Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

AlexR

Interesting that the 1990 should be ready to drink now.
I don't have any, but if I did I'd have been tempted to hold on to it.
I'll be interested to read your notes on the remaining bottles!

All the best,
Alex R.

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Hi Stefan, I wrote a letter. But a letter in which each word was carefully chosen. I also sent a photo of me holding an empty bottle of 61 Romanée-Conti (bought for $ 16.99 in upstate New York in the early 70s...) and referred to the fact that my father had visited several decades ago. All the best,...

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Although primarily a Bordeaux lover, I was nevertheless delighted to visit the Domaine de la Romanée Conti on Wednesday. This was the highlight of a ten-day trip to Burgundy, during which snow never left the ground. The domaine's cellars, located a stone's throw from the church in Vosne-Romanée, are...

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Happy New Year to you, Jim, and all BWEers.

I have seen several of you this year, and know that several of you will be coming to Bx. in 2010, and I am very much looking forward to it.

All the best,
Alex R.

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Hi Chris, Thanks for your notes. I am coming to the conclusion that fine Champagne just needs lots of time. Fortunately, however, drinking it before its time is rarely as negative as, let's say, a fine red wine. I had an 85 Bollinger RD over Christmas. This was ready to go, but I should hope so afte...

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Thanks for the notes and the vicarious Christmas cheer.

Please, seeing as I am not familiar with Italian wines, can someone give me a thumbnail description of Orena in its context:

- price
- reputation
- supposed aging potential

All the best,
Alex R.

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Jon,

Your experience is a great advertisment for French wines...

Not many wine producing countries can produce natural wines that are in such great form after three and four decades.

All the best,
Alex R.

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Hi, We had Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux with lunch. After hearing so much about Boulard Champagne on the UK WIne Pages forum I ordered a couple of cases at the beginnning of the month. It's good fizz, but I have noticed that both the half bottles and full bottles have more gas/bubbles than aver...

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Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for your notes.

Sorry, what does VT stand for, please?

I look forward to meeting you soon,
Alex R.

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There is buzz for the 07 vintage in CDP.
Simple as that.
People zero in on wines they are told are good (in this case, Parker) and many are willing to pay a significant premium for them.

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Hi Danny,

Thanks for sharing your notes. I can buy this wine in Bordeaux and may just go for it in light of your appreciation.

However, are you sure about the price? It seems to be much more expensive here.

All the best,
Alex

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Hi Jim, Wikipedia to the rescue again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_wine (hey, I use their site so much I am actually tempted to do something out of character and donate money to them). It seems to me that second wines in Sauternes are ones that generally have lower sugar levels. This also im...

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Enjoyed with Bresse chicken at lunch: Color: looking older than its age. Deep, with mahogany on the rim. Nose: Very typical of a fne St. Emilion: prune, leather, blackcurrant, humus, high-grade kirch. Wonderful. Palate: Very earthy on the palate as well as very rich and satisfying. My better half gu...

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Farenheit 9/11.

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Stefan,

OK, just one notch down then

))))))))))

Alex

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Jono, >>>this is like walking with a Vampire... will it bite you and take you to the dark side Did you just see the sequel to Twilight or what? :-). I served the 89 at a wine dinner last year when a well-known château owner did me the honor of coming to my house. It was delightful! When one sees the...

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I saw this article. I had a bunch of 2007s CDPs a week ago. They did not seem celestial to me, but then I am not really familiar with the appellation. One thing I will say, CDP wines have a decided advantage: they're good young, and they're good old. Also a bit "in your face". Wines for ou...

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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/3 ... dinner/?em

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Jono, >>>It feels a bit odd that although I love Old Claret, my first TN here should be about a Burgundy, but so be it! No one loves Bordeaux more than me, and It's a bit odd too that the meal we will share is all Burgundy and that I will be spending 10 days in the Côte d'Or in January... Anne Gros ...

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Hi Jono,

Glad to have you on-board.

Like most wine forums, we try to get together from time to time and do a litte tasting.

I'm not in the trade, but live in Bordeaux. It would be great to meet you next time you're in town.

All the best,
Alex R.

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A belated happy birthday to you! When will you leave your job and enjoy the good life? I, too, have a couple of special bottles that are waiting either for my 60th or, more likely, my retirement at 65+. The way things are going here, it's necessary to work longer and longer... while, at the same tim...

