1994 Breton Bourgueil "Les Perrieres"

[scottreiner]

any recent tasting notes?

 

[Zachary Ross]

I had the 1995 recently: so good and still so youthful.

 

[Cliff]

Just had the 2002 last night. A little stinky and volatile, but it came together after a couple of hours in the decanter.

ETA - oops, mine was the Sénéchal. Wrong year, and wrong wine.

 

[SFJoe]

I haven't had any recently, but without any experience I would not wait to drink it.

 

[scottreiner]

ipo has some available and i'm thinking about picking some up...

 

[Tim York]

1994 was at best a mediocre year in the Loire valley. Will you get an opportunity to taste before buying?

 

[Kay Bixler]

I would open one today without hesitation.

In my experience the wines move right along in the cellar--perhaps because of the minimal sulfur. Have had '96 and '97 Les Perrieres in the past year and both we're very nice with mature flavors though still quite powerful.

Are the bottles coming from Breton's cave? If storage is at all questionable I would pass.

Best,
Kay

 

[Arno Tronche]

originally posted by scottreiner:
1994 Breton Bourgueil "Les Perrieres"any recent tasting notes?

Had it in France last January and Joe is right, this is a wine to drink now, a little tired (at least based on that particular bottle I had but this was coming straight from Breton cellar).

 

[Zachary Ross]

Breton recently issued several vintages from its cellar, including the 1995 I had recently, and probably the various 1992, 1993, and 1994 vintages out there on the market.