Time is too short to taste all the wines

I believe I need to change the heading of this blog. Yet another fabulous wine tasting event, this time in Paris in the Louvre. What more can you want?
With more than 300 stands all of them with 4 to 6 bottles the task was daunting and mission impossible. It was the time for hard selection and I had to ignore stars like;
Beychevelle, Brane Cantenac, Grand Puy Ducasse, Lagrange, Langoa et Leoville Barton, Cloudy Bay etc etc instead I concentrated on the champagne, the unknowns and Burgundy.
Check out the programme below with link to all the producers.
www.grandtasting.com ~ Les vins et les producteurs

Anyway I found some fantastic Burgundy reds, + a "mad" guy from Provence producing some dense solid Syrah's, add to that some small Champagne houses with reasonable priced Brut, rose and vintage, upcoming stars in St Emilion and a Ch Kirwan that is on its way up again....

Details to follow, but Ch. Sociando Mallet 2001 was wonderful with a surprisingly "Margaux" like bouquet. As it is Mia's year it was difficult not to add a case of the wine to the selection...
Just wonderful stuff and I was told to keep my bottles of the 2000 vintage another 5 years at least! (so not this Xmas then..)

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