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- Tue May 21, 2024 1:56 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Hey, New-Yorkers…
- Replies: 1
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Hey, New-Yorkers…
It has been 12 years since my last visit to The Big Apple. Planning to return with the whole family, early August. I know it should be warm, and most of will be in holidays out of town, but is early August a good time to go (i guess anytime of year is good, but what about August specifically)? Thank...
- Mon May 20, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
- Replies: 6
- Views: 119
Re: My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
A great gang!
- Mon May 20, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
- Replies: 6
- Views: 119
Re: My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
I knew the Phelan Segur would be nice, but the real surprise was the Montrose.
- Mon May 20, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
- Replies: 6
- Views: 119
My birthday, including (oh no!) a 2013 Bordeaux
My 50 yo birthday was in January, and i had to cancel my party, as I had an emergency at the job. I reported it back to last weekend, so had many friends at our place, including JeanFred. The party started at 1 pm, to end up at 1 am… many wines opened and lot of fun. 2022 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre: ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 1588035
Re: So what have you bought lately?
2 bottles of 2018 Brandlin Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:14 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2020 Chateau d'Armailhac has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 160
Re: The 2020 Chateau d'Armailhac has been uncorked and other ramblings....
I feel like we’ll compare the 2019-2020 like it was for 1989-1990.
So which Armailhac is your least favorite?
The 1989 was solid still, a few years ago.
So which Armailhac is your least favorite?
The 1989 was solid still, a few years ago.
- Mon May 13, 2024 2:48 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1964 Haut Brion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 232
Re: 1964 Haut Brion
Joyeux anniversaire Ed.
To me, you’ve always been a great guy, and it is not 10 years before or now or 10 years after, that will make me change my mind.
Enjoy your b-day and looking forward to see Lisa and you soon.
To me, you’ve always been a great guy, and it is not 10 years before or now or 10 years after, that will make me change my mind.
Enjoy your b-day and looking forward to see Lisa and you soon.
- Sun May 12, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: White with lobsters last night
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White with lobsters last night
We had a « lobsta extravaganza » last night with friends. 15 lobsters were judged, and recognized guilty to have killed many sea urcins, small crabs and mussels, so condemned to death penalty… Some white wines : Domaine d’Orfeuilles Vouvray Brut mousseux : everyone were more positive than me on that...
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
Re: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
I agree that rating wines, to make it kind meaningful to others, is a very tough job. And that, with any rating sytem you use. But I’m more with Alex, being probably a « half tough grader » myself. I rate what i drink, now, and based on other wines i had. To give 97/100 or over (4-5 stars/5, or19/20...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: “Rousseau is for drinking” - London offline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 154
Re: “Rousseau is for drinking” - London offline
You need golden teeth to drink it! I have to admit that your report, not including Chambertin or Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze, is very impressive anyway. Confirming Rousseau wines are « up there » with DRC, Leroy, Mugnier and Roumier? If no, very not far, and surely the top in Gevrey Chambertin consideri...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 1588035
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Mostly inexpensive dry white wines, red and bubbly. 2023 Château de Maligny Vigne de la Reine Chablis 2022 Jean-Marc Brocard Sainte Claire Chablis 2022 Domaine Vacheron Chablis 2019 Domaine Giroux Pouilly-Loché 2021 Laurens Clos des Moiselles Brut NV Domaine d’Orfeuilles Brut Vouvray 2021 Domaine Le...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
Re: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
Good move Comte.
I wish i could find here that kind of price for that wine.
I wish i could find here that kind of price for that wine.
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
Re: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
My mistake stefan, i should have wrote chiseled.
A chiseled wine : distinguished, delicate and fine wine, with a clean and flawless structure.
A chiseled wine : distinguished, delicate and fine wine, with a clean and flawless structure.
- Wed May 08, 2024 2:35 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
Re: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
Hi Ian. Compared to some other Saint Émilion wines, that 2019 BM was nothing near a Parkerized, overripe or spoofy wine. It has way more in common with Pascal Delbeck Bélair, by it fresh concentrated defined red fruit character, completed with vegetal, nice wood and terroir tones. Very different tha...
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Château Bélair Monange
- Replies: 16
- Views: 431
2019 Château Bélair Monange
Nice dinner last night, and wanted to explore again what the 2019 vintage has to offer, so opened a bottle of 2019 Château Bélair Monange. Decanted for 2 hours and drunk over 3 hours. The wine has a nice fresh red color, lightly bloody. The nose is quite nice, with what the best Saint Émilion terroi...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 1588035
Re: So what have you bought lately?
A few varied dry whites like 2021 Gueguen Chablis 2022 Séguinot-Bordet Chablis 2021 Domaine Huard Pure (chardo + sauv blanc) 2022 Volpaia Vermentino 2022 Catena chenin + semillon(quite good actually) And influenced by Comte Flaneur recent North Rhône dinner, and his thrilling Cornas flight… 3 x 2021...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A St Emilion and a St Estephe.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 287
Re: A St Emilion and a St Estephe.
Nice report Claudius. I also had the 2015 Tronquoy Lalande and liked it a lot too. What was impressive in that wine, as you noted, is the real sense of complexity and balance (freshness), for the young age and the vintage. And this should age nicely. So there are excellent top wines outside the Crus...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
- Replies: 46
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Re: Next Spring: 25th anniversary celebrations in France and Washington DC.
So much great people and memories!
For my part, i will focus on attending the 2025 DC event.
For France, i will go in 2025 with the whole family probably end of June, for 2-3 weeks, so if the France event is around that time, i can probably do something to attend a few days…
For my part, i will focus on attending the 2025 DC event.
