Oh man. I have a mixed case of Lafite that I will drink in my seventies. The 2000 sounds sublime.

Man, dare I say it?
This wine, so far at least, is as boring as a 1993 Batailley.
I mean, it is just showing nothing so far.
I can't even say it is "bad," because there doesn't seem to be anything, good or bad.
Let's see if the pie de la whoopie can bring anything out.

Let's see if this is any good. The Sucker likes it, so it must be good.
On the first taste it is not offensive. A little shy on the bouquet at the outset.

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My limited impression of this property is that it is Lanessan-like.

Kind of sad.

Boy the 2009 d'Escurac is a nice little $20 Medoc, no? Is this wine always this good, or is this just a case of not being able to make bad wine in 2009? Beautiful left bank nose, nice depth on the palate. Tasted 3 times so far, very consistent. 90 points, excellent QPR.

I'm going to try the 2009 d'Escurac tonight for the third time at my Thursday night steak dinner with my father.
I really liked this $20 wine the first two times, I really want to examine it and see if it is as solid as it appears.

Hey, me and my buddy Bobby Parker think the 2010 is a mid-80-point wine....
He's The Man.

Wow, you fancy big city lawyers....

Well of course it is young, Alex, it was consumed to determine whether I want to buy more. I'm just a country lawyer from Maine (see Oxford County Courthouse, where I was practicing this morning), I don't just buy cases of wine based on how pretty the chateau is! Thanks for the report, Dan, I would ...

Looks like He did not even review the 2010 La Louviere, probably not a good sign.

I paid like $43 in NH, too much.
Curious, what does HWSRN say about this ?

This wine is thin. I'll generously give it 88 points because it does have a nice nose and, though boring, has a touch of elegance to it. Not at all what I expected from a 2010, based on what I've read.

This wine could very well be a Jean-Nicolas-Maltais type of wine, but I'm still reserving judgment.

I'm definitely not getting any big bad 2010 1986-like tannins. This wine is not "big."

The color is lovely, a healthy ruby/purple.
Distinctively Graves like on the nose, that alone scores it a couple points.

This wine seems a little light to me, it is walking a fine line between unappealing thinness and appealing elegance.

Not doing a lot for me at the outset, let's see if it puts on some weight with dinner.
Nice Graves nose, I'll give it that much.

I know nothing about how this wine is rated, just picked it up in NH.
My first 2010....

Situated between Falite Mothchild and Cheval de la Blanc.

Lol!

As always, I just tell it the way I see it, without agenda.
If I think HWSRN is right, I say so. If I think he's wrong, I say so.
Thought the Fieuzal performed well tonight. Good depth, beautiful perfume.
Outperformed a cranky 2001 Montelena from half bottle.
A Thursday night upset!

1986 Talbot is indeed greatness.

Great report, Agent Rychlewski.
Sounds like Burgundy has their act together more than Bordeaux.

PJs has the excellent 2006 for $69.

Amen! The DC crew have it down.

I have 6 of these puppies resting in my cellar.

Yeah baby!

That seems high to me David.
Following up on BobbyG, the excellent 2006 can still be had for under $60.

Yes. we'll make a final decision in early fall, but I would say it's DC in 2014.

I don't think TCA is a myth, but I think the prevalence of it is. When I look at cellartracker and other sources, I see a very high prevalence of TCA. We've had extremely low percentages of damaged bottles among the thousands we have uncorked at BWE events over the last 13 years, much, much lower th...

Ho hum, yet another BWE convention and yet another weekend of virtually no corked wines.
The myth that is corked wine continues.

We'll see you in DC Omar!

Wow! Congratulations! Very exciting news.

The first time I ever even heard of Haut Bailly was when you brought the 1990 to Chicago '01, Nic, t was a beauty.

Sounds like a catastrophe of epic proportions.

It was a lot of fun hanging out with you and Danielle, Danny, it had been too long.
I'm all for France '15!

I'm just a country lawyer.

In impressed by the iPhone pictures.
Who needs a camera anymore?