Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

jckba

After reading through everyone's positive impressions about this wine I decided on popping a btl over the weekend. And I would have to agree that this wine is in a great place at present and does not appear to be on a faster evolutionary track. 93 maybe 94 points in my book and kudos to those of you...

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Correct me if I am wrong but it would appear that so did Jim as wasn't the 2001 Yquem which was his top wine also get opened at that very same dinner?

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Picked up a 6pack of the 2010 Fuligni BdM at $59.99/per (+tax) from Total Wine in Norwalk, CT.

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Jim - I have to say that I find it rather odd to see that you did not list the 1989 Lynch Bages that Francois blind tasted you on in your top 25 wines of the tour.

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Snagged 6 btls of the 2005 Galardi Terra di Lavoro @ $39/per and 6 375's of the 2005 Climens @ $42/per last week on an Inventory Clearance sale from Max at the Wine Connection. Also picked up a 6er of 2010 Lisini BdM from the Wine Buyer (aka Bottleking) at $49.99/per with free shipping.

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I echo your sentiments on the 2010 vintage across Europe, think Germany (Rieslings), France (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone), Italy (Brunello, Barolo, Super Tuscan) and I can only imagine what the Rioja's from Spain will be like once they are released ...

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Bon voyage a tous ceux qui vont!

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Recently snagged 6packs of the 2010 Argiano and Il Poggione BdM's as well as the 2010 Rampolla Sammarco. And then today I picked up 11 btls of the 2005 Canon La Gaffeliere @ $79/per from Max's Bordeaux odds and ends email.

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Good topic! Back on March 15th I had a 2004 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Cabernet Sauvignon that pleasantly surprised me. A nose of black currant, cassis, cedar and tobacco lead way to a sweet licorice and tobacco driven palate that lingers. This has more in common with a classed growth from Saint J...

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An inviting nose of blackberry, cherry, herbs and tobacco lead way to a red berried and licorice driven flavor profile along with drying tannins on the silky smooth finish. Modern in style for sure, but delicious to the last drop! 94 points

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Figured I would pass this along as I know there are some Pol Roger fans on this site. European Wine Resource just emailed out the 2002 Pol Roger "Sir Winston Churchill" at a special Pre-Arrival Price $195/btl. *Compare to current U.S. average $268 & elsewhere at $225. *Individual gift ...

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Picked up a case of 2006 Cos d'Estournel for $1,199 from Max of the wine connection yesterday off of his mailer.

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Meaning heat in the context of the vintage or in the context of a higher alcohol content and it showing in the wine (as that was not something that I noticed)?

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I haven't really had or tasted all that many first growths so let me be the first to say that my vote is based on my limited experiences and that most of them have been from off vintages so I don't really have all that much perspective. I've had the 83 and 89 Latours, 88 and tasted both the 02 03 an...

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Picked up Zachys last 9 btls of 2006 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Reserva for $37.50/per and a 6pack of 2011 Galardi Terra di Lavoro for $48/per during their Italian spring cleaning sale which is going on through the end of the day today.

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A wonderfully fragrant nose of blackberry and cedar that lead way to a full bodied wine with layers of silky blackberry, tobacco leaf and mint flavors that dance and linger on the palate staining finish. Still youthful but this is the real deal and a marvelous 2003. 97 points

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Picked up a case of 2006 Pichon Lalande for $1,250 as well as a 6pack of L'Eglise Clinet for $1,200 on a private offer from Wide World of Wines.

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Looks like a Chateau Ste Michelle Merlot bottle. While the basic CSM line makes 3 red wines (cabernet Sauvignon, merlot and Syrah) we can eliminate the Syrah based on the bottle shape and then the varietal which is listed in black is only one word in length so that means it would have to be the merl...

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In mid January I picked up a 6 pack of 2012 Beaucastel mags for $130/per from my private client rep at JJBuckley and then last week I gave in and picked up a couple of 6 packs of the 2010 Ponsot Corton Cuvee Bourdon in OWC through a NJ wholesaler for a song but other than that I have been trying to ...

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I haven't tried any that I can think of but I ended up purchasing cases of both the La Dame de Montrose and La Gravette de Certan as I can't imagine that they won't be stellar values in the near future as I picked both up in the lower $40 range per.

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It's that time of the year again and this past Monday I attended UGC tasting in New York. I think that tastings of this nature are invaluable as you get to taste a bunch of properties from each of the appellations which in turn allows you to form an opinion on the vintage and which wines fared bette...

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In the effort to try and clean up on all mis priced Bordeaux, I found and pulled the trigger on 11 btls of 2005 Pontet Canet @ $99.96 from Canal's Bottlstop and then rounded the case out with a btl of 2012 Kongsgaard chardonnay @ $96.96.

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You should seek out the 2010 Produttori del Barbaresco as they declassified all of the single vineyards in this historic vintage with all of that fruit going into the regular cuvee.

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Pulled the trigger on a case of the 2010 Leoville Poyferre for $135/btl on a JJBuckley private client offer.

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Zachys had a 2 days only - Behind the Curtain sale from which I picked up a case of the 2012 Guidalberto for $25/per.

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Jim, after reading your positive experience I went ahead and popped a bottle that I had brought home earlier in the year from when it was first released. Now I had it with skirt steak and not with sirloin but for me I couldn't get over the ever present oak that this wine exuded at this stage in its ...

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Sure thing:

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From what I understand it is changing hands and Hugo is taking over. I am guessing that inventory had to be taken down to a certain level hence the turn back the clock pricing on their most recent offers. While I am not sure what is left here is the email I received earlier today: Odd & Ends Fin...

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In what was the last email from Elliott Staren today (soon to be former owner of Wide World of Wines) I splurged and picked up a case of 2005 L'Evangile for $2,500 as well as a case of 2005 Pavie for $2,400.

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I believe it is time to start one of my favorite threads in what have you purchased lately?

I picked up 2 cases of 2003 Leoville Barton @ $99/btl from Wide World of Wines on 10/8 during one of their Bordeaux clearance sales as they continue to unload inventory before the store changes hands.

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I think that only time will tell as most of the recent Pontet Canet's (2005 onwards) have extremely long maturity windows based off of the reviews of those that have had them and as such I just think it is too early to tell. I have bought heavily during this time period hoping for the best but we sh...

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For what it's worth, Wine Enthusiast is running a special this Columbus Day weekend when you spend $50 and use code 50for50, you get $50 off towards a future purchase. Makes those EuroCave pull out shelves a little more tempting now doesn't it ;). There is however a limit of 1 offer per valid email ...

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The Cruse family

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Though $85 for the 2009 Canon la Gaffeliere ain't too shabby either ...

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Never heard of them but I took a quick look through their French selections and saw what you are interested in, 2010 Fleur Cardinale @ $39.50

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So I popped the cork on a 1/2 btl of 2006 Beaucastel CdP tonight. I would have liked to have written a nice tasting note but I wasn't able to taste all that much as I am completely stuffed up. Hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow with the remainder of the bottle.

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Not sure why I am posting this here but I just received an email from a merchant stating that today was international Grenache day, so me being myself naturally decided to take a time out from my busy Friday afternoon to confirm such claim. Turns out, they were correct so what are you opening tonigh...

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If you were asking me I would tell you to try a bottle of each before making your decision on what to do (ie. to sell, to trade or to keep).

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That's quite the deal. Care to share where?

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Ha I missed the following sentence "There are 10,000 bottles of the inaugural vintage, which will sell for 30 euros a bottle in wine stores in France." and so with 10,000 bottles of the 2010 or under 1,000 cases, I can certainly see availability being an issue especially if there is none f...

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