marcs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:46 am Let’s get to the important question - who’s the cutie in the miniskirt?

“Hey, Sugar! I thought this wine wasn’t chaptalized!”

I think 2019 Montrose is the choice that should meet in the middle of what most want. We can always do a 2020 next year once more people have had time to try them and weigh in. When is this going to be formalized? Only asking because I figured some of us might like to pick up a bottle or six before...

In all fairness, towards the very end, the nose developed very nicely, a saving grace — a proper decant would have served that bottle well. On review: CFSS -2. After work today, engaged the 2020 Lilian Ladouys. Another pnp, Riedel Grand Cru Bordeaux glass like before, but this was immediately likabl...

With apologies for that obviously “vinfluenced” title, one of my great discoveries on this board was that peculiar pairing of Bordeaux with burger. Thus, I decided to give the 2020 second wine of Chateau Calon Segur, le Marquis de Calon Segur, a try, against a bacon cheeseburger from a certain quinp...

I’m always interested to see how folks here tally their likes and dislikes for wine; if I understand this one correctly, it’s an easy indicator to essentially show a given wine is more pro than con or more con than pro, ranging from not-flawed-plonk to epiphany, no? Was it a year or two ago somebody...

While I’m more a reader of this forum than a contributor, I’m in the middle of a long layover at the airport in Madrid, and cannot resist sharing my initial impressions: Well. So much for wine as the bottled geography of a particular place. Frankenwine! An abomination of international anonymity? Or ...

Thanks to a sale, picked up one mag of ’16 Gruaud Larose for ~$110, and one mag of ’08 Philipponnat Clos de Goises Extra Brut for ~$275. We’ll see if they make it down to DC later this month…

Hi all, I searched the forum to see if anyone had posted this already, and nothing turned up. The attached table is taken from the first US English language edition of the Larousse Gastronomique, from the early 1960s. As I understand it, this is a translation (with some amendments) of the original F...

Coincidentally enough (yes, really! Poured into a Riedel Burg Grand Cru glass right before checking back on this website), I’m sipping ’20 Lapierre Morgon right now; per the back-bottle information, this one does contain sulfites. Had it before, I’m sure I will drink more again on another occasion. ...

Thomas W. My last hotel in DC shortly before the pandemic was the Watergate, which I loved, although it’s a little off the beaten path if anyone wants to avail themselves of the wonderful museums in town during their stay. Thanks, I’ll certainly bring 6. Is the Thursday night dinner traditionally th...

Alright, count me in for both days. Will probably arrive the day prior, and depart the day after. Is there going to be a common hotel I should try to book? And is 6 bottles a good number to bring?

Who knows, maybe I’ll show up with some bottles… what’s the customary number to bring?

All contingent on whether or not I’m heading down to Mexico around this time, but I’d not… would love to see you folks in person!

Ha! I think sometimes I suffer from “vinpatience” — finding myself unable to wait one or two decades to try such wines.

Second bottle this past Saturday night, at a restaurant, with a friend. This time, I opted to decant for two hours in advance, to see what we’d get as a result. Following some hearty appetizers and cocktails (old fashioned and mojito for me), we tasted and drank the wine over two hours, first with a...

I tried this match-up back in December, over dinner with a friend at a restaurant that happily permits corkage, we both had steak alongside the wines. I supplied both wines, each decanted for two hours prior to the dinner. La Conseillante went to bat first, and seemed like low-key class; I enjoyed t...

Another tasty 2018 Cantemerle, to share with a friend next week.

RE Sancerre, while I have a state liquor system (monopoly) to deal with, they’ve had a very decent selection (and decently priced) in the 13 and under ABV class. Love ’em.

Hi all. I’ve not yet been to France, but with the strain of bureaucracy weighing a little heavy lately, I am giving serious thought to traveling out to the land of Bordeaux in November. Have any of you been to Bordeaux in November? Good time, or bad time, to visit? Thanks to greatbdxfreak’s recent v...

Finally tried a bottle with friends over dinner out this past Thursday night, following ’08 La Grande Dame and ’17 Trimbach Frederic Emile. Paired with filet/foie, ’18 Cantemerle delivered the goods. Definitely picking up more of this one.

Hi all — I’ve read through this thread a few times over the last several months, and something finally occurred to me… For all the Bordeaux wine spreadsheets over the years, has anybody ever made one for abv? Structured by Chateau/vintage on the horizontal axis, abv on the vertical axis? Since there...

My first plunge in this thread… I wrote no formal notes, but thought I’d record a few impressions anyway. Over the weekend and then some, with friends I visited a few states over, all in Conterno Sensory glasses: 2005 Calon Segur — from the first day. Unfortunately, only decanted for 30 min, then dr...

I haven’t tried any ’18 Bordeaux yet, but Cantemerle was my first love. Now I’ll have to try a bottle out. How long would you recommend to decant?

Yields look alright in the best parts of the Medoc. https://janeanson.com/en-primeur-2021-yields Appears to the case. Saint-Estèphe and satellites further north have done ok it seems. An early report here by Panos - https://cluboenologique.com/story/2021-bordeaux-en-primeur/ Unless pricing drops ba...

1x ’96 GPL en magnum, from Blacksmith’s.

1x ’09 Jadot Amoureuses, from Flickinger’s — to be shared with a good friend later this month.

Thanks for the TN’s! So far, of the 2019’s EP, I’ve only ordered a case of Cantemerle, but intend to pick up a few others over the next year.

Looking forward to your Beaujolais TN’s as well, especially Foillard.

Thomas

Hi, Comte! Thanks for the welcome. I work for a state government agency on the East Coast of the US.

Thanks, all, for the welcome and the info! Probably going to pick up 6 + a magnum, in April. Nic, I’ve been meaning to check out the 2014 Sociando since reading about it here. To date, the only ‘14 that’s underwhelmed me was, surprisingly, the most recent BWE wine of the year! This could be due more...

Hi all, I’ve lurked BWE for a few years now, this is my first post. I owe a great debt to BWE for piquing my curiosity in the 2014 vintage, and have enjoyed a number of great bottles with friends as a result; per Decanter and other sources, the 2014 Chateau Latour (Grand Vin) has been released to ma...