http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog by Modern-Wine-Cellar.com Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/bordeauxs-big-little-wines/ http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/bordeauxs-big-little-wines/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 19:42:52 +0000 admin http://modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/?p=88 Reviews of the just-bottled 2005 Bordeaux are coming in. This much vaunted vintage has everybody in the wine trade drooling. But to their chagrin, the less prestigious, lower-priced wines are getting all the praise. Influencial wine critic Robert Parker called wine from the famous chateaux "museum pieces" because their prices are so astonishingly high. And in what many consider a political statement, he gave out only two perfect scores (100 points), none of them to Medoc 1st growths. Just two points, (i.e. the difference between 98 and 100) can double the price of the wine, these developments may cost the wine trade hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales. Similarly at Decanter Magazine's tasting of 2005 Medoc wines, 25 were awarded 5-star status, only two were 1st growths. The star of the show was 5th growth Chateau Pedesclaux. Is this the shape of things to come? Click here for more information about Bordeaux wine appellations and classed growth system.

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