On 9/2/05 11:28 pm, in article ,
"Chris Sprague" wrote:

Two wines that I've had two different shop owners recommend are wines that I
cannot find any reference to in this group. They a

2002 Dom. François Raquillet Mercurey Rouge Vieilles Vignes
2002 Dom. Brintet Mercurey Rouge Les Vieilles Vignes

They are both selling for around $28USD locally. Does anyone know anything
about these wines? I've googled this group's history and have found
nothing. Any help would be appreciated.

I did a Wine Spectator search for mercurey, which you can see for the next
72 hours or so at
http://members.fortunecity.com/legalstuff/mercurey.html
(Some formatting is lost; I didn't have time to fix all the html, and it
doesn't affect the text. Obviously the interactive features won't work
unless you're a subscriber too.)

Note the relatively low scores which say two things: (1) that Mercurey isn't
very fashionable among US drinkers (I think of it as a Supermarket wine in
France too, but that's my prejudice) and (2) retailers follow fashion.

One suggestion I have for you is to frequent the Web sites of the top New
York and West Coast wine merchants. Zachy's and Sherry-Lehmann come to mind
http://www.zachys.com/
http://www.sherry-lehmann.com/

Hope that helps.