Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

CJD

The 1995 Gruaud Larose - a real treat. Perfect bottle. Real 1995 tannin & fruit combo. Boatloads of Gruaud personality a lot of secondaries: flowers, saddle leather, forest, potpourri etc. A 94 point wine with lots of life ahead & lots of character. but then...... The Meyney 2014. wtf. What ...

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Hey greatbx In many ways you are right. I’m not a big taster. Prefer to enjoy the greatest wine regions bounty by the bottle at home shared with friends & family mostly around the table with food - been doing it since the late 1970’s. France Bwe 2020.......I wish!!!! I’m fairly new to this group...

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The recent decade of big bdx years produced wines that are heavy, formulaic and indistinguishable from each other. I like to be able to select a Margaux that tastes like it came from Arsac or somewhere along the D2 unlike a recent d’angludet 2016 that might as well have been from Howell mountain. Fo...

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Not sure who needs to line up for Fr. Flaneurs confessionals or who incurred the wrath of JH on the passive aggressive front. I was super hyped to join the group on this bdx trip but not realizing the fellowship extended to so many long timers. So, should any of the top 20 dropout and I could be add...

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Ha, ya I agree, for sure but that was the 5th century......no snakes, no Norman’s yet....& most importantly no other island invaders. 2020 ....one needs to work & maximize I was all set for this trip but someone decided on the only week in the year I cannot do. St Patrick or not I simply can...

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2006’s - At 13 - kinda tasty right now. Saturating fruit & quite creamy so still youthful, the 2006s can be broached over the next few years. Proviso....Limited tastings! But A Prieure Lichine 06 & a Carbonieux 06 both revealing youthful dark fruit character with a modern spin but in a good ...

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I’m more than happy to take on some of the organizations.....but I simply cannot do the week of March 15th. It’s St Patrick’s day that week.....for Gods sake.
I can do any other week in the year!

CJD

Love port but only well aged,vintage & esp around the holidays....but in small quantities. Gary’s note above, right on the money for me, with Graham’s ( loved 83, now love 85 )one of my favs. I’m a fan of half bottles as you can let sit for a few weeks over the hols & dip in, now & again...

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Ha & ouch Every now & again one needs to inject an element of hope into ones posts. & why not too! ‘Book ticket & show up’ - isn’t it how it is for a new bwe? Not inclined to read too much into the heavy sarcasm not having met. Been to Bordeaux many times so more than capable of book...

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Struggled with Brane & it’s neighbor Catanac Brown in the 2000s. Found them ultra rustic. Must try 14 Brane & beyond.

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Ok thought we were shooting for last week of March.
Cannot do week of 16th
Can do week before commencing 9th. Or 23rd

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Getting a little ahead of the game but for me,the joyful part, by appellation & considering previous visits, a dream week wish list to visit. Cos or Montrose & Meyney Beychevelle & Lagrange. Would also really enjoy leovil Barton but that’s been done. I think Beychevelle do the full hospi...

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.....but what to buy?

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I’m in.
Not one to admit to getting older but......if I could also lobby for a more leisurely agenda. Having a free afternoon midweek away from the vineyards would help reboot the system also.
Some Château lunch/dinners a must.
Otherwise good to go with the flow.
CJ

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Would love this to be my first bd meet. Not sure how to keep the embers aglow on this idea as a newbie but if I can help in anyway would be happy to do so. I guess we do have time.

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Ok......I’ve really enjoyed most 2003 & still do. The Pichons, Montrose, Beychevelle, Barton & Lagrange are wonderful & what’s not to like about all that Bordeaux fruit....We probably should get accustomed to it. A few not so ie durcru, along with some st emillion & Lynch disappointe...

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What do you continue to buy & enjoy & what’s forever & never in your checkout basket? Prompted by Compte’s tasting I’m perhaps pre programmed on my bdx avoids. 91, 92,93,94,97. With hesitation but have enjoyed some 80,81,84,87. Great bdx drinking wines ‘88, ‘98, ‘02 ‘04. Of course 2001 i...

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A tasting for the bravest amongst us. I’m an off vintage buyer but having lived through these wines I ranked it as a low in the Bordeaux repertoire. I’d love to know from anyone who lived through the joys of young 70s Bordeaux to see how they compared - young. I disagree that these wines were better...

