Some real Bordeaux: 99 La Garde rouge and 00 blanc

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The blanc had settled into a slightly salty, very slightly oxidized old Bordeaux blanc mode with a memory of the tropical fruit - on its own, a little tiresome, but with scallops and even leftover pasta came alive with a nice acid backed interplay. Actually better on the second night. But the rouge was the main event: classic Pessac leather, fine aged meat, tobacco, one of the few Bordeauxs I've had recently that I actually thought, "cedar", my last and by far best bottle. Not Haut Brion, but Pessac typicity, decent complexity, and a wine that you wanted to come back to: what more can you ask? I see that Rolland got his hands on this estate in 02; damn shame, because this is classic stuff. I think I paid $13 for the rouge on release and just came across the blanc at a local shop for $15.
 
Rolland got his hands on this estate in 02..I paid $13 for the rouge on release and just came across the blanc at a local shop for $15.
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Any idea what happened to the pricing in the Rolland era?
 
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