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What those Bordeaux château owners are up to

So Ch Lagrange is out today, at a price that's still £10 more than the 2002 price but, at around £155 a case in bond, is not too bad. The wine is far from exciting though.

But what are the other château owners up to? I can hardly remember a more desultory campaign. At least with 2002 they had the excuse that they were waiting for Robert Parker to pronounce, but they can't use that excuse this year. Are the prices coming out so slowly because in this intensely image-conscious, competitive marketplace, no-one can bear to be the first really important proprietor to...