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French wine versus Spanish
Article Posted: Friday April 9th
Article last updated on: Friday April 9th
Has France been eclipsed by Spain?
Or have Bordeaux wines been overtaken by the wines of Spain, in particular the Duero and the north east of Spain?
Some say yes. I am inclined to agree. The quality price ratio is crazy in Bordeaux. Yes the top wines are great but hang on so are the top Spanish wines.
In particular an ordinary man can afford to by the odd bottle of top Spanish wine whereas only the very rich can afford to buy the French top wines.
So Spain wines on value for money and easy drinking. A thirty year old Grand Cru Classé can be magic to drink but it can also be crap. So the very rich may gamble but I prefer to be safe and not sorry.
Just think about the very poor quality of ‘cheap’ French wines purporting to be grander than they are. I am fed up with paying real money for rubbish.
Once and not in the dim and distant past wines from the Southern Rhone were value. Not now, or not in England.
This means I have put my money where my mouth is and do not rush off to Bordeaux for the en primeur tastings every April. One can guess the marks with accuracy of the top 100- 200 wines. They will be 20 – 18.
How come? Good question, or if you prefer what happened to the poor wine? One might think that the climate had changed to a similar climate to Australia. But as we know it has not. The change is in the cellar. Magic happens, a pinch of this and a handful of that – a voila a superb vintage!
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