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    Jun 03, 2020 3 minutes

    Drinkable wine finds?

    Could you offer some advice about a case of wine I was given maybe 10 years ago? The box says Baron de Ley, and there are two reds: Club Privado, Rioja 2006 and Museum Real Reserva 2003. The white is Cosecha Blanco, Rioja 2008. Are they are still drinkable?

    Isabel Crilley, by email

    Sarah Jane Evans MW replies: What a pleasant surprise to find a box like this! I spoke to the UK agents for Baron de Ley, Kingsland Drinks. They said: ‘Both of the reds should be pretty

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