Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Guys
On a slightly different ote, someone posted a link to youtube in January I think which had Mick taylor playing Gimme Shelter live with the Stones.
Can't seem to find it now - does anyone have the link??

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Comte,
I had a full case of this some years ago but alas it was sold off at auction as part of a divorce settlement...
Oh well.

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Well I have still kept buying white Burgs BUT I have limited the growers. There are several growers completely off my list. Yet there are several that I never had a randox bottle from. So I have just bought a big parcel of Remoissenets (20 cases) which I'm going to share with a few locals. I don't a...

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In counting, a decade is the 1st to 1oth year thus a decade would be 2001 to 2010, not 00 to 09 In any case, I am sticking to 81 to 1990 as the best of my lifetime. 84 and 87 were ordinary but the others were all very good to outstanding. I don't accept that any recent vintage is better than 82 and ...

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The present debt problems in Greece, Portugal, Spain et al will have a nasty impact on wine as it is one of the most sensitive industries to swings. It may help the consumer in the short term but it will lead to alot of pain and closures, and quality will fall as bodegas economise or merge. Spain ha...

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Guys The wine was bretty, not corked or cooked. I've been drinking Bordeaux for about 35 years and have drunk heaps of vintages of Pichon lalande covering four decades. I also have a pretty well trained technical palate having done work with research institutes over the years. I have never had an ov...

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Guys Being in Singapore, it could have been heat affect allong the way. The colour was not a problem- the mahogany is a tone I notice in Bordeaux of this colour - not brown/orange at all. Yet Brett is not "caused" by storage - it does make it worse though, and maybe it was just a bad case....

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Guys
I find 06 hard to characterise as a vintage.
Seems quite variable - and I wonder if it is a winemaker's vintage if you know what I mean.
Different styles aboud.

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Guys Don't drink a lot of German Riesling - but the best Australian Riesling vintage I've ever had is 2009. As for others, I'd say: Bordeaux 1982 (OK have little 1961 experience and 05 is too young). 82 is to my palate better and/or more consistent than other famed vintages like 86, 89, 90, 96, 2000...

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I had this at a friend's place after a number of white wines. The colour was a nice dark mahongany red - there is a characteristic colour of Medocian reds at middle age - no overt browing, just the red changing to a mahogany hue. Anyway, the nose screamed out Brett, and I have to say my mood dropped...

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Guys
I'll review it in a decade!

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Jim
04 CM isn't that great I'm afraid.....

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Guys I've had the 01 Giscours on one occasion, and I picked it up cheap at auction thus not sure of the provenance. I found it a bit too tannic and rustic; the wine is not exactly balanced and I don;t know where it will go. Maybe it will soften and develop into a good medium bodied style but the tan...

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Rich
Waht's your overall take on 2006?

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Guys it has been several years since I've had the 85 but it was a lovely wine, with heaps of red and black fruits. Agree it was low in acid, though not too low. I think it was drinking very well from 2000 to 2005, and won't get better. The 86 is on the other hand a more tannic, adicid and concentrat...

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Comte I bought a case of the 85 Belair many years ago, and the weakness of the wine was variability. Some bottles wer very nice, medium bodied, subtle red fruits, spice, earth. others were rather bretty and stinky, from the case OWC. So all I can surmise it that the RPJnr tried a bottle or sample th...

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Stefan, Despite variability, I've been a long standing fan of 2000 as well - and over the last year some of the nicest wines I've had were 00 Burgundies such as those from Grivot, Castagnier, Groffier and Faiveley. Putting cynicism about what's for sale aside, I have not bought 07 reds but the white...

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Guys, I think that there are a range of styles in CC, from the full and nutty like Martray, Jadot and Coche Drury, down to lighter and zipper wines such as Chandon Brialles and Rapet. A few worth seeking out are: Remoissenet - BIG improvement here in recent years, woalk the fine line between power w...

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So they are saying that fake wine is okay if nobody complains and/or the fake wine has some charactersitics of the real thing.
Wow, no wonder people make lawyer jokes.
This one really is lower than a rodent's butt.

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Hi Alex, Australia (Sydney) is a hot place! Singapore is about 30C all year round - thye rain is an issue at times. It is late summer here and it has been tropical - hot and wet! So I'm wearing shorts and a very old shirt covered in paint (I'm trying to clean the place up). While I'm giong to keep u...

