So I was looking at the good deals on French wines at the local Wine
Warehouse and I came upon a bottle of Mercurey premier cru 2000 Clos des
Combins L Menand Pere et Fils

Pale in color, think very dark rose, good acidity but watery and without
much in the way of nose. A well preserved over the hill baby. I was hoping
maybe a little air would help, but don't think it is going to happen,

Eric might have picked this one, but I hope he wouldn't pick "this" this
one.

jcoulter > wrote in
:

> So I was looking at the good deals on French wines at the local Wine
> Warehouse and I came upon a bottle of Mercurey premier cru 2000 Clos
> des Combins L Menand Pere et Fils
>
> Pale in color, think very dark rose, good acidity but watery and
> without much in the way of nose. A well preserved over the hill baby.
> I was hoping maybe a little air would help, but don't think it is
> going to happen,
>
> Eric might have picked this one, but I hope he wouldn't pick "this"
> this one.
>

after an hour it opened a bit and I actually got the cherries and some
body, all in all not bad but one of those hold your breath till it happens
wines.

I would get it again if I wanted a light pinot

One thing that got lost in importer thread is that not everyone is as
strong in every category. I might look to Eric Solomon or Jorge Ordo=F1ez
for Spain, Martine or Daniel Johnnes (Jeraboam) for Burgundy, Joe
Bressner for Loire, etc. Obviously some just do limited regions -Terry
Thiese in Germany, Austria, & Champagne; Marc de Grazia in Italy.

Glad it got better. 2000 is a lighter vintage to start with.

Thanks for notes.