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From: tomp@amiga.UUCP (Tom Pohorsky)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Cheap Bordeaux
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 15:43:56 EST
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In article <942@tesla.UUCP> c-hunt@tesla.UUCP (Charles Hunt) writes:
>I agree with the previous writer that Robert Parker is NOT necessarily the
>final word on good Bordeaux.

I'll second that and more. He's not necessarily even a good word, and admits
the his early, eager praise of the '83 red Burgundies (that helped push the
prices too high, as he did for '82 Bordeaux) was off base, and that it's a
mixed vintage at best. After trying about 50 of these, I find more alcohol
and bunch rot than quality. I hear alot lately: "Geez, you should never pre-
dict red Burg's from just barrel tasting." Hindsight is 50/50, or something
like that.
 
>But Michael Broadbent, writer

Again, agreed. MB has his sh*t well together. His "Vintage Wine Book" has been
the by far the best single wine reference book I've seen.

>Good sources for "less" jaded opinions on French jugs: The Wine Spectator (if

Disagreed. My impression is that it's self-serving wine industry hype.

>My experiences--> Cheap but good: Ch. Marbuzet, Ch. La Tour de By, Ch. Greysac,
>Ch. Fourcas Hosten, Ch. Smith Haut Lafitte, Ch. Carbonnieux, Ch. Baron Segur.
throw in Potensac and La Gurgue.

>$10 or so, but great: Ch. Prieure Lichine, Ch. LaLagune, Ch. du Tertre, Ch.
>Bouscaut, Ch. Meyney, Ch. DeSales, Ch. Duhart Milon Rothschild, Ch. D'Angludet,
>Ch. Cantemerle, Ch. Ormes de Pez, Ch. Cantenac Brown, Ch. Clos du Jacobins...

... and always a bargain at $20 or so: Leoville Las Cases, Pichon Lalande.

>In order of preference, look for vintages: '78, '82, '83, '79, '81, all good.

Especially among less expensive wines, I've enjoyed '81's as much as any of
the others, most '79's a bit less.

>
>Cheers!                                                 =Charles E. Hunt=

bottoms up, tomp.