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JimHow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:25 am https://youtu.be/w7GKyqPREac

Nice looking cellar, Jim. I presume it’s the basement cellar. Nice.

I miss the at home basement cellar. That’s one great use of having a basement…

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Ha ha indeed, esl, cellar tracker tells me I have 15 German bottles. 2004 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese * 2018 Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling Trocken Nahe 2015 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Nahe 2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Rie...

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There are both ‘positives’ and ‘negatives’.

For me, if I have to consider ‘net’, then hands down “net positive”.

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CV, was "Pauillac" a slip of the fingers, or is 2020 Cos Labory atypical for its appellation? That would be very unusual for CL. Thanks stefan. It was my slip of my fingers as well as my mind as the sentence didn’t convey what I was intended to. When I tasted it, 2020 CL showed notes of c...

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I had 2020 Cos labory (yes, we don’t talk about it much) the other day, and I liked it. Costco has it for 32 bucks and am planning to pick up some. It showed nice typicity of Pauillac and I find it well balanced. On a different note, I got the 2020 Duhart, and the AbV is listed ad 12.5! Now that we ...

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FWIW, I liked 2020 better than 2019. In my experience, 2020 Langoa is the best Langoa I have tasted (tasted vintages 2000, 2005 and 2009-2020). I think you will like 2020 too if you like 2019.

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Nice CV! But not surprised… I have the 04 and 06 and they are both superb, both drink now in their feisty youth or hold At the risk of thread drift the 2009 also performed very well recently in auguste company… https://www.farrvintners.com/blog/post.php?post=1980 I had the 2009 Lynch Bages at UGC a...

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Lately, some miscellaneous stuff... 2020 Lynch Bages - 1 2020 Cos Labory - 1 2020 Duhart - 2 2020 Sociando - 2 2019 Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse - 1 2019 Bruno Giacosa Falletto - 1 2015 Elvio Cogno Bricco Pernice - 2 2020 Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli Concerto Super Tuscan - 2 2013 Guido Porro Lazz...

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It was my older one's birthday, and I always open my kids' birthday vintage wines for their birthdays. I decanted it for 2 hours prior to consuming first glass. The nose showed off charcoal, cedar and a bit of black fruit. On the palate, notes of currants, cherries, spice box and hint of tobacco. It...

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Happy Anniversary to you, both. Wish you all the best to both of you...

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Wish you, stefan, all the best. Your students will sorely miss you. Hopefully, TAMU atleast will name a building after you, and I will get to show it to my kids one day... So I take you are moving out permanently to your lake house??

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He is both swarmy AND a dildo. How low will we sink? It seems like there is no bottom. And smarmy too... :( All these acolytes are no contestants for Trump. They are just auditioning to become his running mate or get some position in his administration. Hence sucking up to him... The GOP field and ...

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Musigny 151 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:31 pm I found this on the Flickinger website; they must have refilled

2019 Ch. Rauzan-Segla Margaux
Bordeaux Red
750ml
Red
2019 en Primeur release $75.86 24 available.

The problem with Flicinger is they charge arm and leg for shipping...

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I find it simpler to put funds into a MM account that yields at least 5%, especially since we will probably need a lot of cash at some unknown time in the fall. But the yield I get in MM is a bit less than what I could get in T-bills. And also having no state taxes lends prudence towards putting mo...

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I watched for about a half hour and was quickly bored, watched the Johnny Manziel Story on Netflix. Lol. He is probably the second biggest bust in football draft. I never believed that the dude was as good as the sports world painted. And I declined to donate money towards stadium expansion when th...

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Not questions for Jim, but background discussion for the rest of us… If we assume for a second it is not St Julien, then it must be Haut Medoc, which probably means La Lagune, Sociando or Cantemerle. If we assume it is St Julien, what could be Jim’s best ever from there? And presumably we’re thinki...

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Pauillac growth property

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Looks like 2019 vintage wine will be WOTY this year, probably...

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I will indeed come by when those Niellon arrive Mark, we did a little 2019 tasting in London and the wines were pretty tight. From the bottles I've tried so far it seems like a solid vintage, some properties impressing more than others. Montrose and Rauzan Segla have been stars in my book, but then...

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Love Volnay champans. My favorite Volnay cru. Have few of those from angerville before their prices took off... So took a flyer and got one each of the following... -2018 Joseph Voillot Volnay Champans -2015 Jean-Marie Bouzereau Volnay Champans Does anyone have any experience with these producers? I...

