In article >, Emery Davis
> writes:

>
>Futures on Coudoulet, tiens tiens. What are we coming to.

Well, this was pre-arrival, not technically futures (in a sense they are both
the same thing, but when PC puts out these prearrival notices it's usually
stuff on a container coming in).


>Dale, that '80 might surprise you. If it was well kept, it certainly could=
> go the
>distance, and might reveal a very elegant mouthful, still with good concent=
>ration.
>It's not _too_ old for a chateauneuf, but of course who knows how it was st=
>ored.
>Let us know what it's like, interesting bottle!

OK, ok- I'll order one (if anyone else is interested, it's premiercru.net and
they were showing I think 4 bottles yesterday- I'm unaffiliated except as a
satisfied customer)

>
>Mark, in the interest of science you should sacrifice a '99.

I've got a couple of '99s, but really plan on holding for a while. Drinking
nicely 18 months ago, but I'm afraid might be shut down now. I think Bo's shut
down HARD most vintages 3-4 year after vintage. I'll be interested if anyone
finds it especially oaky, never been my sense. Even if they do rotate out
foudres every 2-3 years (which I haven't ever heard), the smaller surface area
per liquid volume of a larger container doesn't seem to lend itself to the
oakiness that the modern barriqued wines get.


Dale

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