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I usually go cold turkey in January due to a bit of over indulgence around the holidays. Also will avoid for a few weeks throughout the year just for the rest. I rarely drink sun to thurs as I like having a clear work head. However the one thing I find that is so vitally important...... exercise. Wa...

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Hi Alex There’s a lot here that I can relate to. The Camino sounds like quite the trek. I have spent quite a bit of time on the French side of the Pyrenees & plan on spending more down the line. Trekking across to Spain is on my agenda. By the way the perfect evening, with great food, always sta...

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I started so I should prob finish. To get a good feeler for the joys of St Julien, Lagrange delivers for me. If I want to pay $100 a bottle and upwards I am spoilt for choice with the Barton’s, Beychevelle’s or $150+ for the las cases & ducru. Or indeed any of the illustrious neighbors a short d...

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A stellar line up indeed. A knock on the door of a First Growth abode in the Paulliac hood would be a very fitting finale to such a trip or do they not take pre planned tastings on this scale any more.

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I’d do it.
Last week I drank prieure lichine 2006 that endured the 100 degree fed ex trek from Cal to OH for 3days. None the worse for it.

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Would love to join the crew for this trip.
Understand newbies might be back of the queue and also get & agree with where Compte is coming from.

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Didn’t the Lynch Bages recently acquire h bat?
Price rises on the way.

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Interesting. I’ve had such variation with the 1996. Absolutely agree with the superiority of the Leovils but for a lot more $. Beychevelle seems to have moved up the pyramid. Talbot I gave up on after the lovely ‘00. Again I come back to qpr. A recent ‘98 for $45 delivered the goods, few left banks ...

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I say Over but qpr is a big component. I first got switched on to St Julien in the form of 1989 Beychevelle. In its youth, a to die for wine with all the AOC typicity but with less power than the leovils & balanced finesse in spades. Around that time, early 90s , I happened upon a stash of 85 &a...

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Always have a soft spot for 1990. Something distinctive about the richness of the fruit that’s almost always recognizable. A previous bottle of this, perhaps a little excessively consumed,gave rise to a bleary morning after so this one approached with trepidation. Very dark color showing little of i...

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A Labegorce for the long haul. Very 2005 style of vintage in the polished creamy mode but giving little in the way of joy at present. Lovely youthful color,looking like it may taste medium or like a good burgundy. Nose needs a bit of poking to reveal the red fruits & a little Margaux whiff of th...

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It’s out for delivery this week Jim along with a batch of 2014 Labégorce that I will try alongside at the weekend. Based on a 2015 Giscours consumed recently I suspect the 15s & 16s will need a good 10 years to hit their stride. The giscours seemed closed and not all that light on its feet perha...

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Thanks David. Yes I think I have to speed type.

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Parker - not a fan. Created a monster that destroyed the price of Grand Cru Bdx. Created the run of current day reviewers who cut & paste 100 pointers after 3 sips of bdx EP. A current missed opportunity for someone to rewrite the bdx review book. Cannot get past buying Palmer in the 90s at 50 b...

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Wrote a really long Parker note but it did not post for some reason.

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Notes not posting. Don’t know why?

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Test?

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What’s bama?

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Tempted to take a punt on a few cases of this.

Loved 89,00 & a few older vintages admittedly when it was L. Zede.

Anyone tasted?

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All ready to go Blanquito. I haven’t had 79. I’ve tasted 04 & 05 many times & like both. They do pop up on winebid from time to time. Usually reasonably priced.

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Both very enjoyable & ready to go. The D’issan isn’t getting any better & won’t make old bones. Lots of cedar here. The Chevalier is very Graves, very Bdx & in a nice spot. I found a bottle 5 years ago layered, loaded and delicious. Now, resolved but with plenty of life ahead. Maybe the ...

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I like the 2016 Bouchard whites,Bourgogne & Pouilly Fuisse & are fairly widely available at good prices in the US. Haven’t tried their reds. Joesph Drouhin cotes de nuit can tick the Bourgogne box sometimes at this level. Neck pain. Had it for most of March & April. Pillows - I have ever...

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