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Donald Trump was at the center of a multi-pronged conspiracy to steal the election. The insurrection was only one of the plans. A significant amount of the evidence has already been made public. I think these insurrection charges are meh, akin to those NY charges. I don’t think there will be enough...

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I had 2014 version few months back and it was a dandy.

Need to get 2019s from our Costco...

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jckba wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:52 am Sharp pricing CV, Costco?

Yes... I think Costco is on the tail end of their 2019 Bordeaux offerings...

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Will get atleast 3 bottles of HBL, and more of other 2019s.

I don’t think we will see those prices for Bordeaux at Costco or other retailers in our lifetime again...Will try to maximize the opportunity...

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Several each of the following...

2019 Duhart, 60/per
2019 Clerc Milon, 60/per
2019 pagodas de cos, 40/per
2019 Giscours, 44/per
2019 armailhac, 40/per

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Although I enjoy Duhart very much and have several vintages of it, I don’t have the 2014. I wish I bought that vintage, Jim. But I atleast went overboard and bought quite a few of 2019 Duhart. Our local Costco is selling them for 59.99... Sweet!! I am contemplating to get more of 2019 Haut Bages Lib...

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Also, I don't think my neighbors are Nazi sympathizers. They may not be Nazi sympathizers, but they sure do seem indoctrinated by the propaganda that is put out by the right wing media. Which is a big part of the problem. Facts don't matter anymore. All that matters is outrage based on your bubble ...

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If you are just trying to stir the pot, that's fine. I am ok with that. But after all these conversations, I am still waiting to hear why it is bad to indict someone who is a political figure who happens to have a following among people. Should that be the criterion to indict/not to indict or shoul...

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And BTW, neighbors putting Trump sign doesn’t mean a squat if you want everyone to follow the rule of law, especially in a democracy. They might be nice, but that doesn’t mean the person they support is law abiding and if he commits a crime, shouldn’t be charged. Nicest german people also put the si...

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My neighbors across the street, who are like the nicest people I know, just put up a big Trump sign, presumably in support of Orange Head and against the government. CV, if the best you can say is the WSJ is “stupid,” I don’t think that’s a real intellectual response. Going to cuddle up with the in...

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"Wow," CV, I guess I'm shocked that you seem to be surprised that half the population, major newspapers and media, disagree with you. "Wow!" I disagree with you. I guess that's just the way it goes. I'll bet you a 2014 Calon Segur that Donald John Trump never spends a minute in ...

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Boy, Gerry, I don't usually agree with the WSJ editorial page, but I think my sentiments, at least at this point, align with theirs. This is arcane, ancient legislation that is being employed by one president's prosecutor against a political rival in an election year. This is the way they do things...

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Wow Jim. If this ancient legislation is not good enough for President, why is it good enough for ordinary citizenry who go through same charges everyday? While at it, scrap these ancient laws that deal with lying under penalty, obstruction of justice statutes, yada, yada... Regarding bringing charge...

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Hmmm... It seems ‘administrative process’ seems to be the talking point and becoming buzz word, akin to some spin doctors’ linguistics. Instead of already declaring it as administrative process, it’s better to look at the facts and go from there. I understand that when you leave the whitehouse, some...

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Try Torrentes if you can find one. A fabulous hump day quaffer with a very modest price...

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I wonder why the global lean towards autocracy. Is it the end product of racial hatred? Is it in fact worse now than in the past? It seems to be in this country, anyway. I reckon it's mostly the second one, but a contributing factor is misinformation-- particularly through social media and the righ...

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8 years ago, Domaine Storage used to charge $1900 for moving 1 pallet (nearly 80 cases) of wine from Chicago to SD in a temperature controlled truck ...Don't know how much they are charging these days...

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Both are good for me, but I slightly prefer Geyserville to Lytton Springs...Maybe older vines along with general higher content of Carignan in Geyserville contribute to that complexity compared to Lytton Springs. But both are really good, and I guess it's a matter of preference...

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Costco is sort of dumping 2019s like crazy these days... Tried 2019 FC maybe 10 days ago. The guest had popped and poured (I would have given some air). It started out fairly decent on the nose and had some weight on the palate, but I felt didn’t have the legs to go the distance as time progressed. ...

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Nice cogent writeup, Alex... Many years ago in my certified sommelier class, the one thing that was stressed upon in assessing or savoring a red wine on the palate is the “Balance”. That too balance, with the four parts— Acid, Weight (or body provided primarily by alcohol), Tannins and Fruit (more c...

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