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Default TN: 1982 Gruaud-Larose

On Apr 30, 3:52 pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Bi!! wrote:
> > Is the "Cordier funk" the initial barnyard or is a "bretty" wet dog
> > thing? I recently posted notes on a 1990 G-L that I noted had a bit
> > of funk but I didn't think of it as being indicative of Cordier. I've
> > always found their wines to be a bit heavyon the barnyard though.

>
> Hmmm... Since Cordier sold off G-L back in 1983, I don't think you can
> blame any off smells in the '90 G-L on Cordier. To me, "Cordier funk"
> refers to an animal/barnyard quality that might be a touch of Brett. I
> can't say that "wet dog" fills the bill, but maybe I just haven't
> smelled enough wet dogs...
>
> Mark Lipton
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FWIW, it appears that G-L wasn't sold until 1993 or maybe I'm mis-
reading the history of G-L. They did have an injection of foreign
capital in 1983 from the Suez Group though.