Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Dandersson

Sounds like a wonderful night with many great bottles of Calon Segur! Happy Birthday to Jan!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Thanks for sharing Arv,
Interesting read!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Happy Birthday Bill! Enjoy your wines!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Tak Izak, I am looking forward to reading about your future tastings of 2020 and hopefully 2019 in the bottle. Very much appreciated!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Izak, Thank you I have been reading it as it has developed on your site. Very informative and interesting. Also a big thank you for your recommendation of La Lagune 2017, wow what a wine! It is easily the best of the 2017s, that I have had so far. Have you heard anything from Bordeaux regarding the ...

Dandersson

Finished of the Bordeaux Superior and the SA Bordeaux imitation, Nowhere near great. Not bad but not my stuff. probably around 81-82ish. Did open a cheapish Graves. And it is doing great. Will write more later, to tired now. Keep drinking my friends!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

I would have to go for Ridge, but I have not had them in awhile. I sometimes enjoy Beringer Knights Valley Cab. Have had some good Shiraz/Syrah from Penfolds, Montes Alpha, and Torbreck. Don't have a strict price limit for new world wines but I tend to go Bordeaux and Northern Rhone when I spent mor...

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Jim, I have a couple of weeks until my second shot, then I will be ready for party! Let me know if you plan to be in the greater DC area, would be fun to meet up, and enjoy some good Bordeaux wine . I will eventually visit Maine again but will not be able to travel until earliest this winter for oth...

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Chris, yes it is better than the FL I had tonight, still I am paying a bit more than that but yes I am sticking to the Haut Medoc from now. I have a bottle of the Pierre de Montignac and might order more.
Thank you!
btw Love your cars!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Thank you Jim, So happy to see your dedication for justice!
For me as a newish US citizen this means a lot, thank you!
Hope to join you for some great wines when you get down to the DC/MD area.

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Nic, yes while not really bad, still didn't give me enough of what I want. A bit more gets me Ch LT, and a couple of $ over that and I am up at my beloved Ch Lilian Ladouys. I just feel I am trying to cheap out, in order to put the money into the future cellar....always a struggle but a good one.

Dandersson

I hope this can be fixed somehow, for very personal reasons I was hoping for a great 2021.

Dandersson

Tonight I am drinking Ch Feret-lambert 2018 vs Rupert & Rothschild Classic 2017, of course not great wine we normally see posts about here. It is my quest to find wine I can drink while my wines in my small but growing cellar matures. Ch. Feret Lambert, 90% merlot, 14 month oak aged, started out...

Dandersson

Hi Ian, Thank you very impressive analysis and very appreciated and inspirational. Many of those wine are way above my price range. I am somewhat surprised that you would not have Ch Lagrange in the ranking, from my very limited experience it comes a lot higher than Ch Gloria. Thank you! Great post!...

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Todays delivery:
Alain Voge Cornas Les Chailles 2018
Brolio Chianti Classico 2017
Chapoutier Crozes Hermitage Petite Ruche 2017
Ch La Cardonne 2016
Ch La Garde 2015
Jaboulet Hermitage La Maison Bleue 2016

Dandersson

Yes Jim, Caroline Frey certainly knows what she is doing. I am definitely going to start adding Ch La Lagune to my cellar. This was my first experience with La Lagune, and I am very impressed. If I remember it correctly I think Izak was a big fan of their 2017 also.

Dandersson

Somehow was away from the BWE forum for awhile, but from memory, I have been testing some of the 2017 lately. Ch Pibran 2017, very typical Pauillac fruit dark berries, black currant, very good flavors but lacks the tannic grip 88+ Ch Gloria 2017, actually a bit disappointed, clear dark fruit and oak...

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Yes Jim, I think the Cantemerle 2014 had the edge over the 2016. I have not had the 2015. From my limited experience 2015 as a vintage is not as good as 14/16.

Dandersson

Thanks Chris, looking forward to trying it soon. Sounds like it will be able to develop for sometime. Hopefully I will be able to not drink them all young.

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Nic, Yes in general I do agree that second wines can be a bit of a let down in some cases, especially considering the sometimes high price. Sarget has though for me been rather impressive even as a QPR had amongst others the 2008 last year and it was great. Interesting that you would mention Pibran,...

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Blanquito, I agree Ch Musar is awesome. In my home country it is available for about $45 but I can't go back to visit anytime soon. Thinking about ordering some of the wines there to be delivered to my mom or sister. On the topic of Hochar, have you tried that one? I haven't and kind of interested t...

