"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
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> Alan Zelt > wrote:
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> [snippage]
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> Great post, Alan! Thanks!
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> Tell Kaari she ought to start posting again, too!
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>> For the first time in 40
>> years, I had a bottle of Mateus Rose!!!!
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> Is it drinkable now, then? It is all but impossible to find here.
>
> Victor

The bottle has the same look and feel, along with the taste. On our return
trip on the train back to France, they had no rose, just the Blanco. Even
more vile.

Victor, you will absolutely have to search for Irouleguy wine, as a
substitute for Cahors and Madiran. The very best bottle available at a cave
in St John pied de Port cost only about E12.