WTN: 2000 Dom. de L'Espigouette CdR

On Saturday, Jean and I decided to smoke a pheasant that we had sitting around, so I duly fired up the smoker and gave it an applewood smoking. With the bird, I decided that a medium-bodied Grenache-based wine would be a good pairing and retrieved from the cellar:

2000 Dom. de L'Espigouette Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes
nose: gamey, dark cherries
palate: medium-full body, meaty, smoky, kirsch, good acidity

This wine is produced by the Latour family in Vacqueyras and is a consistent QPR winner for us. (It's imported by J et R Imports in Michigan). This was the last bottle of the 2000 in our cellar and it came across as a slightly lighter CdP-lookalike. It went marvelously with the bird and made me wish I had more, especially with the pricetag of $10.95 showing.

Mark Lipton

On Saturday, Jean and I decided to smoke a pheasant that we had sitting around, so I duly fired up the smoker and gave it an applewood smoking. With the bird, I decided that a medium-bodied Grenache-based wine would be a good pairing and retrieved from the cellar:

2000 Dom. de L'Espigouette Côtes du Rhône Vieilles Vignes
nose: gamey, dark cherries
palate: medium-full body, meaty, smoky, kirsch, good acidity

This wine is produced by the Latour family in Vacqueyras and is a consistent QPR winner for us. (It's imported by J et R Imports in Michigan). This was the last bottle of the 2000 in our cellar and it came across as a slightly lighter CdP-lookalike. It went marvelously with the bird and made me wish I had more, especially with the pricetag of $10.95 showing.

Mark Lipton

That's a great price for a top notch CdR. Did you think this wine and its vintage could have lasted another 5 years? I wish I access to some more CdR that is on the rarer side.

Bryan

That's a great price for a top notch CdR. Did you think this wine and its vintage could have lasted another 5 years? I wish I access to some more CdR that is on the rarer side.

It was showing no signs of decline, and my cellar is warmer than many, so I think that 5 more years is a likely milestone for this wine. Even the '04 was still dirt cheap for what you get, but I'm afraid of what the plummet of the dollar has done to its recent pricing.

Mark Lipton