"Richard Neidich" > wrote in
ink.net:

> Yes, it does matter.
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> Just because most wines of the Medoc are predominantly Cabernet based
> does not mean that Margaux is the same as Graves wines in style.

I hope I never gave that impression I was aiming for just the opposite
choosing more radically different wines of Bordeaux as an example.

Even
> if they % of Cabernet is the same. Your example was of Cab based vs
> Merlot based..but it goes more dramatic than that.
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I guess I wasn't being clear. The it to which I referred was the grape
varietal composition. Since "it" varies from year to year at the wine
makers discretion there just isn't an easy answer to the question and even
wines of the same maker may have radically different qualities for year to
year (the 96 and 97 Haut Veyrac St Emilion Grand Cru that I mentioned in
another thread stand out as a very recent example for me), but there is a
tendency for wines to conform to a general pattern within the appelation
with the quality of the winemaker effecting the quality of the wine.


.. If
>> you like St Emilion as opposed to St.Estephe there is a reason but
>> does it matter?
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