Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

...This wine finished strong. I'm so inexperienced in Rhones I'm reluctant to describe it, but it had everything I'm looking for in wine... Nice body, balance, ripeness, and the 14% alcohol didn't seem to interfere. Nothing thin or short about it. Definitely worthy of the high RMP rating, I think he...

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Thanks for the report, finner. It just goes to show that, as great as the 2000 vintage was, in the end the limitations of terroir take over. I've had similar experiences with a couple other 2000 St. Emilions, Ferrand Lartigue and Corbin. You get the impression that these wines were stretched as far ...

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Phil Reeve, as Manny Ramirez would say, has "brought us to another level."

This guy is really something!

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The emoticon with the cheesy Latin accent....

Oh that drew a laugh out loud...

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Yes, Scott, Jackdaw actually posted a tasting note on the '96 Pontet-Canet in the first 48 hours of the existence of BWE in February 2000.
It is fitting that we met with Alfred Tesseron a couple years ago, it is a classic BWE wine from the appellation of Pauillac.

JimHow

I have the '95 GPL, Bob, I'm in!

JimHow

I'm sure I'm going to miss some, and I welcome BWEers to chime in with their own lists, but here are my Top Ten BWE moments that are coming to mind, among hundreds, from the past nine years. #20. The BWE Harvard Professors Back in 2004 we had a young undergraduate from Harvard who joined our site br...

JimHow

I've had some lovely Rhones over the years.
This '07 Domaine "La Garrigue", for example, is quite nice.
What I sometimes have trouble getting my arms around, including with this 14% effort, are the alcohol levels.

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Sounds good, I'm very excited about this feature.

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I bought a few bottles of this from PJs. Sipping on it before dinner, it seems to have nice body and ripeness, a nice spicy character, lovely deep purple color. Not a bad little wine for twelve bucks. Let's see how it performs during dinner....

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I'm totally with you on that one Alch, I don't like avatars. But... I'm willing to listen to the arguments.

Sincerely,
JimHow
The Kinder and Gentler

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Alch... It is part of our effort to offer a "kinder and gentler" BWE. We felt it was important to keep the discussions among the managers concerning the decision-making process, in case anyone might be interested. My screen is purplish, I wouldn't call it pink. We can examine the issue tho...

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It has been too long, we'll do it in the not too distant future.

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I'm sipping on a Rhone as I write this, Ian, gonna come back and read your notes in a bit.

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Welcome aboard Albert! I hope to see you, Michael, and all the Massachuchians in both Maine and Boston in '09!

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...Well, I don't know, DavidG, I bought that 1918 Haut Brion and the Red Sox have won two World Series since.

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Professor Peterson: Hope you can make it, I haven't seen you guys in ages! In fact, last time may have been the Harvard class.

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87 new members in the first 24 hours, not too shabby!

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Looks like its back, Hound.

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We're checking into it, Hound.

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Hmmm I don't see it either.

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I'm glad to see Mike McNamara back on board, I'll never forget when we taught that wine class at Harvard, Mike leading a tasting of the '89 Lynch Bages in front of a class of Harvard undergraduates, describing all of its nuances, was one of my greatest wine experiences. It was absolutely brilliant, ...

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We'll uncork some Lynch, Mike!

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Stefan, the futures price for 2006 La Lagune is $46.97 at PJs, in case you're interested.

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Nic, I think this is going to turn into a spectacular weekend, we'd love to have the three of you! I'll give you, MC and Simone first dibs on the bigger space bedroom if you want.

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Welcome aboard, Nic!
How is the family doing!
How's the temperature up your way?

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That's some great work there, Phil!

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i won't take "no" for an answer, Susan!

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Yeah well I'm not shedding any tears for you, stefan. We're getting 16 inches of snow tomorrow. It was 41 below zero yesterday in northern Maine.

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Would love to have you up here, Michael!

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Would love to have you Andy... I'm gonna put some thoughts together over the coming months and we'll see if we can get some options together for a late summer weekend.

JimHow

79 new members in about 16 hours, that's beyond my wildest expectations.

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Thank you for the report Agent PappaDoc. I think I'll give the 2006 Lynch a try, I passed on the '05. When can we expect it to hit the shelves?

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Excellent, Werner! Can't wait to meet Tessa!

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I'll keep an open mind about it, but I think we have such a classy look here right now on the site, I hate to see it compromised.

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Welcome, Eric, PappaDoc, Werner and Kim!
Werner and Kim were two of the very first BWEers within the first primordial hours of the existence of BWE back in the winter of 2000... and here they still are, nine years later!

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Man, we've had 70 people join the site in six hours. I wonder how many people gave up over the years due to log in issues.

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mr. blanquito, welcome.
we are home!

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It was awkward at that Tesseron dinner last year Rick. It's a freakish beast, but I agree with Bill, I think it is going to end up evolving positively over the longterm, two decades or more.

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Danny, you ended up coming to Maine? I think I was out of the country the week you came up.
We'll have to make sure we do it next September, we'll show you and PatrickDL and another dozen or so BWEers a good time!

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