anand@utastro.UUCP (06/11/85)
*** 1979 Domaine du Mont Redon or Beaucastel Ch9-du-Pape*** > C. Olivier 1981 - Graves, Grand Cru Classe, $19.50). The wine had virtually no > bouquet and tasted about the same as a very ordinary $5.00 bottle of > Graves. Has anyone else had a similar experience? > > Randall S. Becker > Usenet: ..!utcsri!randy > CSNET: randy@toronto I got a Ch. Olivier in a natty square-cross-sectioned bouteille the other day, it was oldish (can't remember the year), quite ready to drink, for $12. I was disappointed, it did lack a bouquet a bit, and was not at all complex, but it was exceedingly smooth (esp. for a Graves!). Easy to drink but not memorable. An '81 Graves will be a little young, perhaps, so you did not get the benefit of smoothness, so, along with the paucity of bouquet, you may have got a raw deal (literally). I'd rather get a Burgundy than another Ch. Ollie, any old non-Grand Cru burgundy would have been preferrable. My sympathy. In that price range a 79 Medoc (eg. LaRose-Trintaudon) is far more satisfying. I followed your instructions about the first line of this posting (:-)).