"DaleW" > wrote:

> I needed to address my Bdx jones, so after dinner opened the
> 2000 Les Trois Croix (Fronsac). A couple of years has been very
> good to this. The oak and tannins have both integrated nicely,
> and the red plum Merlot fruit is still vibrant. A kind of ferric
> minerality to the finish. This ain't Cheval Blanc, but for the
> price ($15ish) a nice example of Right Bank Bordeaux.

It ain't Cheval Blanc, true, but there is a connection to Mouton:
The owner is Patrick Léon, now retired Directeur Technique of "La
Baronnie" and the "Domaines Baron Philippe de Rothschild" and, as
such, former winemaker of Mouton.

M.