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Blanquito, Are you referring to Ch Musar from Lebanon? If so where can you find that for less than $50? I would buy! Not sure that "great" is really going to be a clear enough description for what you are looking for. For me a great wine is most likely going to be a lot less "great&qu...

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As many others have suggested drink a bottle and make up your mind. If you don't love it sell and buy 2014 Ch Cantemerle for money that you get for Canon.

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Chianti Classico Cecchi 2017, Cherry! nice balance on the fresh/acid side as a chianti should be. I like this wine, it is complex enough to enjoy, clean fruity and will go well with the Chicken cordon blue. A nice wine 85-87? Yes, Chris please let us know more about Ch Lilian Ladouys 2018, I am wait...

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My resolution is to buy more Bordeaux than I drink. Second resolution is to drink more Bordeaux than last year. Third resolution in to go for the 2020 Futures if prices and quality looks good.

Dandersson

Bought 5 bottles of cheap chianti today.

Dandersson

Les Tourelles de Longueville 2014, Nice fruit smell with clear cassis perfume. This has a nice but not big body, Very good fruit, it is rather open and well balanced with nice soft tannins good acidity. This likely due to the higher amount of Merlot reminds me of Lilian Ladouys. It might improve wit...

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Tonight, Jaboulet Dom de Thalabert 2017. I did review this wine before somewhere and I will try to find that thread later to update. Because! This is a very good wine, I must have gotten a corked bottle before. The smell of great dark fruit, dense, nice hints of smoke. Taste of layered dark fruit ty...

Dandersson

Wow Jim! Thanks for the tasting note, feeds my desire for Pichon Baron!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Great choice Jim. Leoville Barton's reputation for being a great strictly traditional left bank wine producer is well deserving the attention and reward.
Don't have the 2016 but exited to have the 2019 Future to be delivered.

Happy Friday!

best, Dan

Dandersson

I am a big Pichon Baron fan and happy to bring one to any tasting Dan attends (I have brought several to our DC get-togethers before). The 2000 and/or another vintage if desired. I have been somewhat disappointed in 2005 and 2016 compared to 2000, but hoping that age fixes that. the 2000 PB is my f...

Dandersson

Dan, I’m not sure where you are in MD but the next time the MD/DC BWE crew gets together you should try to join us. I suspect a Pichon Baron is likely to show up. I would love to join you guys next time you get together! I am in the MD area close to DC so, once vaccinated I will absolutely try to f...

Dandersson

If I could afford it... Pichon Baron 1990 Pichon Baron 2000 Pichon Baron 2010 or 2016 Best, Dan I'm a big fan of Pichon Baron Dan, although I have had slightly mixed results with the 1990 recently. I would throw the 2005 in there, that was a very good wine, and I preferred it at the BWE 20th in Mar...

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I still have seven bottles of the 2000 from my case, Dan, it is absolutely stunning. I'll be happy to save one for you if we ever meet up. We had the 2010 at the estate at our trip there in 2015, I think it is going to be a legendary wine. I have one bottle in my cellar. I've got to get at least a ...

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Jim, for me Pichon has always been my first growth. Never afforded the first growth and don't think I will do it now when I potentially could. My dad ordered me the 1993 (weak year) Pichon on a glass in Copenhagen back in the days and it was the most amazing wine I had enjoyed at that time. Best, Dan

Dandersson

If I could afford it...
Pichon Baron 1990
Pichon Baron 2000
Pichon Baron 2010 or 2016

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Nic, could not agree more. I could see it worth for me to go way over the normal budget on a Pauillac wine that I love. But no way I would do it for other regions that I am feeling so so about. But generally my answer would be no. Mostly because for me if I can get a wine that blows me away for $40-...

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I like my Riedel glasses for nicer wines. I feel it makes a difference from other wine glasses that I have.

Dandersson

EP 2019
Branaire-Ducru 1*375ml
Grand Puy Lacoste 2*375ml
Leoville Barton 1*375ml
Lynch Bages 1*375ml
DdC 1*375ml.

That will be the last of the 2019 for me.
Have a great evening!

Best, Dan

Dandersson

Thanks, all done to the best of my knowledge. Looks like I really need to start trying more of the 5th growths. Or just drinking more in general. JoelD, well at least you seem to have a great knowledge of the upper part of the classification, trying to rank the left bank I realized that the last pa...

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