http://www.drvino.com/2006/06/26/la-double-vie-de-barrique/ wine talk that goes down easy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:56:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.drvino.com/2006/06/26/la-double-vie-de-barrique/#comment-304 Tish Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:06:00 +0000 http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2006/06/la-double-vie-de-barrique/#comment-304 I had the very good fortune of trying a handful of 2005 barrel samples in Bordeaux earlier this month. My take is that this is one of those vintages that, like a tide, raises all the boats. The basic cru bourgeois juice will be splendid. Plus, they'll be out earlier than those futures-shockers. Elin's suggestions are fine, bu if you buy a few $20-$40 bottles and like what you taste, there may be no need to splurge. I had the very good fortune of trying a handful of 2005 barrel samples in Bordeaux earlier this month. My take is that this is one of those vintages that, like a tide, raises all the boats. The basic cru bourgeois juice will be splendid. Plus, they’ll be out earlier than those futures-shockers. Elin’s suggestions are fine, bu if you buy a few $20-$40 bottles and like what you taste, there may be no need to splurge.

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