chickenfeet

And I'm not so sure about the "good property, bad year" thing. It may be something to do with the market here but a first growth in a poor year would likely sell for about 2/3 the price of a good year, whereas a third growth would be much less than half the price of a first from the same year. Given a choice between, say, a bottle of Mouton '84 and a bottle of Leoville-Barton '83 at half the price, I'd buy the Leoville.