the better deal. I’m sure I feel like I got the better deal. Who cares, we both got what we want. A truly enjoyable afternoon!
Next, we trade for all my Chateaunef du Papes, he likes 2007, woohoo!