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Medoc, or otherwise, "blush" wines are simply distracting of the real pleasures of Bordeaux wines. When I went there, it was offered but most carafes of it were left full. For a reason, I suspect. While it's completely subjective, they simply don't 'rate'. I am particularly fond of the Malbec variety grown in Mendoza. Now I've jealous that Dan has actually been there to sample it directly. Yes, it is considered 'inferior' to, say, top level reserve Bordeauxs but competes just fine at the mid-levels of wines derived from such cabernet-type vines. Perhaps I'm jaded from my local areas of Napa and Sonoma where blush wines are simply afterthoughts at best (except by Moet which seems to HAVE to appeal to the US market and produced blush sparkling wines. They are actually allowed, but refrain from doing so, to call their sparkling wine "Champagne".). I believe out here, the most popular type of this wine is the "white Zinfindel" but, most Rhone lovers won't go near it. At all. It's been 2 years since I was able to even drink wine...for health reasons, unfortunately. It's purely an remembered "intellectual" pastime on my part. David ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
