Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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IRS lost our 2019 return… 3 times. An e-file they confirmed receiving and two subsequent hard copies they signed for. Still waiting for our 2020 refund. The IRS really does owe us money. Somehow I think all those new agents will be too busy chasing PayPal $600-aires to find our 2019 return or send ...

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greatbxfreak wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:28 am
Btw, nobody here mentions Extravaganza de Doisy Däene.

Huh? I mention it upthread...

Brooks felt that Coutet and Doisy Daene's luxe bottlings were extremely intense, Yquem like.

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Wow. A sneak peak at this powerful year. I've only seen 'Franck Phelan' once, via a website, in the US. It was the 2003 and I was sorely tempted to order it, and try to coax my sister to schlep out to the wherever it was in Cupertino, to retrieve it. However, her patience for what I might frame as '...

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Lovely pictures. I hope for your next one you consider Georg's 'Petrus' specific stem.

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I find Gilette CdT more than any other chateau in the market though... I think in their situation, it's actually meant to be a commercial (moneymaking) proposition. For many other estates, Brooks suggests that it's a vanity project to show that 'we could make Yquem, if we wanted' i.e. their terroir...

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Had a bottle of 1953 Gilette crème de tête in 2014. It was killer. Had a bottle of the 1956 Gilette crème de tête for my 60th birthday and it was awful. Pour down the drain awful. Does Gilette even release a “regular” Sauternes or is it all crème de tête? They age it something like 20 years before ...

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I don't think non-violent = victimless. There is plenty of mayhem that comes from 'non-violent' crimes. ===== I was listening to a radio show yesterday about illegal dumping (of all things) and the perpetrator had basically gathered up all the toxic material that firms were paying well to dispose of...

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There was some complexity around the medical test results. Apparently during the chaos of the corporate Theranos bankruptcy, the database was encrypted and then somehow 'irretrievably' lost. That data which had been directed by the trustee to be preserved, did not survive. Some observers felt this w...

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It seems to me that 11 years for Elizabeth Holmes 'official' crimes is comparable to what other white collar fraud convictions have been sentenced (Enron, Worldcom, and so on). But there are not a ton of those high profile ones, and most don't have such photogenic defendants. I'm not sure how this f...

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I love the expository.

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: 2018 Auvigue 'Solutre' [Pouilly Fuisse] 13% abv, DIAM5 cork, lemony and white pears and smoke then slate. delicious! not sure if this Macon village is really classed as white Burg, but I'm not complaining ;)

: pan fried chops, plus green beans (fried in duck fat jal style). normally I much prefer to cook thick cut ones, which require finishing in the oven, but tried the thin ones last night, which the kids inhaled

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Great overview. I buy Rioja Reservas and GR's in the bigger vintages and they cellar well. I've timidly explored other DO's and feel like they are often produced to 'win' panel contests. There is a huge co-op that makes a widely available garnacha, Tres Picos, which is a good choice when traveling, ...

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The quality of Gaffeliere was bloody awful for several decades. Not sure what went wrong, and I am glad to say they seem to be on the mend, as the current owners are very pleasant. I always wondered if my experiences with La Gaffeliere were underwhelming because it seemed to linger at retail, and p...

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PXL_20221116_010643526_2.jpg Some months ago, I had drunk the now defunct l'Arrosee (with locale BWE cadres) mentioned up-thread as a backup bottle after the main wine proved to be TCA afflicted, so I figured it was worth trying it's next incarnation. The last couple of nights the 2012 Le Dragon de...

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Interesting notes. I just put a 16 Olivier Leflaive St Aubin 1er in the fridge for consumption with fish when one of my siblings comes over. I don't consume much if any white Burgundy but I try to educate my sister on this when she's in town...

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Nice lineup. Almost never see Gazin Rocquencourt.

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Those two are such real classics.

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Lafon Rochet has gone to a canary yellow over the last few decades, to match the estate's paint job. The old labels were rather understated, although not at the Haut Bailly level.

