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- Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:38 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Cause of premox?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 18072
Cause of premox?
Stefan writes of his 2001 Meursault Charmes Comtes Lafon: "It is still drinkable, but has the deficiencies of a 30 year old white Burgundy without the interesting tertiary characteristics". Premox (premature oxidation) strikes again. What a disappointment! - Does anyone know why this happe...
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6333
Re: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
I can pitch in about $ 79.99.
Alex R.
Alex R.
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:24 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN : 2001 Chateau de la Dauphine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 241
Re: TN : 2001 Chateau de la Dauphine
Hi Nic,
This property belongs to the Halley family, who happen to be majority shareholders in the Carrefour chain of supermarkets.
The château is lovely, and pricing has stayed reasonable.
This is a pretty dependable good value wine IMHO.
All the best,
Alex R.
This property belongs to the Halley family, who happen to be majority shareholders in the Carrefour chain of supermarkets.
The château is lovely, and pricing has stayed reasonable.
This is a pretty dependable good value wine IMHO.
All the best,
Alex R.
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:22 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6333
Re: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
Patrick, Dufort Vivens is the perfect example of one of those wines that has gone pretty much underneath the radar but is much better than wine writers make it out to be. I have had some fine bottles through the years. The house style was long what you'd call "foursquare" i.e. classic Clar...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6333
Re: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
Stefan,
Rausan-Gassies' younger brother, Croizet Bages, would be neck and neck .
Alex
Rausan-Gassies' younger brother, Croizet Bages, would be neck and neck .
Alex
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:54 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6333
Re: TN: 2000 Château Rauzan-Gassies (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux)
Tom, >>> But if Lynch Bages is a 5th growth, does this seem like a second? Good question, Tom, but I think you aleady knew the answer :-). You might think it is a result of the froggification process after all these years, but it really is, IMHO, a question of terroir, or rather the *potential* of t...
- Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:53 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Quick notes on some wines I've been drinking lately
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1706
Re: Quick notes on some wines I've been drinking lately
Jim,
I see you haven't been doing to badly for good wine lately!
Most interesting to see the 2000s that are OK to drink now.
All the best,
Alex
I see you haven't been doing to badly for good wine lately!
Most interesting to see the 2000s that are OK to drink now.
All the best,
Alex
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2143
Re: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
Hi Werner, >>>Just curious. Do you find the 2000s exciting now? Yes, I'm already drinking my non-classified growths and deriving great pleasure from them. >>>Do you think it's a vintage you could have the drinking experience and enjoy from the get-go? I ask becasue I had a Prieure-Lichine 2000 yeste...
- Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2143
Re: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
Chris, Thanks for your reply. Hope to see you on your next trip over here. The only problem is that so many people come at set times of year (en primeur tastings, Vinexpo) that everything tends to bunch up. Even so, it would be great to meet again. Please give me a shout! You write: >>>I disagree th...
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:40 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2002 Ch. Bellegrave, Pauillac
- Replies: 2
- Views: 224
2002 Ch. Bellegrave, Pauillac
I have passed in front of this estate I don't know how many times without ever visiting or tasting their wine. The château building is kind of cool, set back among trees on the right as you enter Pauillac coming from Bordeaux, not far from Lynch Bages. http://www.chateau-bellegrave.com/default.aspx?...
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:19 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2143
Re: Thoughts on Médoc 2007
Chris, Thanks for your synopsis. I am well-known on this forum for defending "off-vintages" and sweeping vintage generalizations. However, your-depth tasting, approached without pre-conceived notions - "comparing that which is comparable" - is another kettle of fish, and there's ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:19 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Is it me, or are there TONS of attractives wines right now?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 411
Re: Is it me, or are there TONS of attractives wines right now?
Patrick, Too early to speculate about 2009 pricing. The great châteaux will test the waters in April 2010. The financial crisis hasn't hit everyone... I'm sure you read that some banks have actually grown and the bonuses are rolling in as though nothing happened. Wikipedia says there are approximate...
Re: Number 2
Nic,
Félicitations !
Alex
Félicitations !
