One of our sales reps introduced us to this particular vintage before heading off to Scotland to open a fancy hotel.  He had tasted through all the older stock the distributor had squirreled away and told us this one was worth a purchase.  We tasted it and agreed and have slowly been draining the distributor's stock down to zero.

 

At 11 years of age, the wine still has wonderfully ripe, pure red fruit as well as the cedary, tobacco notes so typical of aged Bordeaux.  It has a really lovely, silky, almost creamy texture, which combined with the lovely fruit and almost exotic spice notes, make this wine a great example of an elegant, old-school Bordeaux.  Drinking beautifully right now, it doesn't have the structure to go on forever, but you could probably eak another 5 years out of it.

 

We brought in the distributor's final 3 cases a week ago.  And while we're going to miss this wine terribly, our accountant says we can't keep it all for ourselves.  So we've put together a special deal just for newsletter readers...

 

Here's the deal...the regular price is $52.99.  Bring in a copy of this email and we'll give you 10% off any La Lagune 1998 you buy, even if it's just 1 bottle.  Pick up a case (assuming we have a full case left) and you'll get 15% off.  If you're curious about aged Bordeaux, pick up a bottle and see.  Or pick up 3 - one for now, one for later, and one for after that.  You can also order on-line....just mention this offer in the "Comments" section at check-out and we'll add the discount off-line.

 

We don't expect this wine to last long.  The staff likes it, we have several customers who like it, and my father-in-law is a big fan.  Once he asks for more...that's it, so move quickly!