Dee Dee wrote:
> On Apr 1, 12:55 am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
>
>>Dee Dee wrote:
>>
>>>There was another bottle of CF Cabernet Bourgeille Breton 2005 for $25
>>>which he didn't buy.
>>
>>That's too bad. Catherine and Pierre Breton's Bourgueil is a fantastic
>>example of Cab Franc from the Loire. Alas, I can't tell you anything
>>useful about the producer you did get.
>>
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> I would have liked to buy the $25 bottle, but alas I was not with him.
> What I don't quite understand: when I described the $25 bottle, I
> read it as you understood it was Catherine and Pierre Breton's
> Bourgueil http://www.louisdressner.com/Breton/
> Is there only ONE Breton? If I understand correctly, there is more
> than one Bourgueils, but only ONE Bourgueil Breton, which is Catherine
> and Pierre, right?

Just to be clear here, Bourgueil is the region that the wine comes from,
and C&P Breton are the winemakers. There might be another Breton making
wine in Bourgueil, but AFAIK no other Breton's wines aren't being
imported to the US.

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> We drank 1/2 of the bottle of CF we bought. We tasted it before we
> sat down to the meal. It was OK, but much better with the meal. But
> not good enough to drink the whole bottle at one sitting. ;-))
>
> I'm glad someone here described it as leafy, vegetable-like as I
> wouldn't have been able to articulate those tastes.


You're welcome.

Mark Lipton