If you can bluff it to 1990, go for Grange, no question. 1990 was also an excellent
year for German Rieslings, if you like that sort of thing.

Ian


"congokid" > wrote in message
...
> In message <RE1nc.12044$A27.11686@fed1read06>, Fred >
> writes
>
> >1989 was a great year in Bordeaux. Go for something from there. I feel
> >sorry for those that joined your company in a lousy vintage. If you like
> >Rioja, try a Paulliac or a St. Emilion.
>
> I was thinking if it truly had been a bad year, I'd ask for something
> from the year I moved to my current department ('90), or perhaps get
> something from 10 years ago ('94) if that might open up my options.
>
> Thanks Fred. As a student in 1986, not knowing anything about wine but
> determined not to get the cheapest thing on the supermarket shelf, I
> bought back a bottle of Paulliac from a day trip to France. My flatmate,
> who worked in Harrod's wine department at the time, was quite impressed
> with my selections (I remember another bottle was of Rully, and I had
> three others).
>
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