Sometimes it's pleasant to just enjoy one's drink, rather than analyze it to death. This past weekend I made some steaks with a pepper-cream sauce and popped open a bottle of Grand-Puy-Lacoste from the 2001 vintage. A few years ago I bought some of this fifth growth bordeaux, in part, because Hugh Johnson mentioned in his memoir that it was one of his stand-by good wines to drink. The wine was, simply put, sublime. Soft, fragrant, not too tannic, it was a perfect drink for dinner.
Unfortunately more recent vintages have started to reflect the crazy Bordeaux price spikes of recent years. The 2001 was about $35 a bottle in 2006. The 2005 was more than $80 a bottle on release and the prices continue to climb. I am glad I was able to scrounge some pennies together to buy a few of the 2001s to age.
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