"Timothy Hartley" > wrote in message
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> "phil" > wrote:
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>> Hi
>> I wonder if anyone could give me any info on Chateau L'Eglise Montagne
>> Saint
>> Emilion 2002?
>> Should I drink it now? Will it keep? What does it taste like? Is it
>> expensive? etc
>> TIA Phil
>>
>>
> 2002 was a variable year - the weather was not good until September
> when there was decent sun and three weeks without rain. August was wet
> and rot and fungal growth posed a threat demandinghigh vineyard
> standards and a lot of work to get fruit ripened as uniformly as
> possible. There was a dearth of good ripe fruit and it was really a
> winemaker's vintage which perhaps 20 years earlier would not have
> produced much. However tannin levels were about average and polyphenol
> (skin colour)levels high. Some decent, but probably not great, wine
> was made but it is not really a long keeping vintage, in my view.
> I can say little of Ch. l'Eglise - it is 70% merlot and 30% cabernet
> franc and about 6 ha. in size. A second wine is made which may be a
> hopeful sign. I suggest trying a bottle and seeing but my guess is
> that this is one for fairly pleasurable young drinking but not long
> cellaring.
> Hope that helps a little but there is no substitute for tasting and
> seeing if you like it.
>
> Timothy Hartley

Many thanks for the replys. Most helpful
phil