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- mormelli - 05-03-2002
Hi!
New here - finally getting a moment to look up some stats on the 1996 Bordeaux we purchased back in 1997. I can't find a lot, but I really don't know where to look. We have the following:
Cos d'Estournel
Lagrange
Leoville Barton
Mouton-Rothschild
Pichon Lalande
Can any recommend somewhere I could find some info. on these? Is anyone familiar with these?
Thanks in advance!
Terri
- winoweenie - 05-04-2002
Hi Terri and welcome to the board. An impressive line-up you've posted there and I take it you purchased on futures....Smart Puppy!! Just so happens I have every wine on your list but one and tasted it just 6 weeks ago. Here goes ....From the Top;
Cos. This ranks in my bookas one of the all-time best from this venerable St. Estephe producer. A classic wine that shouldn't be touched for another 5-10 years and should last for another 30.
LaGrange. Again a marvelous bottle. This lovely St. Julien property Produced an outstanding wine that isn't quite on the classic level of the Cos but don't pour them suckers down the sink. Should start showing its' colors in another 5 also.
Leoville Barton. Didn't buy this wine and as usual now I'm kicking mee-self in the patootie. Beautifully structured with loads of all components to make this one lon-lived LB. Again give this hunk some time.
As usual the Mouton is a beauty. Just shy of being classic at the time I tasted it, but as with the next wine I haven't hit the right number on either in their infancy. I rated the 82 Mouton a pathetic 89 when first tasting and the 82 Pichon even worse at 86. Now both IMHO are now solid 98-100.(blush)
Pichon. I didn't under-rate this classic beauty. A solid contender for wine of the vintage. Should start drinking well in 3-4 and last for 25-30 there-after. Store them there suckers well and have fun pulling the corks. WW
- Innkeeper - 05-04-2002
Terri, print this out, frame it, and hang it on the kitchen wall. You will not get better advice anywhere.
- mormelli - 05-07-2002
Thank you very much! I appreciate your feedback. It is especially helpful because I was running into brick walls trying to find ANY information on the wine. We did purchase the wine as futures and the bottles are in a wine cooler in our cellar.
We'll probably share a Mouton on an anniversary, but the others we'll sell which was our original intention.
Humbly apologize for not thanking sooner - very busy with 2 toddlers, a husband and a new house. First day back on the computer since I posted.
Take care and Thank you again-
Terri