Alex
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Is it me, or are there TONS of attractives wines right now?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 411
Re: Is it me, or are there TONS of attractives wines right now?
2001 Lafaurie Peyraguey for $40? That's truly a great deal. You ask (rhetorically, pehaps) : "Maybe 2009 Bordeaux will bring me back to my sense BWE senses... but only if the Bordelais set prices sensibly". Maybe pigs will fly ;-). The only serious answer that is to source the wines overlo...
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:10 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A festive night in SF
- Replies: 3
- Views: 325
Re: A festive night in SF
Having enjoyed a meal with Ed, Lisa, and James Grandison at Delfina's, I can imagine the atmosphere.
The wines sounded excellent.
As for the white Burgundy, this sad the name of the game.
All the best,
Alex R.
The wines sounded excellent.
As for the white Burgundy, this sad the name of the game.
All the best,
Alex R.
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE '89 Bordeaux Tasting in NYC. Oct 17. 1989
- Replies: 11
- Views: 617
Re: BWE '89 Bordeaux Tasting in NYC. Oct 17. 1989
Jeez, wish I had been able to make it...
Aleex
Aleex
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Puritanism is alive and well
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Puritanism is alive and well
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Re: Puritanism is alive and well
Jacques,
It is not really possible for a newspaper in provincial France to do some of that fact checking you speak of in the US.
Also, government agencies are notoriously difficult to pin down on anything...
Alex
It is not really possible for a newspaper in provincial France to do some of that fact checking you speak of in the US.
Also, government agencies are notoriously difficult to pin down on anything...
Alex
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:55 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Puritanism is alive and well
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Re: Puritanism is alive and well
Sorry, I should have added IN FRENCH to the header... What it amounts to is that a Bordeaux wine producer wanted to export wine to the US with verse - in French! - from Charles Baudelaire's famous Fleurs du Mal ("Flowers of Evil") on the label. They American authorities refused saying that...
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:27 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Puritanism is alive and well
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:24 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Château Pédesclaux sold
- Replies: 0
- Views: 116
Château Pédesclaux sold
Robert Parker famously said of another 5th growth Pauillac "Life is too short for Croizet Bages". Pédesclaux unfortunately fell into the category - until lately. The estate was spruced up (they have a pretty nice "bed and breakfast" there now) and attention focused on improving t...
- Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:13 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Review: Tartine in NYC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 342
Re: Review: Tartine in NYC
Stefan,
Which Beauséjour?
Alex
Which Beauséjour?
Alex
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1190
Re: Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
Hi John, I maintain what I said about the wine, although perhaps agree with you if I can understand what you mean by "87". Sometimes too, a wine that has never been moved in nearly 20 years and been perfectly stored at he estate will "perform" much better ("there are no grea...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:50 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1190
Re: Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
Stefan, All I know is what I tasted. The 90 Pichon Comtesse was a delight and I'm pretty sure that if you had shared a glass with me of the same exact wine I tried, you'd have mostly agreed with Izak and me. Could there be bottle variation? Quite possibly. Patrick, Pricing? High, very high for the t...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1190
Vintage visits to Margaux and Pichon Comtesse
I visited these 2 châteaux yesterday with Danish wine writer Izak Litwar. Paul Pontalier of Château Margaux (who speaks just about the best English I have ever heard from a Frenchman) was genuinely delighted with the crop. They should be winding up the harvest by next Wednesday. Pontalier thinks 200...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:09 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Cadet Piola sold to La Mondiale
- Replies: 1
- Views: 166
Cadet Piola sold to La Mondiale
They already own Larmande and Soutard. Obviously, this was not enough... All three grands crus classés are in same part of Saint Emilion. Cadet Piola is the one with the racy label :-). http://www.weinetiketten-sammlung.de/images/EUROPA/France_Frankreich/Bordeaux/St-Emilion-Etiketten/w_Cadet-Piola-1...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:06 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2002 Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnnay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 304
Re: TN: 2002 Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnnay
Hi,
This is a mythical wine and I am bowled over by how little you paid for it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Alex R.
This is a mythical wine and I am bowled over by how little you paid for it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Alex R.
