This was tasted at the JohnnyB offline dinner during the Cassoulet course. Tasted out of Riedel Sommelier stems.

This was one heckuva wine. The nose was outrageous. Blueberries and plums. Plenty of that and more sweet fruits wrapped in well-integrated, but very there tannins. Some nice charcoal was there too. Great finish. I could have drunk this all night. Paired quite well with the cassoulet, too. The color was not as vibrant as a younger wine, but also showed no signs of fading really in the slightest. This wine will probably be very, very drinkable for years to come.

Also, my TN descriptors are an amalgam of all of us who drank the juice.

I forget what JohnnyB said this one rated, but I'd give it easily 94 points, and these are my newer & tougher TJ ratings points, supposedly.

tj-this has always been one of my favorites from the 1990 vintage. i consistently get black currant with a wonderful chocolate finish.

The fruit on this wine was delicious- I wish I had purchased some Cos on futures for 2000/2001.

The 2001 Cos is supposedly better than the 2000 and available on futures for $50-60. To buy 2001 futures is the question at hand though. Going strickly by point rating the Cos appears to be the wine of the vintage (first growths aside) for 2001.

...and the Pape Clement. RP says it should eclipse the 2000 which got a 95.

This was part of a line up at a Boston O/L with some members of the Squires' board. It was the second best WOTN for me (85 Margaux beat it). What a wine this is, lots of fruit (very ripe) and spice with tremendous balance and a great silky mouth feel. Great stuff...it is ready (by my palate).