For France, i will go in 2025 with the whole family probably end of June, for 2-3 weeks, so if the France event is around that time, i can probably do something to attend a few days…
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1959
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Ok, too much is too much! (or when the 1988 Haut Brion is the lowest scoring wine of the night :shock: ) I have to go back to London sooner than later. Great report. Count me a fan of the 1988 Haut Brion, a super wine in that vintage. That remind me the first time i brought a bottle, brownbagged at ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1207
Re: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
WoW, nicely done Jim. The 1989 Lynch Bages is always of amazing interest, at least each time I had a pour of it. I know JeanFred has a bottle. I think the one time he taste it, it was in 2017 at the Thursday night dinner of the BWE convention. That night, the 1989 Pichon Baron won over the 1989 Lync...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Re: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
I’m sorry but i’m wrong.
The Québec snow crab is like an old vintage of La Lagune : crap!
The Québec snow crab is like an old vintage of La Lagune : crap!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:00 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Re: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
Nice white wines, with a Champagne. The Austria Riesling was the best, with lime, oil and mineral notes. The Muscadet was cool, a bit ripe, but shell mineral, undefined fruit, clean and a bit clinical. The Chablis was respecting the basis of Chablis, in an international way. The fresh crab was the b...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1193
Crab is back, white wines to be opened!
Snow crab (or spider crab?) season is back in Québec. When i think about the 3 best things to eat produced in Québec, first would be this crab (probably tie with our sea scallops), second would be the maple syrup, and third would be the bacon! We bought a full case of crabs with friends, and will ha...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Live and let die: 2014 Bollinger 2016 Chevalier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1174
Re: Live and let die: 2014 Bollinger 2016 Chevalier
Your usage of the word nasty in your Bollinger note makes me think that it might have another meaning north of the border? You’re right jckba: Méchante bonne bouteille = Nasty good bottle. Stefan, the 2014 Grande Année is already very enjoyable, but very serious and complex Champagne that will prob...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:44 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2022 Combier Croze-Hermitage
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2022 Combier Croze-Hermitage
Tonight, with a simple steak grilled on the gas bbq, the 2022 Laurent Combier Croze-Hermitage. Combier has a good reputation here, and it is deserved. Medium dark red color, the wine is you but with a fragrant nose of sweet dark red berries, violet flowers, meat, spices and black pepper. So typical ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1959
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Personally, my hypothesis is that 2016 is an improvedc 1996... so good move Jim with these 2016 Lafite!
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1959
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Superb report Comte and with good details. It is surely a sad thing to have corked 83 Margaux and 86 Lafite... and 64 Cheval Blanc with 89 Mission Haut Brion not delivering their top qualities... i feel almost happy with my last great red Bordeaux tasted, the 2016 Domaine de Chevalier! 82 Mouton is ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:59 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1658
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Nice Jim.
The 2019 is excellent. i did not had 2020 but from your comment, it seems even better.
The 2019 is excellent. i did not had 2020 but from your comment, it seems even better.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Points, scores, and ratings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1959
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Northern Rhone night at Cabotte
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Re: Northern Rhone night at Cabotte
Thank you Ian as i’m a fan of Northern Rhône and like to read notes about any. I’m more a Côte Rôtie/Cornas guy, but Hermitage can move me too ( aaaahh the 2003 Chave). Impressed that the Cornas was the best flight. I don’t know Michel Robert, but Balthazard and Allemand are solid producers. I had a...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Live and let die: 2014 Bollinger 2016 Chevalier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1174
Re: Live and let die
2014 Grande Année was lemony,flowery, bread crust, saline, hazelnuts. Complex well made Champagne. Mouth has some light red berries, but swallowed in saline, confit lemon, ginger, light oak, and vine root length. Nasty. Tn : 95. 2022 Chablis was all about sea shell minerality, salt, and some light s...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:25 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2014 Montrose uncorked
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1344
Re: 2014 Montrose uncorked
Very nice JC.
Montrose seems to (almost?) never deceive. Every vintages are classic.
In Montréal, Jim brought a 2010 that was an exception : crazily concentrated, demonic tannins, strong as Superman… needs lots of kryptonite and time…
Montrose seems to (almost?) never deceive. Every vintages are classic.
In Montréal, Jim brought a 2010 that was an exception : crazily concentrated, demonic tannins, strong as Superman… needs lots of kryptonite and time…
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Live and let die: 2014 Bollinger 2016 Chevalier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1174
Live and let die: 2014 Bollinger 2016 Chevalier
More comments later…
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Points, scores, and ratings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1959
Re: Points, scores, and ratings
I play the game and use the 100 points scale as well. But in all truths, the 100 points scale has just 6 levels: 100 97-99 94-96 91-93 90 <90 For the common mortals, is there a real noticeable difference between a wine rated 97 vs 98? Ihave some doubts… At the end, maybe using golf (dstgolf would li...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:05 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1445
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
I almost opened a 2016 red Bordeaux again tonight… but changed my mind for Rioja.
But your final comments tonight might turn me on for 2016 Bordeaux tomorrow!
But your final comments tonight might turn me on for 2016 Bordeaux tomorrow!
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Lindes de Remelluri Vinedos de Labastida Rioja
- Replies: 0
- Views: 860
2020 Lindes de Remelluri Vinedos de Labastida Rioja
Rioja made by Telmo Rodriguez. A very nice and complex wine for the affordable price. Lot of tempranillo redberry fruit, some black fruit, tobacco, very light vanilla oak, smoky sweet beef jerky. Mouth is convincing with medium concentration, blackberry flavors, meat, smoky rasberries amd coffee roa...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4905
- Views: 1588035
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2231