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:43 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 30°C in Bordeaux on the 7th of October
- Replies: 8
- Views: 778
30°C in Bordeaux on the 7th of October
All records are being broken, yesterday's by over 4°C. I have never seen such a long spell of consistently fine weather in over three decades. Of course, people will jump the gun and assume the wine is great regardless of its intrinsic qualities (which helps to make up for prejudice and oversimplifi...
- Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2004 Château Lafite Rothschild (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 435
Re: TN: 2004 Château Lafite Rothschild (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac)
I have tasted Lafite "en primeur" the last 4 years, and the 2004 was the vintage that captured my heart .
I have 2 bottles in my cellar.
All the best,
Alex R.
I have 2 bottles in my cellar.
All the best,
Alex R.
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:18 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN on a Bordeaux imposter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 771
Re: TN on a Bordeaux imposter
I've served 94 Dominus twice blind in Bordeaux (incuding once to François Audouze) where it received high marks and did not make anyone doubt for a moment that it was a fine Bordeaux... As for lamb shanks, I'd be interested to hear how you prepared them. People usually cook them in a pressure cooker...
Re: Short TN
Thanks for your notes, Nic, even if I cannot buy those wines here!
Alex
Alex
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:36 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: NWR: Scary times
- Replies: 10
- Views: 842
Re: NWR: Scary times
As for Palin's upcoming book, the NY Times quoted someone as saying it comes with crayons, a Palin-English dictionary, and aspirin...
Alex R.
Alex R.
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:23 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: NWR: Scary times
- Replies: 10
- Views: 842
Re: NWR: Scary times
Has the world ever been other than a crazy, mixed-up place?
Let us console ourselves with philosophy and good wine.
Alex R.
Let us console ourselves with philosophy and good wine.
Alex R.
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Is 2000 the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5562
Re: Is 2000 the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever?
There are no great wines, only great bottles.
The oracle has spoken (with a statement that is hardly original, I will allow )))))))))))).
Alex RY.
The oracle has spoken (with a statement that is hardly original, I will allow )))))))))))).
Alex RY.
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Grand Pontet, 2003 Canon de Brem etc
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2928
Re: 2005 Grand Pontet, 2003 Canon de Brem etc
Patrick,
>>>If you really like 03, I wonder if you like Bordeaux at all.
We'll have a talk about this, young man, over a glass of wine next summer .
Alex
>>>If you really like 03, I wonder if you like Bordeaux at all.
We'll have a talk about this, young man, over a glass of wine next summer .
Alex
Re: research
I called them. They do represent one of the first growths on the list, but would not say which one .
Alex R.
Alex R.
Re: research
Obviously only valid if you live in the UK...
Alex
Alex
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Haut Brion 1987
- Replies: 1
- Views: 161
Re: TN: Haut Brion 1987
Thanks for the notes.
Looks like a very honorable showing.
Alex R.
Looks like a very honorable showing.
Alex R.
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:18 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 1998 Château Léoville Barton (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 319
Re: TN: 1998 Château Léoville Barton (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien)
I had a bottle of this half a year ago, enjoying it maybe a little more than you, Rick.
What struck me at the time was the wine's drinkability. In other words, while perhaps not at its peak, it was by all means mostly there.
Best regards,
Alex R.
What struck me at the time was the wine's drinkability. In other words, while perhaps not at its peak, it was by all means mostly there.
Best regards,
Alex R.
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:11 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Wish to be immortalized in the buff to save Burgundy wines?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 168
Wish to be immortalized in the buff to save Burgundy wines?
Always did consider ecologists a little harebrained...
However, if you are game to strip down to the bare essentials and spend an enjoyable weekend romping with other like-minded people, here's how to apply:
http://www.greenpeace.fr/tunick/
Best regards,
Alex R.
(who'll pass ont that one...)
However, if you are game to strip down to the bare essentials and spend an enjoyable weekend romping with other like-minded people, here's how to apply:
http://www.greenpeace.fr/tunick/
Best regards,
Alex R.
(who'll pass ont that one...)