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Guys I may even start importing wine into Singapore. Wine is really expensive there - the taxes are at a litre rate (more for sparking wine) which is pretty strange. I also think that there is a lack of competition. While I am still going to do consulting work, I am hoping to have enough time to bri...

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Not tired the Olivier Leflaive wines from 07 but this is a long way in quality from Domaine Leflaive.
Only buy if you either like their style or have tried them.
I generally find them to be rather characterless.

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Folks,
As you may be aware I'm in Sydney.
I am moving indefinitely to Singapore this week.
Jennifer and the cats are already there and I'll be glad to get out of here - using a camp bed and have only a few bare essentials in the place.

Are there any other BWE'ers in Singapore??

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Guys, I've had the 88 Gruaud Larose on numerous occasions over the last 15 years. Last was a year ago, and the tannins were largely resolved, but for my palate, maybe it was a bit too funky and earthy? I tried it first in 1996 and as a young wine, it was tannic and brooding with a distinct tobacco l...

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Local (Australian) chardonnay and white burgundy
Red Burgundy

Classed growths on special occasions

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Gary I drank 2 cases of the 1985 Gruaud Larose and really liked it. Okay, all gone by 2000 or so, I happily glugged it away from 1995 onwards and loved it. It was never a big wine, and not the old fashioned GL style like the 86 or 88. Medium weight only, with a complex yet lightish mouthfeel. Funny ...

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Chasse I have tried both the 96 and 95 a few years ago, and wasn't that impressed. They were a bit lean and dry. If I recall the 96 was better than the 95. They may show better now but I don't thik either will be great. The wines were showing some tertiary develolpment inlcuding tobacco, and may not...

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I drank the 85 several times in the late 90s, early 00s, and liked it a lot without it ever blowing me away. It is a quite earthy style, medium bodied and could do with a touch more complexity and depth. I have found 85 to be a good rather than great vintage - I could name numerous wines that were a...

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Guys, The vintages of the 90s were not great for Meyney. I think it can be put down to financial issues with the owners - Cordier were forced to sell Gruaud larose for example, and their negociant business was not doing well. I tried the 90s wines at a tasting several years ago and have not consider...

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Come to think of it, I liked Altered States better.

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The Exorcist 1 though the Exorcist 2 is better (but not as scary).
Omen 1 also pretty good.

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I think he rated Pichon Baron above LB in that vintage.
PB was the Wine Spectator's WOTY

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Guys, I have absolutely no idea what the PAvie will become with time. it is so unlike the "old" Pavie which I really liked. Some of the earlier vintages like 82, 83, 90 etc were delicious, well balanced wines with lots of fruit and spicey characters and mellow with age yet with this wine, ...

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Don Bradman.
Wins hands down.

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Ramon, Great track. Mick Taylor never really got the credit he deserved. Pity the Stones now have Ron Wood instead. The Faces deserved him. Anyway, my votes: Movie: North by Northwest. Seen is dozens of times and it is brilliant. Book: Hmmm... The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse or Tolstoy's Resurr...

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I vote for 2001 Pavie. Only wine I have ever tasted that managed to get a whole oak forest in one bottle. Maybe I've missed out too but the best wines I've had this year have been from Burgundy. Best whites: 2004 Remoissenet Meursault Genevrieres and 2001 Corton Charlemagne. Best reds: 2000 Castagne...

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Folks, Went to a big Merlot based wine tasting last night. Not sure why the variety was Merlot but interesting anyway. There were innumerable wines opened from France, Aust, NZ, Chile, South Africa and the USA. Have to say the overall quality was rather dismal, though many were way to young to be ap...

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Guys, premox is simply a fault, like acetic acid, brett or TCA taint. Some people can't easily recognise TCA but it can easily be chemically identified. Unfortunately I CAN detect it and the 2000 Chassagne Montrachet Caillerets I opened yesterday was definitely corked..... At least the bugger wasn't...

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Stefan, My only bottle of Bonneau de Martray 99 was as you noted, premoxed. I've had better luck with 96 though I did buy carefully. My 96 Pillots were also premoxed and after the disaster with 99, I'm never buying Pillot again. If the domaine sends me 3 cases of 1er Cru wines to make up for the was...

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Claret, I have never noticed premox in Australian whites (which are mainly chardies anyway). I would say that the worst year for me with premox was 1999 - what a disaster, and across several makers. Have also had premoxed wines from 94 (few were kept long, but believe me, I've had disasters), 95, 96...

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