On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:04:02 -0700, "Theron" >
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>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:02:52 -0700, "Theron" >
>> wrote:
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>>>I remember, several years ago, that 1970 Chateau Latour rose to
>>>$500/bottle.
>>>We drank a bottle the next night! Now some vintages of Latour are in the
>>>+$2000 range. There's a point where you might sell. Nonetheless, the 1970
>>>1st and 2nd growths are pretty spectacular.
>>
>> You're so far out of my range of appreciation, I can't even begin to
>> tell you. Price is the huge stopper for me. I've experienced too
>> many very expensive wines that I didn't think much of. Not saying
>> they were bad, just saying I could have enjoyed a $20-30 bottle just
>> as much.
>>
>>
>I no longer buy new wines because of their price. Certainly no wines of that
>caliber. I agree with your comment about $20-30 bottles of wine. About 1974,
>or so there was a well publicized article in the popular press about a blind
>tasting which included top rated 1st and 2nd growth Bordeaux and 1970 Robert
>Mondavi. The Robert Mondavi wine won the tasting. Years ago I did this at
>home with a few 1970 Bordeaux and I felt the same. I'm certain that today a
>carefully chosen cabernet from the right vintner and the right vintage would
>compare as favorably.
>
You're certainly right about Mondavi, it's a high quality "drink
today" wine. As far as carefully choosing wines to judge against "the
French", it's been done and CA won. I don't remember where the
judging took place, but it was somewhere in the US.

I wonder how the same wines would have fared with the same judges
judging them in Europe?


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