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Boy, I’ll tell you, the Dems had better win Georgia because 2024 is going to rough. There are like zero vulnerable Republicans and like 3-4 vulnerable Democrats. I think the Democrats win Georgia easily. Republicans voted for Walker while holding their nose just to win the Senate, now that the Sena...

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Out of curiosity, is Angelus somewhat less distributed into the US, vs the other classic first growths?

It seems like - for a wine of its quality/stature/marketing - that the other wines of comparable price are more available, and just generally 'seen' more.

Is it a production issue?

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For those who are buying the 89 Pichon Lalande, I feel - as well regarded as it was in its first few decades -- that it was not fully understood. What a remarkable decade they had in the 80's. I know many of you have had it a dozen plus times, so it's not a secret or anything.

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Nicklasss wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:10 pm
DavidG wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:22 pm Not sure I would have picked it as Bordeaux in a blind tasting.
Is there any modern Saint Émilion that taste like Bordeaux anymore? Especially when young?

: France: Temp Rises

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I'm totally in favor of shipping folks off to Martha's Vineyard. Let the fatcats like Joe Heitz pay for them!!!

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DavidG - that graph is only measuring one category of deaths, and ignoring all the other attendant costs of lockdowns, such as long term educational / learning loss in young people. Local voters gave DeSantis his first mandate by some 100k, and when re-elected, after seeing his policy choices, gave ...

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This loss is really on Donald Trump, let's see if the Republicans can wean themselves from their Maga addiction. If they don't, any Democrat will beat Trump in 2024. Todays WSJ Opinion page had 4-6 pieces denouncing Trump in various forms/angles coming from Mitt Romney, Karl Rove, Ron Johnson, Dan ...

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I'd think the left side of the aisle should be pretty happy today. Most of the close races broke their way, and many of the Trumpist endorsees did poorly. Personally I want to see the right pivot more to the DeSantis style of governing/campaigning/winning, and it looks like that will be the path for...

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It seems like there is more to this story than what OP has related.

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They are not so easy to enjoy/love in their youth, which makes it hard to have the faith to lay them away for decades, unless one has some mature examples. And depending where people are, those may not be easy to find/taste... My personal hit rate is not great either, but the ones that do blossom ma...

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Nice notes. Thanks for the backstory on the Feret, which has always been a strange outlier at our grocer, but I suppose must make sense given all the basic Jadot that is trafficked there.

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jal wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:04 pm Use duct tape around the crack. Not pretty but Duct tape always worked for MacGyver

: Cracks propagate (Pichon Baron style); download (2).jpeg (7.67 KiB) Viewed 319 times

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....with Rauzan Segla pricing ....

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It will be intriguing to see where Belair Monange and/or Quintus fit into these leaderboards after there is some history with them.

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That's the prototype buyer for this financialized, tarted up 2nd. And that's coming from a person who still has a few left in their racks.

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Very impressive. I wish I had picked up some Belair when their middling reviews typically made them low priced.

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: This is the 1995

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I have heard some mention that their harvesting - which tended to be done as an afterthought since higher priority Mouiex properties got first dibs on the picking crews - was a factor that held them back over the years. No personal knowledge of that, but have read/heard/seen it mentioned a few times...

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Sadly, a bottle of the 1998 Grand Corbin Despagne [St Emilion] seems to be corked. I had a glass and eventually decided it was off. Normally this is a lovely example of a mature right banker...but this one was tart, wanly fruited, and disappointing. In the last month or so, this is 2nd* bottle held ...

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I wonder if, as some estates shift over to DIAM, like Lanessan, that the variation will be reduced over time.

From my experience, I have not noticed any unusual variability with Grand Mayne, but I have not consumed as much of it as you have.

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09 d'Escurac [Medoc] Popped and poured while preparing a steak & ale pie. This remains a delightful smaller wine with lots of depth and interest, even at age 13. There are some candied cherry notes now on the palate, which I personally like, but generally don't notice in Medocs. It seems more l...

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Currently called 'Le Marquis de Calon Segur'.

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