The following quote is lifted from the Vieux Telegraphe 2001 thread.

"CdP is a bit deceprive, as it drinks very well in its youth, but then
goes dumb and needs time to come back into form. "

I'm trying to find out more about the 'dumb' phase a wine goes through
during it development - I only learned the theory behind this process
this year so it's still new to me. Do _all_ wines go through a dumb
phase or only certain types of wine (wines having some particular
characteristic) such as Cdp?

Rick Smith