Wine Marker's Dinner Surprises

Thanks to the invitation from Steve Springer (Springer Collision Center, San Jose CA) my wife and I were introduced to the wines of Château d’Angludet. While I have always appreciated Boudreaux wines I have found them to be a of a challenge to experience. Having not visited Boudreaux I can't envision the landscape and climate changes like I am able with California wines; not to mention my dreadful pronunciation of French names and their prices- this has lead me to drink Cabernet Sauvignon based wines from California.

We drank the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and as a special treat the 1983 and 1988.

The 2000 was my favorite of the lot but the biggest surprise was how incredibly different all these vintages tasted.  The 99 was my favorite with food although it smelled a bit woody. The 83 tasted younger than the 88 and seamed to have a lot of life left in it for cellaring.  The 2003 was excellent.  The other nice surprise of the night was the retail prices of these wines are all sub 50$ Although I don't know if the 83/88/03 are able to be found any longer.