Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

johnz

Benchmark Wine Current mature Bordeaux Retail Offering includes (wait for it):

Chateau du Tertre 2000 ~ $178 WA91

Yikes!

---Gary Rust

johnz

Interesting. I have never tasted the '89 Latour Grand Vin, but I do have 1 bottle in my cellar that I purchased 2-3 years after release for about $100. Over all those years there is no other specific Bordeaux wine and vintage for which I have seen more differing, contrasting scores, reviews and tast...

johnz

Anyone had the 1996 D'Issan? I haven't, but just acquired a couple via auction. John Gilman gives 94 pts, but surprisingly notes it's tannic backbone and an incredibly long drinking window: , and all this wine seems likely to need is a fair bit more bottle age to allow the tannic backbone to start t...

johnz

I concur on the quality of the 2000 du Tertre. I have just a couple bottles left, and have tried to back-fill via auction, but Winebid currently wants $88 for this including premium & tax. Geez.

--Gary Rus

johnz

I for one have always preferred Pouilly Fume to Sancerre. Most of the Sancerre's I've had seem a bit "spritzy" to me -- not Fume'.

--Gary Rust

johnz

I agree that wax capsules suck -- there are some vintage port properties I will not buy because they use the dreaded wax capsule -- Cockburn and others.

--Gary Rust

johnz

I purchased six bottles of 2000 Lanessan on release for $12/btl. All were very good and quite classic, but not profound -- just a good bordeaux at an excellent price. I drank them all up from 2012 - 2016, and agree that they won't get better and need drinking.

--Gary Rust

johnz

On the subject of 1985, I have 3 different bottles that I have no experience with and would appreciate any recs on when to drink by. - Cos - Lynch Bages - Leoville Barton In my opinion none of the above are getting any better. In fact, while I have loved many 1985 Leoville Barton bottles over the l...

johnz

My dear wine fellows -- Hold your enthusiasm I think. Mr Trump will not be leaving forever, and will likely run in 2024. Don't forget that there is no longer a Republican Party. Even now there is Trump. Who will beat him in the 2024 Primary? Who knows, yes. But who will beat in the 2024 General? Joe...

johnz

It’s obvious to me that voters who focus on political personalities in hopes of making their lives better in America are practicing the height of foolishness. Remember, people voted for a black guy. He got two terms. And many peoples lives got worse. Obama kicked 5.5 million families out of their ho...

johnz

In my opinion you are wise to be “nervous,” about the 2020 Presidential election. The D.C. democrat proclaimed 2016 election “magic” will again appear in 2020, and the democrats will have provoked this “magic” response after many decades of selling out working people and merging with the republicans...

johnz

I’m with Jim as to Trump’s chances. The polls now mean nothing. Even exit polls mean nothing since year 2000. Voters don’t lie about who they voted for as they come out of the voting booth, and in past decades exit polls are what networks used to call races. But after 2000, and ever since, we need t...

johnz

The belief that everything will be fine once the Democrats get rid of Trump is more dangerous than Trump himself.Things are not going to be okay once Trump is out of office because things weren’t okay before Trump got into office. America was a murderous imperialist force whose citizens were sufferi...

johnz

I was lucky enough to land a case of 2000 Lanessan on release for $12/btl. It was hard, but I kept my hands off them until 2012+ and drank through the case in about 5 years as I didn't see that it would improve, but perhaps I was wrong. What a QPR indeed. I for one consider the 2000 du Tertre (Marga...

johnz

The question is at which temperature coronavirus doesn't spread. I heard 27 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celcius. I don't think it will spread that much in India, Pakistan, etc. It's too hot there. Just heard that Champions Legaue match Atalanta-Valencia (both legs) contributed heavily to spreadi...

johnz

Good Wine Folks -- California has offered the most recent sobering prediction: In an extreme estimate, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said more than half of California’s population could be infected with the new virus that causes COVID-19 over the next eight weeks – totaling more than 25 million peopl...

johnz

Surely it’s clear to everybody by now that the Democratic Party establishment would rather lose to Trump than nominate Bernie Sanders. They believe they have more to lose from Bernie than Trump, and they are correct. It should also be evident that Joe Biden cannot string two sentences together in a ...

johnz

If Sanders is headed to winning a plurality or majority of delegates and the DNC takes it from him again through superdelegates or rules changes or other dirty tactics, the Democratic Party will absolutely be destroyed as it will destroy the idealism and political engagement of the young people who ...

johnz

Agree on the 2000 du Tertre -- $28 on release, and I'm happy to find now at auction for $50-60 -- it's worth it -- drinking well and will for 5-10 years.

