I'd agree the '95 Cote-Rotie should be fine (and able to hold for a
while)
Never heard of Plantey, but would drink up. Unclear if it's a white or
if you only listed reds.Either way I'd pop soon).
Beaumont is a decent cru Bourgeois, '96 was strong on left, I'd assume
like many smaller '96s it would be in its drinking window.


Mark Lipton wrote:
> Matt S wrote:
> > As most regulars are aware, my knowledge of French wines and vintages
> > is marginal, and so I appeal to your knowledge on some wines I
> > re-discovered in a cellar corner. I think one at least will be well
> > past it's date, but the reds I am quietly confident with...*hoping*
> >
> > 1. 1995 E.Guigal Cote Rot'e
> >
> > 2. 1998 Chateau Plantey, Graves.
> >
> > 3. 1996 Chateu Beaumont, Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc.
>
> Matt, the first wine should be in good shape. '95 was a strong year in
> the N. Rhone and Guigal's entry-level Cote-Rotie is a decent, if not
> transcendent, example of the genre. I'd have to look up the other two
> wines to give you anything useful about them.
>
> Mark Lipton