Betz Family Winery 2002 Bordeaux Releases
Clos de Betz and Pere de Famille
Do these two sound familiar?  We had them in last year´s club as well.  We´ll do that with some wines - keep ‘em coming each year so you can build a vertical of these hard-to-get goodies.  The 2002 Clos de Betz ($31.50) is 57% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc, from a variety of vineyard sources on Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Horse Heaven Hills and Frenchman Hills, much of the Merlot being 30 year old vines.  The Pere de Famille ($48.00) is 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and 6% Malbec, from Red Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, and a small amount from Yakima Valley.  As you´d expect from Red Mountain fruit, it´s a big, big wine.  As you´d expect from Bob Betz, these are both complex, interesting wines that will make valuable additions to all our cellars.  We have a few bottles left of each available for sale.