Re: Question re 2K Bdx in US

Salut/Hi Tom S,

le/on Sun, 06 Jul 2003 05:52:08 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

QUITE right. Especially when the vintage is uneven. Too many chateaux decided to cash in on the "year of the millenium" and when rain didn't come by mid september, picked anyway, with grapes lacking physiological maturity (green pepper taste).

Exactly. Fortunately at least in the case of many Bordeaux the market has calmed down again, and some 2002s are going to offer better vfm.

Robert, I'm familiar with Bonnet, but not a Reserve. Maybe not imported to US? I tend to find Lurton's wines in general to be well-made and well-priced. Dale

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Dale Williams wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m29.aol.com:

Dale, thanks for your comment. The Chateau Bonnet Reserve is about 10€ around here, so I guess I just buy a case and report back :-).

BTW, a bit of information can be found at

Regards, Robert

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I just got back from Yakima, WA, Dale, so just saw your posting today. I wish I were not buying blind sometimes, especially Barolo and Brunello, which I relied on WS comments and guessing. But Brown Derby just put some Burgundies on sale, including 93 Beaune Montremenots (Mussy), and I have had this wine, and it's good (read -a subtle fragrant Burgundy without a heavy-handed oak treatment). So I ordered some. Sometimes one lucks out.

But we got to taste a lot of the Yakima Valley wineries last week, and then got to buy some (2 cases). So teaching in an obscure place, and having time to take bike trips of wine regions is some compensation for not living in a large urban area.

I'm still not impressed with the WA Rieslings sampled, but several of the Chardonnays we tasted were a pleasant surprise.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I sometimes think I'm buying in the dark.

Tom Schellberg

I looked at Albertsons in Jackson, WY last week, and only two lesser 2000 Bordeaux in the $13-$20 range. Sorry, I forgot to record the names. They seem to be sitting on a lot of 98 and 99 Bordeaux. Maybe with tourism down, the big named bottles haven't been moving much.

At least they fixed their AC now, and they are no longer cooking their wines in their ritzy wine loft.

I suspect the small states never got much of an allocation of 2000 Bordeaux, even for the ski areas.

Tom Schellberg