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Mac or PC?

Isnt' that a bit like:

- Bordeaux or Burgundy?

- Blonde or bruntette?

- Democrat or Republican?

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Thanks for sharing your notes.
Not one of St. Emilion's big movers and shakers, bu a dependabe wine in my experiencee.

I had a 2000 Bordeaux this weekend:

- 2000 Ch. Vernous

This was ready to drink.

It makes me think that many medium-range wines are OK to go.

Alex

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Ian,

There is something special about these great old wines enjoyed "non-competitively", just for what they are, with their lack of freshness offset by their subtlety, their whiff of nostalgia.

All the best,
Alex

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Harry Karis invited me to the launch of his book on Châteauneuf-du-Pape at the Macéo restaurant in Paris on Thursday. This involved a tasting with 20 producers and a meal to follow. My experience with CDP is fairly limited and, despite my efforts at open-mindedness, I admit to starting out with a pr...

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Thanks for your note, Nic.

Last time I had this wine was a long time ago, and it was not of the same calibre.

All the best,
Alex

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Peter,

Great news this morning to see you're back on BWE.

All the best,
Alex

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Jim, >>> think scores and so-called "experts" are utter and complete nonsense. Why don't you post that on the Squires board ;-)))))))))))))) ???????????? Seriously, there is, whether one likes it or not, some kind of hierarchy, some kind of semi-objective way of rating wines in the broades...

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I drink too few California wines... So, when I saw this wine for 20 euros at the local Auchan supermarket, and knowing its reputation, I jumped at the opportunity. I served it blind to my better half, who is no slouch when it comes to tasting. She thought it was a 2003 right bank Bordeaux, which is ...

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These comments call for serious tasting down the line. Ideally, it would contain a mixture of vintages so that people's prejudices would not get the better of them. Yes, agreed, some wines are top-heavy and overly alcoholic. But that is not the be-all and end-all of the vintage! Best regards, Alex R.

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Hi Michael, I always enjoy your posts :-). Comments: 66 Trotanoy: I'm only half surprised by this excellent showing. When you look at the price differential between Totanoy and Pétrus... 73 Pape Clément & 93 Léoville: The good showing from this "off" years warms the cockles of my heart...

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Hi Chris, I tend to root for the underdog, and Ruazan-Gassies is definitely in that category... I see that you're pretty go-ahead with the 2006, if not dithyrambic. There is so much potential there... Someday, someone is going to pour a heck of lot of money and expertise into that estate and turn it...

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Tom,

Utterly fascinating reading.

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to write such a detailed report.

I think I'll sneak away quietly before anyone notices that I haven't answered the question...

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Thanks Rob. Now that I know you're Rob, of course I know who you are!

Alex

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RDD, Could you please tell me your first name so I don't address you by your initials? Rick, Personally, I don't think I'd ever decant a Sauternes, but the old Suduiraut I tasted probably benefited from it. Although I rarely drink Sauternes that old, I'm nevertheless tempted to try it the next time....

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Tom, Congratulations to you and Gail. Every wine lover has had an experience such as yours, even if few of us have such wines in their cellar... It'll sting for a while and then it'll be more of an anecdote than anything else. Like the bottle of 70 Cheval Blanc I broke on the Paris métro... All the ...

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RDD, Simply as an aperitif, Sauternes is great. I know, I know, we've been told that something really dry like brut Champagne or fino Sherry is best. Still, please give Sauternes a test drive some time! For a fancy meal, you can serve this before-dinner drink with small toasts or canapés with crab, ...

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Common denominator? Sure! There's a type of botrytized Sémillon grape flavor that only comes from that terroir. A few - very few - of the wines seemed to have an international style, or resemble anything other than Sauternes. Stuart, I hear you. The Sauternes producers have a hard time explaining wh...

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Nic, >>> how did you feel after tasted 38 Sauternes? Seem to me weird. It's true that tasting that many wines requires a lot of concentration, tires you out a bit, and also makes you damned hungry! However I (mostly) spat. Strange to say, the sugar did not realy saturate the palate that much. In fac...

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I was invited to a Sauternes tasting on Friday night at Millésima, one of the largest purchasers of great growths in Bordeaux: http://www.millesima.fr/ Most of the first growths were there, represented by their owners or managers, and it was a very fine tasting indeed, conducted professionally for a...

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