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- Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4897
- Views: 1583050
Re: So what have you bought lately?
I bought some Savoie wines from Gilles Berlioz e few days ago. An interesting domaine, biodynamic, with a bunch of cuvees done in a nearly natural way where eeveybody is paid the same (wines are not cheap though...). Opened the cuvee "Jaja" 2022, a white Chignin wine and it is quite a diff...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Worried with 2020 red wines of Bourgogne
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3433
Re: Worried with 2020 red wines of Bourgogne
2013 not a terrible vintage in Burgundy. Variable with some excellent wines... not 2010 though...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Worried with 2020 red wines of Bourgogne
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3433
Re: Worried with 2020 red wines of Bourgogne
Worried for 2020 and 2018...
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Finally: 2014 VCC Versus 2014 La Conseillante.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29654
Re: Finally: 2014 VCC Versus 2014 La Conseillante.
People seem to love the 2014s while the 2015s are/were much more expensive... is it because they are cheaper or because you prefer the style and the wines?
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1366
Re: Bordeaux 2022
I do agree with WK but want to add that 2022 is far more consistent on the Left Bank than on Right one. Yes, some winemakers overdone their wines and it is strange because you only needed a gentle vinification. I find no comparison to 2018 but i am more eager to compare it to 2020 with more concent...
- Wed May 24, 2023 4:14 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Another Bordeaux dinner
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1088
Re: Another Bordeaux dinner
Some superb wines Ian! And superb writing! Much beyond my abilities but I really relate to your feedback. Really very grateful as I never got such an opportunity to compare Bordeaux at the highest level (except samples at en primeur...) Not willing to compare apples and pears, I chose 1 wine per fli...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What Are Your Top 10 Wines of 2022?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5305
Re: What Are Your Top 10 Wines of 2022?
Best Bordeaux Rouge: Pichon Lalande 1955 Chateau Lafite 1997 Best Rhone white Chateau Grillet 2010 Best Rhone red Chave Hermitage 2004 Best German Egon Muller mature Scharzhofberger of some kind (don't remember the one brought by somebody else Best Burgundies Grands Echezeaux 2010 Mongeard Mugneret ...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4897
- Views: 1583050
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Willi Schaefer: bought all the range except auction wines (crazy prices)
Champagne:
Cristal 2012 2 bottles
Amour de Deutz 2006 1 magnum (hoping the son will wed...)
William Deutz 2008 1 bottle
Godme fins bois
Bourgogne...unreasonable as usual...but less so
SAtarted a few Savoie wines...
Champagne:
Cristal 2012 2 bottles
Amour de Deutz 2006 1 magnum (hoping the son will wed...)
William Deutz 2008 1 bottle
Godme fins bois
Bourgogne...unreasonable as usual...but less so
SAtarted a few Savoie wines...
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Farr Vintners wine list from February 1994
- Replies: 16
- Views: 406
Re: Farr Vintners wine list from February 1994
Great bargains! I'll take a few cases!
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: World Cup 2022
- Replies: 68
- Views: 2518
Re: World Cup 2022
I think we must first congratulate Qatar for ensuring no English hooligan display! Maybe Alcohol (except fine wine of course) should be banned before during and after football matches... or maybe it is just a Brexit dividend ... ;) England were largely dominant with lots of possession and a few in f...
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: When are the 2019s hitting the shelves?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2189
Re: When are the 2019s hitting the shelves?
I opened a h/b Clinet to see what it was about. Very young and modern, quite palatable, no complexity detected (at this stage?).
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: World Cup 2022
- Replies: 68
- Views: 2518
Re: World Cup 2022
Rosbifs versus Frogs next to come in quarter finals...
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Questions about 2019 and 2020 Burgundy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 621
Re: Questions about 2019 and 2020 Burgundy
2005, 2018 ae vintages to wait for a very long time. 2019-2020 may come around a bit sooner... Plenty of other vintages that won't need decades.
