Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

AlohaArtakaHoundsong

I might like it better now than 3 years ago. I know something similar happened with a 2001 La Gurgue, from the same commune. Of course halving halves probably speeds up the development.

http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... t=giscours

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Having read the book I would find it difficult to watch the movie.

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This is something out of the Dubourdieu diaspora. Anyway there's a Dubourdieu name on the label (not Denis, I assume it's a son) and a characteristically well-made wine in the bottle. 09 ripeness in a medium-bodied package. I thought this had a lot of Graves-y hallmarks including smoke, embers, coal...

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Like the '99 Margaux? I would subscribe to that on that basis alone.

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Bruins: Chad Finn said it would go seven. That was the kiss of death. The guy is on a serious 0fer. Having said that, hard to complain about the team. And what do I know, the last 15 minutes of the 2011(?) Cup was the only hockey I've watched in the last 25 years, and that over a webcast. Celtics: H...

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OrlandoRobert wrote:
robert goulet wrote:I did bring over my engorged liver....we just didn't fry it up

I would have cracked open a Chianti!

And some fava beans.

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I think it can be enjoyed now, so it's up to you and how many bottles you have. I think I only purchased three or four. If I have two left (and they are not with me) I would be OK consuming another one now. If just one, I'd probably haul it out in three-five years, or maybe wait until 2020 just to m...

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The 2000 is among my more memorable wines.

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Jim, have you ever thought of moving to Bordeaux (or Italy even), letting your hair grow out, wearing scarves, smoking little brown cigars, and driving fast cars?

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I was at Game 4 at the TD Garden against Pittsburgh the other night, Hound, it was awesome. Tried to get Cup tickets today but couldn't score any. Just don't drop $5 mil on a luxe suite there like you did at the Fens, Jim, and the B's should be all right. I trust you've learned your lesson. Keep to...

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I had a 2007 Banfi CCR a few days ago that was pretty good. Probably $17-20. Compared to some other Italian and Spanish wines I've been quaffing and not reporting on lately, this, while I thought a touch soft/full/modern (or maybe it had just rounded some with a couple years in bottle), was still fa...

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I've yet to have a Branaire I didn't like but regretably I don't have that one.

Generally I've been pleased with 03. I find it an interesting vintage.

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*Sigh* the 05 Ch. de Fieuzal is a walkover.

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Enjoy!

Downsizing is a PIA but it is also liberating. Way too much stuff but I guess such consumption drives our consumerist heaven on earth in a trickle-down kind of way.

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Very bizzare and sad watching my hometown join the list of great cities and peoples suffering tragedy at the hands of terrorists. Hope the substantial Boston contingent and their friends and families were not in harm's way.

Art

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This is the weekend... for one precious weekend in time, anyway... when we protest Parker. We protest Rolland. We protest 14%. We protest spoofilation. Internationalization. Kalifornication. The Sucker. The phoniness of the 100 point scoring system. We protest the sameness and boringness that Borde...

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I second that emotion.

Will open something halfway decent Saturday evening in sympathy.

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One man's "little backbone or structure" is another's "rich and opulent in texture." This is the thing about tasting notes. Whether they're from established tasters or CT unknowns, there is almost never convergence. I don't know how many times I've seen TNs of three pros on the s...

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Ah yes, Pichon Lalande (disclaimer: never had one) the left bank Figeac. Maybe Rolland needs to be called in to sweep out those notorious vegetal notes. Then again maybe he did a cameo in 03 if it tastes like a St. Emilion.

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I'm disappointed the PC lacks ambition. It's had all of the advantages of a privileged upbringing.

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Tom In DC wrote:13% for Barolo.

Got it. Although I don't recall having seen a Barolo that didn't clock in at 14 on the label - that's to say of the relative handful I've drunk or purchased in the last 10 years or so. Probably where it got in my head.

