“FREEDOM DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE”
Giacomo Mastretta’s quest for marginal vineyards
The last couple of months the British wine media have again shown ad nauseam its obsession with Bordeaux, with almost daily updates on the 2007 vintage, which on the basis of previous weather reports, had already been condemned before most of the fruit was picked. Now we see a tendency for reviewing some of the most critical opinions, and the game of upgrading past vintages is also open again, especially with regard to 2001, which apparently presents good value compared to the 2000, 2003 and 2005 vintage. I am always mildly amused about the effort UK’s finest wine writers devote to this upgrading spiel, and how the previously reported “green tannins” and “hollow fruit” now have disappeared. Instead we are pointed out “elegant wines” presenting real bargains. (more…)