History of 1921 Huet

As we saw earlier, 1921 Le Mont was being sold in the US by 1942.
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May we safely assume that the stocks reached the US before September 1939? It would seem that filling orders from Vouvray might have been just a bit tricky in 1942.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
As we saw earlier, 1921 Le Mont was being sold in the US by 1942.
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May we safely assume that the stocks reached the US before September 1939? It would seem that filling orders from Vouvray might have been just a bit tricky in 1942.
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I think so - See the sales intro. Seems they'd been stocking up.

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Much clearer at this address. Click the image to enlarge:

 
Whyever not? You'd have half the stuffing for a great anecdotal, idiosyncratic history of the region, or parts of it, in the essays you've posted here. You're obviously interested enough to write the other half.
 
Couple of revisions added: Joe's discovery of Au Petit Riche's cellar in Rochecorbon, and Gilman's explanation of L-H-L as both house brand and vineyard.
 
So much of interest here.

Some notes from the ad:

The mention of white Bordeaux being the most popular wine in France reminds you that the ratio of white to red grapes planted in BDX was still 60-40 well into this century.

Les Amoureuses had already gained its high price.

Couldn't help but notice 1906 Petrus on offer. This seems to contradict a theme which has always struck me as improbably simplistic: that Petrus (and Pomerol in general) was mostly unknown before 1950.

And another reference to delicacy and charm as leading characteristics of fine Bordeaux.
 
originally posted by Tristan Welles:

Couldn't help but notice 1906 Petrus on offer. This seems to contradict a theme which has always struck me as improbably simplistic: that Petrus (and Pomerol in general) was mostly unknown before 1950.
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the late jp moueix assured me that he himself hadn't heard of pomerol until it was discovered by CENSORED at a tasting held in his rooms at the university of maryland in 1972.

moueix and mme. loubat had both believed themselves to be making a puisseguin st emilion in the years up til then, a view reinforced by the evil english wine trade (tm), who had needed to be able to sell the wine in london without ever publishing a negative review.

indeed, without the candid, pro-consumer revolution in wine writing begun in 1978, it is very unlikely that any of the wines under discussion would ever have made it on to the tables of american wine lovers, despite what don's "documentary evidence" might appear to imply.

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Don, this was a wonderful read, not only for its content but also for its style in bringing us along with you as you discover each piece of the puzzle.
 
Don's piece goes particularly well with a glass of 2010 Pinon Les Trois Argiles.
 
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