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Haaaaa, Bourgogne wine
- Replies: 19
- Views: 713
Re: Haaaaa, Bourgogne wine
I bought 1 bottle of Drouhin Musigny (and 1 of Mugnier some years back) and several bottles of PYCM Corton Charlemagne stacked away. Sorry guys, can't afford the expensive stuff...went proletarian...
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 8:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2021 predictions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1489
Re: 2021 predictions
Maybe they wish people to buy all the 2019 left overs...
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 3:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4897
- Views: 1583050
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Being direct customer for a number of Burg producers, it seems the rage is to sell only 1 bottle of each cru in their range. So I got 18 bottles of Castagnier (9 domaines, 9 negociants) who has lots of grand crus in both ranges, ... I got 12 bottles of Mugneret Gibourg and will get a pack of Bart......
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bday wine 2003 Domaine St. Martin Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
- Replies: 11
- Views: 500
Re: Bday wine 2003 Domaine St. Martin Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
Happy birthday. St Martin is also domaine Bart. They have nice plots in Chambertin Clos de Beze and Bonnes Mares, Chambolle Veroilles vill, Fixin 1er cru Hervelets and many Marsannay. Excellent producer, still affordable, I buy every year... until it becomes too pricey...
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2003 Pontet Canet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1026
Re: 2003 Pontet Canet
Had a superb Branaire Ducru 2003 recently. Mature, resolved, velvety. balanced... really enjoyed...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: After the Pomerol night, THAT...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 611
Re: After the Pomerol night, THAT...
Izak, we are waiting for your 2019 bottle Bordeaux report!! Happy New year to you and all of Bordeaux enthusiasts!
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:26 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: After red Bordeaux, what are your top three wine categories?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1647
Re: After red Bordeaux, what are your top three wine categories?
1 Red Burgundy ahead of
2 Red Bordeaux
then White Burg and Riesling (can't be bothered to count them)
2 Red Bordeaux
then White Burg and Riesling (can't be bothered to count them)
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Blanquito in Burgundy and Bordeaux October 2021
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1756
Re: Blanquito in Burgundy and Bordeaux October 2021
Unbelievable haw many wines you managed to taste or even drink!... sounds great!
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: OMG: 71 Haut Brion, 96 La Tache, 90 Petrus, 90 Le Pin
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1393
Re: OMG: 71 Haut Brion, 96 La Tache, 90 Petrus, 90 Le Pin
Ouch! This was something!... What an amazing event! Well done all!
- Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux trip next month...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 993
Re: Bordeaux trip next month...
I hope you'll taste Canon, Clinet, Branaire, Chevalier and la Gaffeliere...Guess why?
Have a good trip to France!
Have a good trip to France!
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1104
Re: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
Thanks Izak! Good news!
No, I have not seen Jane Anson s book. Will have a look in a bookstore.
Looking forward to your assessment of the 2019s
No, I have not seen Jane Anson s book. Will have a look in a bookstore.
Looking forward to your assessment of the 2019s
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1104
Re: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
Thanks! There is really not much on F Esmonin in the first book... not even areas nor wine assessment (his ruchottes and Mazis only quelques rangs a few rows The new book must be even bigger then... The Bojo would have been quite slim then... so why bother as he is no real expert there. The producer...
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:54 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1104
Re: Jasper Morris' "Inside Burgundy" 2nd Edition.
Seems a bit unfair to condemn a book on failing to include one producer (I have a few of his Ruchottes)... as there are thousands of them in the Cote d'Or and assessing a producer takes time (so need to prioritise... although it could simply be a cancelled appointment... for covid reasons?)). Ref Bo...
- Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Checking in on some mature right banks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1577
Re: Checking in on some mature right banks
Ian,
My only bottle of Figeac is a 2000 (I drank a 77... 20 years ago)... should I drink or should I wait?
My only bottle of Figeac is a 2000 (I drank a 77... 20 years ago)... should I drink or should I wait?
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Rolland the genius?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1120
Re: Rolland the genius?
