TN: 1990 Cantemerle

AFAIC, you never said it wasn't classified, just that it was Haut-Medoc AOC, which it most certainly is. So now you should mentally group it with du Tertre, Camensac, Clerc-Milon and Pontet-Canet -- a fine group of reliable performers in my book (then there's that Lynch-Bag or some such...)

Mark Lipton

(Just avoid that Hot Bag Liberal, or risk the wrath of Ann Coulter)

I referred to it as a "16 year old Cru Bourgeois". You can't deny my wrongness!

In fact, the addition of Cantmerle to the list in December 1855 - months after the closure of the 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition where the classification was presented - was the first amendment to the 1855 classification. Mouton's upgrading in 1973 was the second.

M.

Now, we all know that the 1855 classification is pretty different from a

As to Lynch Bages....it's no longer priced like a 5th. And since 2000 I've not actually liked a one (2001-2003). For my tastes has gone from great QPR to poor.

Admit it Anders, you're hoarding Rausan-Gassies!

To me the classification isn't a big thing, but it does make a difference in some pricing. Given a choice of Mouton or LLC without knowing vintage, I'd take LLC (I admit Mouton can be spectacular, but also pedestrian). The wines I buy regularly span 2nd-5th growths (do I buy any 4ths? thinking..) and cru bourgeois. I agree the classification means little to my buying, though it does make a difference to real estate values.

I guess I do- quite a few Talbots. I have a bottle or three of Branaire, Duhart, Lafon Rochet , & Marquis-de-Terme too. Shows you I don't pay much attention to classifications (beyond Firsts)

Agreed. That's why I didn't include it in the list initially and only added parenthetically. It used to be one of our rock-solid "go to" Bdx, but the last vintage of it that we bought was IIRC the '97 (heavily discounted at a Sam's sale). Looking at the DB, I see that we have only the '89 and the '96 in the cellar. Quelle dommage! The '61 L-B still ranks as one of my all-time favorite wine experiences. du Terte and Camensac I still put a lot of faith in, but we've bought so little Bdx in the new millenium that I really haven't much experience with recent bottlings of either Clerc-Milon or Pontet-Canet.

Mark Lipton

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Then it might be a Swede thingy, because I have found out, to my astonishment, that apparently I am. Now, how did that happen?

Cheers

Nils Gsutaf