07 apr, Bordeaux Le Lac: Not for the first time I have been taken in by a Bordeaux April Fool. I tasted at Las Cases today (rather good) and Jean Hubert Delon reports that reports of his early announcement of a 15 per cent decrease in price for his 2004 was A Joke. Not exactly a side-splitting one, I would argue. This reduction of 15 per cent is exactly the sort of pricing policy that seems fair for the 2004 vintage. OK, he is not the most likely person to go first but, according to him, "I have plenty of friends who...
4 Apr 2005