David M. Bueker wrote:The regular Cailloux has always been a drink now wine for me. Haven't had it since the 2001 vintage though. Has it changed (for the worse) like much of CNDP?
You mean, vintages after 2001? I don't know. I tried a few more after the 1998, then lost interest in the bottling because it doesn't evolve with bottle age, but instead seems to lose some of its primariness, without going anywhere. Our Rhône "house wine" Charvin CdR achieves the same for even less money. On a more personal note, the Cailloux CdP has always been a QPR wine rather than a priority to me, and when in 2006, doctors told me to quit drinking alcoholic beverages, I didn't, but QPR wines were among the first I quit buying, deciding to concentrate on those wines that are dearest to me personally. I'll still satisfy my curiosity tasting everything I'm served (as in a sniff and sip, and sometimes spit - also, I'm usually the one to make sure a bottle isn't corked before it's being served etc.). My way of abiding the letter of the law but not the spirit (not even close), so to speak. To put it differently, André Brunel's CdP is a somewhat straightforward/linear wine that's fine in the context of a meal, but does little in terms of inspiring fantasy, i.e. it's not of the life-enhancing sort. The latter are the ones I continue to drink (in reasonable quantity) even when I know I shouldn't.
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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