Ch. la Renaudie 2002 Sender: Ian

le-on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:51:38 -0600, tu disais-you said:-

Still pretty young, by the way. 2002 was an excellent year for serious wine makers, though quite difficult technically.

Ch Renaudie is a very good Pécharmant. According to their website it's biggest component is Merlot (45%) but with 30% of Cabernet Sauvignon, the remaining 25% being Cab Franc and Malbec. A very Bordeaux mixture in fact. I've met Yves Allamagny at a number of wine shows, and though I've never bought his wines directly, I've had them at a number of better restaurants. Which one did you get, the Ch 2002 or the 2002 cuvée vieilles vignes? The straight château wine is currently retailing at â,¬8.50 and the vieille vignes at â,¬15.

I guess most of the locals - at least the most serious ones - use the services of professional oenologues to help and advise them. In today's world of tough international compebreastion, they all need to make the best wines they can to succeed. Bergerac, as a region, like Bordeaux, is quite sharply divided into two. The ones who are really making an effort to compete and make good wines, and the ones who are content to make wines as they always have, and sell to the negoces (middlemen) at mickey mouse prices - typically 40 cents US a litre.

So how was it?

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