Hello,
Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
Cheers
Nils

On Jun 12, 3:07�am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Hello,
> Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
> has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
> fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
> Cheers
> Nils

My general impression is that their vineyard sites ooze excellence,
their actual wines less so. I've had very limited experiences, but an
'85 Musigny last week didn't especially impress. And '85 Musigny
should be out of the ballpark.

Thank you Dale, you're a toff

Nils

"DaleW" > skrev i meddelandet
...
On Jun 12, 3:07?am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Hello,
> Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
> has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
> fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
> Cheers
> Nils

My general impression is that their vineyard sites ooze excellence,
their actual wines less so. I've had very limited experiences, but an
'85 Musigny last week didn't especially impress. And '85 Musigny
should be out of the ballpark.

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:07:25 GMT, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:

>Hello,
>Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
>has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
>fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
>Cheers
>Nils
>
Any relationship to the Prieur-Lachine operation up in Bordeaux?

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
www.thunderchief.org

> Any relationship to the Prieur-Lachine operation up in Bordeaux?
>

No, Prieur-Lichine was a 4th growth castle bought by the (in)famous Alex
Lichine, who added his name to the original - BTW, I think that should be
Prieuré ...

Cheers

Nils

On Jun 12, 3:07�am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Hello,
> Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
> has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
> fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
> Cheers
> Nils

I'd say that Hachette sums it up pretty well. The newer wines tend to
follow the trend in Burgundy of riper richer wines with a luxury feel
and deep flavor profile. More blackcherry and cassis than bing cherry
and earth.

On Jun 12, 9:48�am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Thank you Dale, you're a toff
>
> Nils
>
> "DaleW" > skrev i ...
> On Jun 12, 3:07?am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
>
> > wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Off to France on SUnday, and spending two days in the Beaune area. Anybody
> > has an opinion of jacques prieur? Entries in hachette + their web site
> > fairly oozes excellence - at a high price ... What say you all?
> > Cheers
> > Nils
>
> My general impression is that their vineyard sites ooze excellence,
> their actual wines less so. I've had very limited experiences, but an
> '85 Musigny last week didn't especially impress. And '85 Musigny
> should be out of the ballpark.

I should be clear that their rep is solid, just not maybe quite up to
the level of their astounding holdings

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:31:57 GMT, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:

>> Any relationship to the Prieur-Lachine operation up in Bordeaux?
>>
>
>No, Prieur-Lichine was a 4th growth castle bought by the (in)famous Alex
>Lichine, who added his name to the original - BTW, I think that should be
>Prieuré ...
>
>Cheers
>
>Nils
>
Show-off. My umlaut machine is broken.

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
www.thunderchief.org

>>
> Show-off. My umlaut machine is broken.
>

No worries, Ed. I once used to figure on the then almost-Net of COmpuserve
under the monniker of Umlaut Lymebranch "who hath come to put doubledots
over all your a's and o's wherat there shall be much complaining and
gnashing of teeth".

Cheers

Nils