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06-07-2002, 10:46 AM,

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I find myself being constantly disappointed by "old world" wines. At a blind tasting a few weeks ago, I brought a 1994 Bodegas Montecillo Rioja Gran Reserva (#49 in Wine Spectator's Top 100). Our group found it rather non-descript beside some modestly well-known Shirazes.

This has also happened to me over and over with French wines. And I have just had some French JUNK that was reputed to be quite tasty.

Is it just me or is the Old World Emperor wearing no clothes?

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