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It's a credit to me (OK Alex too) that I'm reading this despite having no intention to purchase any post 2010 Bdx. Now, if the Fonroque came cheaply (well it does come cheaply as a rule, so I guess I'd say "very cheaply") it might make a nice painless drinker. If this is a merlot vintage, ...

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Isn't 14% the minimum for Barolo? I thought anything less had to be declassified. Or was there never a "rule" for the DOCG? I'm not against alcohol. But why drink 16% when 13% will do? I mean, if a CdP really needs 16% to taste typical (or epic or awesome or vintage of the century), then I...

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The alcohol thing is interesting. I've seen plenty of TNs complaining about too much "alcohol," usually something about it adding a hot, spirity element to the wine. I've seen plenty of TNs noting that a wine "carries" its stated 14.5-16% alcohol well, without showing those (assu...

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The wine stuff is a little bit over my head. But undoubtedly that is the most parodied film scene of recent memory. It was only a matter of time before it went at the wine biz.

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^You're in luck.

I've only had one 03 Pomerol, the Bourgneuf. If "smectite" clay is responsible for success in Pomerol in that vintage, Bourgeuf must have some.

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I (unfairly in hindsight) christened the 05 Cambon la Pelouse "Cambon la Pelooze." It was truly gooey, stick to the wall stuff on release. (Ah, it seems like only yesterday, wha-) It dried up nicely after just a few years in bottle. Will hold a couple past the 10-year mark in the never-end...

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Didn't get out of the first paragraph. So now we have critics of wine critics. I won't ask if he rated them on a 100-point scale. Speaking of 100-points, I got an offer today for the "Lisa Perotti-Brown-rated 100-pt" 2008 Penfolds Grange. "Act now to add this 'trophy'" (nk) to yo...

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What is the "quarter size opening in the shoulder", Glenn?

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Say it ain't so, Jim.

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When does this start already? You can tell it's getting close. The attending members have gone pretty quiet. They are resting at sanatorium absorbing their liver stem cell injections so they'll be ready in time. I too will go "dark" in observance of this special event - a TN embargo will b...

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I think I paid $35 or so, but I'm pretty sure the 02s were released at a pretty advantageous point in time from the unique perspective of the wine consumer. Granted, they weren't desrving of hype and probably were an easy pass for the collector-types. I bought many of the usual suspects, 3rd-5th gro...

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I had this wine almost one year ago and really liked it. I thought it was ready but not necessarily finished.

http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... gue#p26544

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I brought one of my '96 Lagrange with me to Hawaii. I was very impressed with my first bottle a few years ago. Pretty big and grapey at age 8 or so, if I recall correctly.

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Well Jim, it's official. From your $50 million skybox at the Fens you will at least be able to see JBJ play in person, and right away.

BTW, I have noticed that since you bought that box, the Sox have stunk. Is it the "Curse of the Jimbino?"

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Had this last night with grass-fed, Oahu-raised sirloin. By evening's end this wine had pretty much checked all the right boxes. In fact, it was multi-faceted in a sequential fashion. Overture: 12.5% abv, this opens up with really high-pitched, almost acrid cabernet and old wood scents. Color is bla...

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1998 is an underrated LB vintage in my experience. The only failure I've had (defined as did not meet expectations) was the Pontet Canet.

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Funny that the TSB should be likened by none other to a "mini-GPL." IIRC I likened the 2000 TSB to 70% of the 1998 Ducru Beaucaillou. Much of the charm/interest/complexity if not quite the same intensity.

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I've been lucky enough to take in a few 89 point rated Ducrus and Leoville Bs. I think the lesson is those well-reputed brand names (like LB) will deliver value in all but the worst and (paradoxically now that pricing can get so high in the vintage-of-the-century vintages) the best vintages.

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I liked the 05, and I believe I also had the 00 which I may have liked better. Most recently had it about 16 months ago: "Earlier in the week we knocked back an 05 Tour St. Bonnet. This wine should be proud to sport the humble "Medoc" appellation. This has some drying tannin but it ha...

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