TN Request: 2002 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages

$13.20?!?!?!?!

Wow. With the exchange rate, that constitutes a discount of 87.5% over the LCBO price.

That's EIGHTY SEVEN POINT FIVE.

Either this price is wrong, or wow, we're getting royally screwed.

(This request probrably should of being put in the tasting notes folder). Yes, the price is correct, I think what happened is the store personnel were getting rid of CSJ merlot and the sonoma cab, but they inadvertantly put the the two cinq cepages with them, the labels are all similar. I also picked up the merlot for $10.50 and the sonoma cab for $13.20.

Tsk, tsk, taking advantage of inattentive shelf labelling! Shame on you! The proper thing would have been to alert the store manager and offer to pay the release price on the wine. Now, where's CDR to give me a golden star?

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Originally posted by zinfanman:
(This request probrably should of being put in the tasting notes folder). Yes, the price is correct, I think what happened is the store personnel were getting rid of CSJ merlot and the sonoma cab, but they inadvertantly put the the two cinq cepages with them, the labels are all similar. I also picked up the merlot for $10.50 and the sonoma cab for $13.20.

I'd just walk out mumbling the now popular saying, "you snooze, you lose!"

That had to have been someone in their wine depo not knowing what that was. I saw the Caymus Conundrum at Meijer for $90.

If you just got 2 of them for $13 bucks a pop, than drink one and post a damn TN. Why are you requesting TN for a bottle you just spend $13 on?

I haven't yet been able to add the 2002 to my vertical, but it should certainly be an interesting wine to try. It is one of those fascinating wines with an enormous discrepancy in scores among the critics: WS 84 vs. RP 92.

I have three bottles in the cellar that I thought I'd gotten a great deal on when I paid $36 each for them shortly after release. Maybe I should crack one open, too, and we can compare notes. I doubt our scores would be as far apart as WS and RP, but who knows.

jenni,

What were the WS and RP scores?. Thanks

rick,
spectator gave if 84pts
tasted 5 time an no two bottle tasted the same!
an the rest is not good!
sorry !
b

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Originally posted by bez780:
rick,
spectator gave if 84pts
tasted 5 time an no two bottle tasted the same!
an the rest is not good!
sorry !
b

Just for Sh!ts and Giggles, I ran this through the English to Moron dialectizer:

rick, speckator gabe if 84pts tastid 5 time an no two bottle tastid the, ERRRR, same! Huh huh! an de rest is not good! Huh huh! sorry ! Doihh, COOL!

English to Redneck:

rick, speckato' gave eff'n 84pps tasted 5 time an no two bottle tasted th' same! an th' ress is not fine! Fry mah hide! so'ry ! Fry mah hide!

I tried to find a Moron to English converter for the original, but no luck.

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Now, where's CDR to give me a golden star?

Spotted a TN on Cellar Tracker yesterday that was posted by a mysterious CDR. Could it be our missing terroir expert?

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Originally posted by jnastynebr:

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Now, where's CDR to give me a golden star?

Spotted a TN on Cellar Tracker yesterday that was posted by a mysterious CDR. Could it be our missing terroir expert?

The plot thickens.

2004 Franc Caillou (France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur) 10/30/2007 CDR 82
This wine was very good, but definitely a needs to rest in the cellar another year. Very coarse, with very defined black pepper. It tastes like I have the peppercorn in my mouth! Beyond that, dark and jammy, probably because of the oak, but I recall dried raisins or plums... (33 views)

It is French, and we all know how CDR feels about this country, but it may still be our man.

Indybob,

You are a moron!!!

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Originally posted by jnastynebr:
It tastes like I have the peppercorn in my mouth! Beyond that, dark and jammy, probably because of the oak, but I recall dried raisins or plums...

Better to have peppercorn than bell peppers! I got a mouth full of that right now.

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Originally posted by zinfanman:
Indybob,

You are a moron!!!

LOL!

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Originally posted by zinfanman:
Indybob,

You are a moron!!!

Wow, you got me there, good one!