Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Michael, Well, apparently, there’s lychee in them Hermitage. Just to add to that, Marina, also picked up some tropical fruit, way before our waitress shared her “lychee’ view. I’m in the camp that believes that women, in general, have a keener sense of taste and smell, hence I won’t disagree with th...

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Below freezing temperatures relegated cold-weary us to staying in, with home-cooked meals, and Netflix dvds. Meals included canned cassoulet, cavatelli with heavy tomato-based and sweet Italian sausage sauce, canned corned beef and dry-aged shell steaks. We decided on a last-minute cancellation of a...

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I, too, enjoyed my bottle of the 1981 Ducru Beaucaillou, consumed in October of last year. My TN, also posted here: 1981 Ch. Ducru-Beeaucaillou, Saint-Julien Earthy, leafy herb, leather and tobacco nose. A well-stored bottle showing good bursts of acidity, with some good slight green notes, mineral,...

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My foray into 2006, a vintage where I deliberately did not buy any (futures or secondary), did not leave me very impressed. It's OK, but I personally don't have much enthusiasm to rush out and buy. I did scout winesearcher.com for the Lynch Bages, but still did not pull the trigger. Here are some TN...

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Blanquito,
So, how are the 2000 Cantemerle drinking nowadays?
RC

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So, Garnet has a 10% off on mixed case reds (15% off on solid case reds) and I included a few of these with my order. With discount, my price was just under $18 per. A good price, imho, and I may go for more since the sale lasts until March iirc. Here's my TN: TN: 2006 Fattoria Monsanto Chianti Clas...

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Jon,

Yes, extended for 1 more day .... and I succumbed. Again.
Guess what? A late breaking email showing more wines (mostly Bddx) added.
When will the madness stop!

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A good sale, imho.

I went for a few Italian stuff:
2004 G Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia
2004 Mascarello Monprivato
1999 G Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia

and a terific Right Bank:
2001 La Conseillante

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Ah Certan De May 1985 - what a legend that wine is - drank my last one a few years back - was that a byo Ramon or on the list? It was byo'd and I brought this bottle from NY . Over the years that I've travelled to the Philippines, I find that most restaurant wine lists are terrible and obscenely ma...

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Stuart, Wow, I really like with your way of “dabbling into Italian wines lately”. The quality and breadth are impressive. Thanks for the terrific notes. I had tasted very few Giacosas and they are mostly on the young side. Looks like you’re a fan. I’ve not had one, but would almost expect that the 2...

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I'm glad you also liked your dinner at Maialino, in spite of your waitress. we had a very good wait staff during our dinenr, pretty much what I had come to expect at the good Danny Meyer restaurants. Thanks for the notes on the Quintarelli Ca del Merlo. I don't recall having had one before, but I im...

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...and the excellent Leoville Barton 2002 for $35! Just to lower the ante by just a bit, my 2002 Leoville Barton were purchased for $31. I hope they're at least close to being excellent as the $35 ones (still a very good price for this wine). Btw, I’ve been spotting some positive recent TNs on the ...

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Though most of my '05 Bdx from PC have come in, I'm still waiting on a mixed case - La Fleur de Gay, Hosanna, Angelus, L'Eglise Clinet. Haven't given up on them yet, though this is the longest I've ever waited on them for Bdx futures. Hmmm. A pattern? I'm also waiting on my '05 Right Bank wines fro...

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A belated posting on a few Bordeaux drank during dinner at Aubergine Restaurant in Fort Bonifacio, Philippines. All wines were BYOB'd. 2003 Ch. Carbonnieux Blanc, Pessac-Leognan Purchased at a local wine store at a very steep premium, but I was hard-pressed to come up with a white Bordeaux starter f...

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Jacques,
They have a $13 corkage fee, fyi. Easily, the best deal in town today.
The fish and chicken dishes, be it in the pasta/primi or secondi were good. I had a delicious Roman ox-tail stew.
Enjoy.

Ramon

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Oh, and I'd also like to hear what others feel about their preferences between Tuscany and Piedmont wines.

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Stuart, Thanks for the comment. Jon provided a good explanation and I agree with what he wrote. I also like both nebbiolo and sangiovese wines, but to be more granular, my preference rests on the type of food that I will be having. Well, up until a year ago when there was the barrage of postings on ...

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A work-week-ending Friday dinner at Maialino Trattoria in the Gramercy area with Marina, Lynda and Eric. The restaurant, the latest venture by Danny Meyer of Eleven Madison and Shake Shack fame and which created a recent buzz with a favorable review in the NY Times, provided close-to-excellent wine ...

