1997 red bordeaux – cheap, but good?

Last October a purple pager wrote asking about 1997 red bordeaux about which I wrote a rather lukewarm answer. In early August this year business was obviously so slack for London’s biggest fine wine traders that I received the following email message from Stephen Browett of Farr Vintners:

“We were looking on your website and noticed your comments on 1997 Bordeaux that there is 'not enormous interest in this vintage'. Did you know that Farr Vintners has sold more 1997 Bordeaux in the last couple of years than any other vintage?! They are in fact really popular wines as...