Originally Posted by
cordelli
Maybe you just don't like them? There's nothing wrong with that, but if so far they really have not done anything for you, then you should probably not keep trying. It could simply be that's not the grape or blend for you depending on which you have had.
I've been reading Andrew Jeffords great book, "The New France", and he posits that, with respect to CdP, "the mania for
cuvée de prestiges (special selections of the total crop)... are depleting and impoverishing the quality of the ordinary wine"', resulting in "much feebly flavoured Chateauneuf on sale". He also says though that "the 1998 and 2000 vintages (my edition is a few years old) were among the greatest southern Rhone wines ever vinified" and he felt it a privilege to be alive at that moment and drinking them. That's a pretty strong statement.
I might buy one more bottle, maybe even that Vieux Telegraphe, and give it a shot. If it really doesn't wow me, then, yep, it's time to move on.
Originally Posted by
cordelli
I remember seeing one on a menu in a steak house that I wanted to try and did not want a heavy wine, and the waiter did his best to talk me out of it saying they were all horrible wines, etc. Some people just don't like them.
That to me is unbelievable. I've never in my life had a waiter try to talk me out of a wine selection, even when I've chosen poorly.