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We visited Vieux Chateau Certan and La Conseillante in Pomerol about 3 years ago. Their respective proprietors/winemakers took us through their grounds, facilities, operations and sampling of past bottles and including the ones in the barrel. Very cordial, informal and welcoming. One of them even se...

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TNs: Dinner with Spanish Reds at The Goose Station, 01/06/2010 The reds were provided by Jun B. 1978 Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albina Gran Reserva The cork on this bottle was hardly saturated at all. The wine was deep plum red with just the slightest of transparency near the rim. Mature nose of leather,...

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Chasse-Spleen wrote: I'll have to try the Felsina CC '06. I'm sure it's great. My favorite was the '01.

i liked the '06 Felsina CC, Here is my posted notes:

http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... 6395#p6395

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Congratulations Chasse!
Nicely written and done well.

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Thanks for the notes.
It's good to see that another 2002 from the Medoc progressing nicely.

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Thanks for the photos.
BWE'rs in action in Manhattan - neither snow nor sleet will keep us from our appointed rounds.

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BWE Bordeaux Vintages 1995 and 2000 Holiday Dinner Allegretti’s Restaurant, NYC December 19, 2009 On a cold and snowy New York night, 7 cheery men convened at this Chelsea restaurant for an evening of some French-Mediterranean dishes and to take a pulse-check on two Bordeaux vintages that have gene...

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JimHow wrote:Do we ever see negative notes about Ducru? Almost never.

I recently had a good 1981 (TN posted). Am looking forward to uncorking a '98 very soon.

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Hey Blanquito, Thanks for the response. I've everything set up and we're good to go at Allegretti's on Saturday with 7 pm start. Still 9 persons, right? Here's how the menu will look like: Choice of 2 apps (decided on Saturday - we change our prix fixe each day) ** pasta mid course ** Choice of Entr...

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Blanquito/Jim,
PM sent again.

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Blanquito wrote:To warm these puppies up, I'm going to double decant my wines Saturday mid-morning and put the cork back in.

Good idea. I'll do the same for the reds that I'll be bringing.
Fyi, and if you remember, they provide decanting services at Allegretti's.

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JimHow wrote:The Beasts of Pauillac-- 2000 Lynch Bages and 1995 Grand Puy Lacoste-- are resting comfortably in the cellar in preparation of the big night....

Yessss!
Having my bottles pulled and delivered from the offsite storage.

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And where can we go in NYC that is corkage friendly? A few suggestions: Fabio Piccolo Fiore , 44th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. BWE should have enough clout by now to hold a corkage-free dinner at this Italian restaurant in Midtown East. If you call, ask for Tiziano. Decanting service and passab...

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Nice guitar tidbits, Chris. Good to know who's strumming with what guitar.
I know we talked/emailed about this before, but I'm still looking forward to doing a few bottles at casual local places. Hey, if there's a great live band on stage, the better.

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Good call, Chris -- one fading into the sunset and one whose sun hasn't even risen, but some dinners are like that. '82 du Tertre was a really tough customer for a long time -- at least two decades. I'd give the wine a much longer life expectancy since it took 20 years to come together... Actually,...

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Would have loved to join, but I'm out-of-town for the whole week.

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1982 Ch. du Tertre, Margaux Deep ruby and plum color. What a nose! Leather, wet earth, cigar and fresh meat. Ripe fruit, sweet fine tannin, slight acidity. Medium bodied, this wine is smooth as silk and easy to drink. This bottle is drinking well, but I think this is pretty much it and I'd be drink...

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Lot's of '89 being mentioned so far. The NYC '89 tasting has shown how great a vintage is when all the wines we had, imho, were good-to-terrific. Even my worst wine during the tasting, which I don't even remember because everything seemed so good, would likely rise to the occasion when tasted with w...

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Favourite song: The Get Yer Ya-Yas version of Jim's song is very good, especially the second half but I cannot chose it because it is blasphemous so its Gimme Shelter Not the best video, but this live version of Gimme Shelter in a 1972 concert highlighted MIck Taylor's explosive guitar work - http:...

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Also went long (1 1/2 cases on Rhone is going "long" for me) on 2007, but no Vieux Donjon nor Vieux Telegraphe.

Blanquito: I went long on the 2005 VD. Loved it when tasted on release.

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The Get Yer Ya-Yas version of Jim's song is very good, especially the second half but I cannot chose it because it is blasphemous so its Gimme Shelter The second half is when they let Mick Taylor do his thing. But, I have to say that the Samba beat that Keith Richards suggested in the studio record...

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Patrick/Jim,
Pm sent.

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