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At the restaurant Aubergine a few nights ago, we chose a L’Avenir Chenin Blanc 1997 from the wine list. What a pleasure to be able to find something with some age and what a pleasant wine it was; the fruit still plush, with a touch of botrytis helping the full flavour profile. It was gratifying also because we were hosting a Spanish group who asked to taste some older wines – a wish that is not very easy to fulfill with almost all local wine lists. And yet they insist on charging very typical 300% mark-ups!