WTN: 3 French wines, 1 Spanish

Is the name of the producer Meursault, Dale, or is this a typo? I wouldn't think that EU law would allow a producer to take the name of a region that the wine wasn't entitled to, but what do I know?

In my Sam's spree, I picked up two bottles of the '04 Borsao, still on their shelves along with the Tres Picos, but for $10.44 :(

Lo, how those '97 prices have fallen! As if you needed another incentive to cough up Marc's share of the case, this wine doesn't sound quite attractive enough to warrant a whole case purchase anyway (at least, if you don't factor in the price).

Thanks for the interesting notes, Mark Lipton

The wine was the 1997 Ch. Lagrange (St.

1997 Claret, an underated vintage for drinking now. Readily available and not that expensive....(for Claret that is!!)

JohnT

A typo indeed- I meant the Matrot Bourgogne AC. I am delivering Marc's Fri at our pinot-fest, but I would have been happy to have a full case. Not one for the ages, but certainly not fading, I'd drink over 3-4 years. I love having reasonably priced Bordeaux to have with my meat (last mature purchase I made like this was '96 Talbot at $12/375, I split a case of 24, and wish again I'd kept whole case). The problem is of course these deals are usually on prearrivals, gone by the time one tastes.

Not expensive NOW, as prices have dropped as most other vintages have risen. But on release prices were equal or above '95 & '96. I think selected wines from '97 indeed offer good value for drinking now,.

A typo indeed- I meant the Matrot Bourgogne AC. I am delivering Marc's Fri at our pinot-fest, but I would have been happy to have a full case. Not one for the ages, but certainly not fading, I'd drink over 3-4 years. I love having reasonably priced Bordeaux to have with my meat (last mature purchase I made like this was '96 Talbot at $12/375, I split a case of 24, and wish again I'd kept whole case). The problem is of course these deals are usually on prearrivals, gone by the time one tastes.

-------------------------------------------------------- But the '97 Talbot that cost me too much, was just "picnic wine." And the bottles of '97 PLBaron weren't much better at more than double the price:-( Graham