Friday, April 7, 2023

THIS IS YOUR WINE ON DRUGS: HALLUCINATORY PRICES &
                     LE CRISE CLIMATIQUE DE BORDEAUX

Since the great wines of Bordeaux can take a very long time to mature , they have become to some degree a proxy for the  2040 forecasts of the ICPP Exefutive Summary among the carbon offset and RCP 8.5 consuming classes. 

As Southwestern France warms, its wines are getting bigger, and aging time and future price assumptions have risen to feverish heights. In this  Goop-caliber example of  biodynamic wine woo, an inflationary climate hype fashion leader reckons his OK wine easily worth a hundred bucks a bottle in comparison to the €1000 a glass asking price for 2019 Ch. Petrus, which works out to about twenty euros per grape:

A growing number of Bordeaux insiders are starting to see the St. Émilion plateau as Peter does: “the Musigny of Bordeaux..”

 his prized property... offers something no other place in Bordeaux can: elegance, with far less risk from rising summer temperatures.


As Peter's exclusive U.S. importer.., we can offer the 2019 Rocheyron for an incredible $599 per original 6-bottle wood case. 


The Dream
With his acquisition of Rocheyron, Peter realized a dream...

In partnership with Péby-Faugères' Sylvio Denz, Peter made immediate and bold changes to Rocheyron's vineyard, achieving biodynamic certification 

 

As you will see in the reviews below, Jane Anson['s]

 98-point rating for 2019 Rocheyron places it  ahead of a long list of Pomerol and St. Émilion bluebloods. Here are just some of the 2019 wines rated one point lower at 

97

Pétrus                         ($6,435)

Trotanoy.                  ($    366) 

Vieux Ch. Certan    ($    359)

La Conseillante       ($    252)

L'Angelus                  ($    310)


At less than $100 a bottle, 2019 Rocheyron is nothing less than a gift.