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Just went to a wine tasting of medium priced Bordeaux. I noticed one, Little B, was very much like a ripe, toasty Australian style. The vineyard Rep's were actually there so I questioned them about the style.His reply is that this is the way Bordeaux is going. He stated that the vast majority of wine is consumed within a week of purchase and that New World wine making let's even bad years be at least good.
He said that the classifieds will continue to make low alcohol, high tannic, and more acidic wines made for laying down. But the rest will follow the lead of Australia and the U.S..
You got to make what sells, but this really saddens me.
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I feel your grief. I can no longer afford to buy a top growth bordeaux...prices are so ridiculous!! Like yourself, my wine pics tend to be the 5th growths or the lesser known wine houses with the non-classifications, there are plenty for the picking. It's true that some producers are "forced" to change their wine making ways and methods just to survive in this "cut-throat" business (like any other competitive global product). Give them what they want...most of us just don't have the time or patience to wait around anymore...it's very sad.Although I don't disagree with this new style of winemaking since they are still pretty good right off the shelf, I would rather let them age gracefully, naturally without alterations or additives prior to bottling.
But hey, what do I know...I'm a scotch man!!
"Common sense is not so common....."
VOLTAIRE
medium priced for Bordeauxs?Thanks
The $10-30 range. I used the term "medium" loosely.I'm mostly talking about the non-classified wines that are trying to compete with the new world wines in the same price range.
...speak for the whole industry or even all the Bordeaux producers. Each has his own opinions and particular style of winemaking. Some stick more to tradition, others go with the current trends. I'd say your guy is part of the latter, so don't take it too seriously.
Even before this conversation I had read articles in WS and the local paper's wine column regarding this change.The classified wines will always have a pretty much guaranteed market, so they don't have to change. It's the huge group below them that has to compete with the U.S, Australia, South America, and others worldwide.
...for example, zinfadels are my favorite varietal which I have been drinking and collecting since the early 1980s. In the late 1980, many zin producers switched to a lighter, fruitier style. Now everything is pretty much big, bold, alcoholic and overripe. Trends come and go.
Yes...trends do come and go but white zin will never touch these lips.
"Common sense is not so common....."
VOLTAIRE
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