I’ve just been sent an order form for the 2006 Château Pétrus, now being held in bond. It works out at £917 a bottle (or, say, £15 a sip.)
I’ve just been sent an order form for the 2006 Château Pétrus, now being held in bond. It works out at £917 a bottle (or, say, £15 a sip.) Clearly things are going swimmingly for the great names of Bordeaux — and indeed Burgundy. In the rest of France things are a little tougher.
Which is why I always recommend people to try French wines from outside the most famous areas. To compete in world markets they have to try much harder, and the result is that if you are prepared to experiment, you can find wines as good as any from the New World and at very decent prices.
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