Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

NoahR

Very sad to miss the festivities. Was Courtney’s birthday and we had family and friends in town and couldn’t make it work. Hopefully next year!

NoahR

I’m also a relative lurker, mostly because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get email digests or email notifications of thread responses, even though the function is checked n the website. Obviously I’m not technologically advanced enough to moderate. But I appreciate the community and ...

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I have taken to corkscrewing right through the wax, blowing wax debris right before I finish extracting the cork, the. Taking a wet paper towel and wiping anything else away. Seems to work. I did a Gruaud Larose dinner a few years ago for Heart’s Delight, and the 86 and 82 were just legendary and in...

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2014 Leoville Poyferre (a nod to our BD)
1980 Ridge York Petite Sirah
1998 Giacosa Falletto
A bunch of 2011-2013 Bedrock Syrahs - opened the 2011 Weill Expositions for a tasting recently and they were loved and could easily match the actual LaLa’s, so reloaded.

NoahR

Great notes!
Annabelle is a wonderful place. I miss Palena- Frank’s first and best place.

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I remember when those 2008 Riservas came out. 2008 was the year that Galloni turned on Bruno. Rated them super low and disappointing. Was a bold, make-or-break move for him. Bruno was really starting his health decline. Drama erupting with Dante and Bruna, Dante leaving, etc. Hopefully the wines out...

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The Mayacamas was the winner of that flight, but 86 Gruaud and 89 Rauzan were close seconds. The 86 I first had a few years ago with you guys in DC and it was a revelation. I am always amazed at how beautifully Old Napa can age (and Monte Bello) but the style is very different between the “standard”...

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RIVER SCHOOL AUCTION TASTING - Washington DC (5/8/2023) A tasting, in single-blinded flights, with a "new world/old world" theme. But first, Champagne 2006 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut - France, Champagne Everything a grand marque should be. Brioche and le...

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Looks like a great time! Sad to miss!

NoahR

Been a very random few weeks: 1934 Henriques Madeira Verdelho x 8 I just nabbed one of these myself recently after having a great experience with some 80's verdelho. Have you had this before? I think it's the oldest wine I've ever bought. Haven’t had this one, but I love old Madeira. Oldest bottle ...

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Been a very random few weeks: 1934 Henriques Madeira Verdelho x 8 1946 Massandra Tokai 1977 Warre’s 1977 Quintarelli Recioto 2013 and 2014 La Landonne Guigal 2005 Lafarge Volnay 2010 Clos de Lambrays 1996 JP Mugneret Echezeaux 1995 Pierre Bitouzet Corton Marechaudes 1992-3 Heitz Martha’s 2014 Leovil...

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Great comments all around.

Love this board. Was so sad to miss the last DC gathering…

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Opened for my birthday. A bit austere and tannic, keeping with the vintage, settled a bit after a few hours in decanter. Decent density but not sweet. Tobacco and leafy in spades, a touch of saddle leather, cassis and tart berry fruit. This is a solid and rich Bordeaux, but it lacked finesse and nev...

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Been busy at work and hadn’t been keeping track. How does one find out about this or get invited etc??

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Sad to miss!

NoahR

Very sad to miss. The one weekend I could not be there.

NoahR

Sorry to miss. The weekend is my son’s birthday party and have family in town. Sad that BlackSalt is literally two blocks from my house. Meh. Maybe next year…

NoahR

Will try to make it - Saturday is son’s birthday party so not sure of availability yet. Please keep me in the loop!

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Strong maybe. Won’t be able to commit for another week or two

NoahR

I would echo Marc’s suggestion for the first weekend in November. I may have a conflict Saturday but would be around Friday night to be sure.

Are folks available then?

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Well heck, hiw about November?

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Would love a DC gathering in October. Weekend of 15th?

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I hear everyone touting 2019 as best ever. Are they wrong?

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What a great night!

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A few pics

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Friend in town from St. Louis and we got the wine crew together at Elle to drink a few bottles. Bereche - always top notch Tschida - Gruner Veltliner but like flowers, sawdust and Minute Maid lemonade on a taught acidic spine. I loved this but would be superpolarizing… 97 La Jota Howell Mountain - g...

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I have a decent tolerance for low-to-med level Brett and VA. I love Musar and a lot of funky, Natty wines. But if all I’m smelling is poop, band-aid, clove or horse sweat, I’m totally turned off. If it’s complicating and subtle, I’m all about it. These GL were clean. And so were last two bottles of ...

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86 can probably go for another 5-10 years. Certainly the 82 also remained fresh.

There was basically zero Brett on any of these wines despite coming from multiple independent sources…

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Nick - I am terrible at assessing quality of young wine. The 2018 was middleweight, surprisingly approachable, but too oak/tannin for me to really get a bead on… As for the 09 - liked it a lot but also achingly young. Only had other GL to taste against and Inpreferred it marginally to the 2005. Arna...

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8B429B1F-27E1-4F64-B7B1-10D132FCDA4B.jpeg Last week we had the delight of being invited to one of the Heart’s Delight dinners, this one with Arnaud Frederick of Gruaud Larose. Several of us brought bottles (I had 85 and 86) and Arnaud brought a few as well. WOTN was the 1982, which just bested the ...

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There are no great wines, merely great bottles.

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It was indeed the Pichon Baron, not PLL!

The Billecart was wonderful - balanced, brioche prominent. Certainly better than the Cristal at this stage but I don’t know that I had a favorite between it and the Grand Annee…

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Great wine night at BlackSalt in DC to celebrate my friend Mike Grammer coming in from Toronto. Every bottle spot on, in flights: 1. 09 Cristal, 02 Bollinger, 06 Billecart Cuvée Nicolas - Bolly edging out the other two but only barely 2. 17 PYCM vs Bouzereau Meursault- totally different styles. Bouz...

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I am -shocked- that no one has mentioned Gilles Barge in this conversation. Did a horizontal tasting of 98’s a few years ago including most of the “biggies” mentioned in this thread. The Barge was among the best. Was thrilled to get a few bottles from Lyle Fass 3y back and they have been among the m...

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marcs wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:50 am
NoahR wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:04 am Still very sad to have missed this!
We missed you too Noah! Have to do a DC get together to make up for it!

As soon as we get our kids vaxxed…

NoahR

Sad to miss…

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Still very sad to have missed this!

NoahR

I agree with Leoville Barton being overrated. Had a recent ‘88 and ‘03, neither of which wowed. Have had far better experiences with even off-vintage Lynch Bages.

Also, Rauzan Segla seems a bit low.

NoahR

Still just sad I’ll be out of town for all the festivities…
Pour one out for me!

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I am sadly out of town for a conference in California that weekend and likely don’t return until Sunday morning.

Sorry to miss!

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