--Gary Rust

johnz

Only the Democratic Party can so foolishly shine a light on it’s own corruption – first by pushing Russiagate’s stolen emails that clearly proved the corruption of the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign by rigging the 2016 Primary, and now by highlighting Ukraingate/Impeachment which points to the cor...

johnz

Nancy Pelosi’s sudden and mysterious throw in for Impeachment is quite telling – the Democratic Party leadership is in a bit of a panic as the “Left Wing” is actually threatening to take over the Party. Leadership noticed that the “Left Wing” raises more money in dribs and drabs than anybody, and wi...

johnz

I agree with Jim, that Ukraingate will help Trump in 2020 just like Russiagate did. Russiagate was an invention by the Democratic leadership as a way to avoid changing policy after their 2016 election drubbing and becoming the party of Bernie Sanders. Russiagate kept the Democratic leadership in tac...

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I heard a frighting scenario from Thom Hartmann recently, based on a recent article in the Financial Times, on how Trump could easily contest 2020 election results. Apparently it is the Vice President who certifies Presidential election results, and if Fox News or anybody can manufacture some doubt ...

johnz

I like Vintage Port -- 1983 1985 are good now Graham, Dow, Warre, and a bit under the radar price-wise at auction. My wife and I drink it with blue cheese, chocolate or spicy ribs. Yes, winter only.

-Gary Rust

johnz

I've had the 2000 du Tertre twice in the last couple of years and it's a winner! Good now with a good 10 years left and may improve. Purchased on release at $28, but I just repurchased a few for $60 at auction -- worth the price.

--Gary Rust

johnz

Coincidentally there are three available btls of the '82 vintage sitting on Winebid right now for $76/each including premium. Worth it?

--Gary Rust

johnz

Russiagate is an evidence free conspiracy theory concocted by Robby Mook and John Podesta 24 hours after the 2016 defeat of Hillary Clinton by an incompetent game show host in order to deflect blame and distract from the real reasons Clinton lost. The theory serves a lot of interested parties other ...

johnz

I've had the 2000 Duhart twice in the last two years and found it solid, quite smooth and ready to drink, but without much complexity. The smartest move might have been what my friend did in 2011 -- sold all for $120/btl, which is a crazy price for that wine (has it come down a bit since then?). I f...

johnz

Thanks for these notes, as I too am a Sociando fan. Too bad about the 1982 as that is by far the best Sociando I've ever had, and still drinking well.

--Gary Rust

johnz

Bordhead 200- said "I have not had a 1975 yet, though that is my birth year. Your words are inspiring me to seek one out." Many Left Bank 1975s have dried out so be careful. Top 1975s are most likely Pomerols like Petrus, L'Evangile, Lafleur and other Right Bank wines like Cheval Blanc, bu...

johnz

I'm very jealous. What happened with the '90 Pape Clement? I've always considered that a near-great wine . . .

--Gary Rust

johnz

The '85 Poujeaux bottle looks like it might be in good shape, but drink soon. Poujeaux is a good QPR bordeaux, but not a long ager. I tried an '82 about 6 years ago that was shot. Drink up and good luck.

johnz

I've had the 1985 Leoville Barton at least 6 times in the last 12 years and it has been outstanding, and much better IMO than Poyferre. With the exception of '85 though I'd agree that Poyferre in the 80s -1990 is probably better. Don't miss that '85LB.

--Gary Rust

johnz

For answers on how completely unhinged the USA's mass media became in pushing "Russia Gate," search out Matt Taibbi's appropriately titled -- "It’s official: Russiagate is this generation’s WMD." In it he describe's the mass media's spectacular failure to ask the questions that n...

johnz

Nothing the US Media says about Trump from now on will be believed by the US Public. And it shouldn't be. Trump will be reelected in 2020 unless somehow Bernie Sanders is the Democratic candidate; however, that is a fantastic long shot because the establishment Democrat leadership fear Sanders and t...

johnz

After reading the latest '89 Lynch post and seeing the K&L references I'm curious as to how you all receive your wines from them. They won't ship to MN and haven't for many years, and their website states that they will only ship to the 10 states (and District of Columbia) that legally allow dir...

johnz

I have one single bottle of the 1983 Margaux that I've struggled mightily to keep from opening, largely because I had this wine 3 years ago from a half-bottle and found it delicious but incredibly young for its age. I recall a local wine retailer calling the 1983 Margaux "classic," but I w...

johnz

Easily the best Sociando I've had is the 1982 (even over the 1990). And well kept bottles are still young!

--Gary Rust

johnz

The 2005s are too you for me to judge. It's a backward vintage.

--Gary Rust

johnz

Oops -- That's 14 States I think that can take out of state retailer wine -- Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Nebraska, virginia, now New Hampshire I think, Louisiana, Alaska, a few others. Most of us will be stuck with sourcing wines from local sources only, and that largely sucks here in the Twin Cities, ...

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