This was a classified Bordeaux wine that I found in a nightclub when I was in college, and I would periodically keep reordering it.  It was so good and it was affordable even at my wages.   I would take a date out for dancing and get a bottle of wine for the evening.  I would enjoy the company, the music, the ambience and of course the wine.  Chateau Croizet-Bages is a Fifth Growth in the classification of the Medoc and it is from the Commune of Pauillac.

By knowing the different communes of Bordeaux, I would look at a wine list and search for a commune that I could afford.  Chateau Lafitte-Rothschild was out of my league, but this was a wine that I could indulge in.  Come to think of it, I indulged in it quite a bit.

It had all the qualities of a Bordeaux wine, the deep color, the full rounded robust taste, a good nose and full of tannin, which is should have as it was not that old when I was enjoying it.   It was the first of many consistent tasting wines that I had encountered.   Everyone that tried it with me thoroughly enjoyed this wine.

I enjoyed this wine so much, that it was the first major purchase of wine that I made.  I bought a case of it through a wine merchant that I knew.  At this point in my wine studies, I had never bought a case of one wine; I used to buy mixed cases to take advantage of case discounts.

I have tried it over a couple of decades now and I am still happy with the way the wine is still aging.  I have a couple of bottles left, and I will report on them, as I uncork them.