VALDIGUIÉ

[mrdutton]

This ruby red beauty has enough clarity to allow me to read 12 point text through the wine in the glass. (Remember now I'm over 50 and wear bifocals........)

Reminds me of a Cru Beaujolais. There is some earth component to it; really Drew there is. But I just can't really tell you what it is.

When I sniff at a half-glass I get fruit and flowers. When I sniff at a near empty glass I get something between fresh cut grass and bales of hay in the loft. But then maybe I've just had too many glasses.

None-the-less, if you like really good Cru Beaujolais then this Californian Valdiguie from J. Lohr is as close as I think you'll ever get to the real stuff from France.

Barnsey - try this, I think you'll like it!

I just noticed something - oh yeah the light bulb came on - the Forum for Beaujolias and Gamay also includes the Valdiguie. Well maybe I should have posted there. But I could find no evidence that suggests that the wine is grown other than primarily in Languedoc.

But I know for sure that if I run across this again, I'll buy more!

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 10-30-2001).]