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French Wines
by Carol Bancroft on November 29, 2007

Elin McCoy sat down with Christian Moueix and tasted the wines. She wrote about them in in Bloomberg:
I'm underwhelmed by the St. Emilion, a typical blend of merlot and cabernet franc. Pleasant nose, but too lean and green and no spark. Moueix concedes "it's a little too neutral.'' Since only 2,000 cases of the final 20,000 have been bottled, Moueix will adjust the blend to ``make the rest more special.''Seems like the fine folks at Petrus are following in the footsteps of the Rothschild estate and making wines the bear the prestigious name at an everyman's price.
The Medoc is a different story. It has the tannic structure and cabernet taste of Left Bank wines and shows more balance than overblown California cabs for twice the price.
But it's the Pomerol that grabs my attention. Succulent, rich and smoothly plummy, it has the gentleness and lush texture I associate with the glamorous, expensive merlot-based wines from Bordeaux's smallest red wine district.
Speaking of Rothschild, last night I finally opened the bottle of Los Vascos Cabernet 2005 that's been waiting in my wine rack for at least a month. Truthfully it didn't impress me at all. There was perhaps a bit of cherry on the nose, but I didn't find much fruit at all on the palate. The wine was thin and too dry and the finish was bitter. You can do a lot better for the price.
Switching back to Petrus, though, I'm going to try to get my hands on the Pomerol. It sounds quite sumptuous, and I'd love to try it myself.
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RE: The Los Vascos... The bottle was definitely not corked. I found it to be drinkable, just not my style. I had two glasses, so I guess it couldn’t have been *that* terrible, right? This seems to be a wine that people love or hate from what I have heard and read – strong opinions both ways.
As for the Petrus house wines, I believe they are something along the lines of 2005 Christian Moueix Pomerol, 2005 Christian Moueix Medoc, and 2005 Christian Moueix St. Emilion. *Very* eager to find and try these!
As for the Petrus house wines, I believe they are something along the lines of 2005 Christian Moueix Pomerol, 2005 Christian Moueix Medoc, and 2005 Christian Moueix St. Emilion. *Very* eager to find and try these!
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VERY interested in trying the "value" Pomerol from Petrus, though. Did you catch what they're going to call it?