Alex,
but you would not get the Rolland magic?!... Excellent QPR as you get it for free!
but you would not get the Rolland magic?!... Excellent QPR as you get it for free!
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2012 SHL... Parkerized.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 678
Re: 2012 SHL... Parkerized.
You worry me... I have 2 bottles of the 2004 and a full 12 case of 2005 and have not opened any of them. Should I worry about the 2005? Is it ready for drinking? Is it some kind of international no personality stuff oir did that trend come later? Should ~I further wait?.. or just sell the whole stuff?
- Mon Jul 26, 2021 1:16 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: France visit report
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1175
Re: France visit report
Covid Tests free in France? We caught covid end Jan early February and went to have tests in Provence, Paris surburb and Normandy. We knew tests were "free" but in all 3 labs we went to get tested before returning to UK (we needed negative tests), we were told to pay or no result/certifica...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11631
Re: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
Followed the hard to justify advice. I believe they wre priced so that 2019 and others left overs sell... Usual marketing trick...
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Building a vertical
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1469
Re: Building a vertical
My best verticals are 1 bottle purchase (already a struggle to get 1) and I have verticals starting 2011 of both Roumier Bonnes Mares and Mugneret Gibourg Clos Vougeot. Indeed... Burgundy... and 1 bottle is already budget bursting.... Doing it in Bordeaux raises questions: en primeur, usually you ha...
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: (DML) You plonkers! Daughter, 19, opens her father's £2,000 vintage Petrus
- Replies: 13
- Views: 793
Re: (DML) You plonkers! Daughter, 19, opens her father's £2,000 vintage Petrus
Thanks Jim! Looking forward to it! I have had Cheval Blanc 1999 (for the first time ever except at en primeur tasting) thanks to Comte Ian recently but neither Ausone nor Petrus.
If you come to London or Provence, I'll have some good bottles...
If you come to London or Provence, I'll have some good bottles...
- Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:24 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: (DML) You plonkers! Daughter, 19, opens her father's £2,000 vintage Petrus
- Replies: 13
- Views: 793
Re: (DML) You plonkers! Daughter, 19, opens her father's £2,000 vintage Petrus
It happened to me with the last goose foie gras truffe made by my grand mother (the one from Perigord, she traded her own production during the 2nd WW). I had a Swedish friend at home and had gone away and she opened the can with a friend... then, she realised it was probably a mistake so left it op...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Yes, Burgundy prices are really escalating.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 606
Re: Yes, Burgundy prices are really escalating.
LVMH... they have been waiting for years to bring up the price to the level of their other "vins d'elites" (Cheval Blanc, Yquem,...). Now, very close ... so they will put marketing effort to sell the stuff... I paid 50€ for the 2005... At 445 $ a bottle... not worth it... can't become supe...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2012 Domaine de Chevalier
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1370
Re: 2012 Domaine de Chevalier
Mark, You are right, Burg prices are getting out of hand. Checked a Grand cru I bought in 2016 direct from Producer for 68€ and it is 98€ in 2019! nearly 50% increase... 1er crus have also shot up! The worst increase I say was Grivot who doubled his Richebourg price in 2012... I am old enough to hav...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11631
Re: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
Yes.... Domaine de chevalier 20% increase in € terms... and 2019 is better... No brainer
- Sat May 29, 2021 5:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11631
Re: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
So, 53 now hence you were 48 in 2016!... hence have decided to stop drinking when 68?... Well, I should be on my last bottles?
- Wed May 26, 2021 8:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2012 Domaine de Chevalier
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1370
Re: 2012 Domaine de Chevalier
Bad time to switch to Burgundy... given prices... especially, it is often a no return trip... but heavenly...
- Sat May 22, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
- Replies: 144
- Views: 11631
Re: Buying 2020 futures is hard to justify.
55 years old and stopping primeurs? I was 66 last year...and bought 4 half bottles cases and 3 Canons... half bottles should be all right in 12 years and the Canon can be decanted...