Fine wines for hard times
By Wine Atlas, Wednesday 15 October 2008 :: Wine - France :: #167 :: rss
It’s ironic, given the recent massive bailout of Wall Street in the guise of making nice to Main Street, that some of the best advice on inexpensive wines should come from The Wall Street Journal. “Tastings,” by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, recently examined Italian primitivos (often cited as kin to Zinfandel), and the second-favorite on their Dow Jones Primitivo Index was a Flaio 2006 Salento. It was $10.99. Forget the fickle barometers of bonds and not-so-securities; the Wine Index is a much more reliable bellwether of economic conditions.
VV tries to do its part as well, and not long ago, at a trade tasting of the wines of Georges du Beouf, “The King of Beaujolais,” several of his value-conscious wines stood out. The Flower Series labels are well known and generally readily available, so you should have some luck finding the nicely structured 2007 Chiroubles (aromas of violets and hints of herb), the 2007 Morgon with its deeper prune and black fruit, and the lusty 2007 Julienas with notes of bacon and tobacco. I suspect the Morgon Jean Descombres 2007 and the Juliénas Château des Capitans 2007 will set us back more bucks, but the added investment is worth considering. Better than putting your money into that other market.
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