On Sep 8, 8:38?pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
> In article >, Ronin wrote:
> > Does anyone have an opinion as to whether the '03 is three times the
> > wine of the '04? They retail in the neighborhood of US$55 for the '04
> > and US$165 for the '03.
>
> > Jim
>
> Don't know but I liked the 2004 better than the 2003 tasting both. My
> notes for the 2003 weren't very good. A bit thin. the 2004 was much
> richer.

Did you taste the 2003 recently? My guess is its pretty shut down
right now. But at release the ones I had were quite rich/lush.

As an aside, for some reason, this thread doesn't show on google
groups. Something about Ronin's name, which doesn't show up at all
(though I can see it and thread on motzarella). But if I search Google
groups I can see responses. Weird.