Anyone who knows wines recognized the 2003 Bordeaux futures descriptions of smoke, charcoal, graphite, barbecue spice and licorice means a bad batch, a bad year.
The French are just crying about poor sales because they prefer to whine.
You are right on...'94 now that was an excellent year! I had heard the Chinese were beginning to inflate Bordeaux futures at one time(94-01) but this hit piece seems like the French wine are withering on the vine!?
They're getting hammered by the millions of Americans who refuse to buy anything French. Wine is a primary target of the boycott - their problem is they can't sell it.