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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:20 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Eclipse preparation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 119
Re: Eclipse preparation
We’re headed to Dallas to visit Peggy’s family, then a place near the centerline. Much greater chance of clouds in April than for the 2017 eclipse in August. Fingers crossed!
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Weekly Poll: What is your favorite Medoc appellation?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1767
Re: Weekly Poll: What is your favorite Medoc appellation?
I was gonna say Pessac is south of the Medoc but I see Stefan beat me to it. By 6 years. Since it was an available choice, I picked it. Which made the job a lot easier. In the Medoc, I could give you a different answer each day of the week. Most days it would be Pauillac, with St Julien close behind...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:01 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Eclipse preparation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 119
Eclipse preparation
Not wine related, other than the Sun being responsible for ripening the grapes…
I was fiddling with exposure settings in preparation for next month’s eclipse when I had an unexpected visitor.
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Av7DKroxAyXPnRhp62G ... y?e=7VUqU6
I was fiddling with exposure settings in preparation for next month’s eclipse when I had an unexpected visitor.
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Av7DKroxAyXPnRhp62G ... y?e=7VUqU6
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:52 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 611
Re: 2019 Chateau Cantemerle.... Best Cantemerle ever.
Well done esl! You’re in trouble now…
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:48 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
- Replies: 28
- Views: 577
Re: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
Nic, you should do a most favorite appelation poll. I’m sure we’ve done them before. I’m probably an outlier there, my favorite is Pessac-Leognan.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
- Replies: 28
- Views: 577
Re: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
Flawed poll. No option for “none of the above.” I dont have a least favorite Bordeaux commune. I am a Bordeaux Wine Enthusiast. :D DavidG for President of the USA! This is a perfect answer from a politician (trying to please everyone, but at the end, we don’t believe it).😩 OK, serious answer is St ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
- Replies: 28
- Views: 577
Re: Your least favorite famous Bordeaux aoc…
Flawed poll. No option for “none of the above.” I dont have a least favorite Bordeaux commune. I am a Bordeaux Wine Enthusiast.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Oh my Devil, the catastrophic St Émilion tasting
- Replies: 11
- Views: 260
Re: Oh my Devil, the catastrophic St Émilion tasting
Bummer, Nic, but thanks for the report. I haven’t had the 2005 Belair but it sounds like a number of other overdone 2005 St Ems, Bellevue Mondotte being the poster child of RP100s that jumped the shark. JC, I actually enjoyed the 2005 Larcis Ducasse. Though it was very ripe, lush, and modern, it was...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: UN POINT C'EST TOUT ! par la Pépinière Berillon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 187
Re: UN POINT C'EST TOUT ! par la Pépinière Berillon
Just started watching, am fascinated. Thanks for sharing!
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2019 Chateau Meyney has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 373
Re: The 2019 Chateau Meyney has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Nice ramblings Jim. I agree with you on 2016. I hope you are right on 2019 as I have a fair number but have tasted only a few on release. Very appealing but I have trouble predicting the future on such young wines. By the way, sending you one of these as you’ve apparently lost yours. :lol: IMG_0465....
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:14 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Can someone value the current day price of 6 bottles each of 1982 Mouton, Las Cases, Dominique, Branaire, Ducru, Cos.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 164
Re: Can someone value the current day price of 6 bottles each of 1982 Mouton, Las Cases, Dominique, Branaire, Ducru, Cos
You can get recent auction hammer prices on CellarTracker (I don’t think they include buyer’s premium) and compare to Wine Searcher retail prices.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Happy 24th Birthday to BWE.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 309
Re: Happy 24th Birthday to BWE.
Congratulations Jim and happy BWErthday to BWEs everywhere.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:59 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5480
- Views: 684415
Re: President Trump
Lots of pro-Palestine, anti-Biden sentiment among the large Arab population in Michigan. Trump is more likely than not going to be the next President.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Lafon Rochet has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 201
Re: 2019 Lafon Rochet has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Interesting stefan. I think you’re a lucky outlier to be free of the Paxlovid taste distortion.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
Thanks for posting that video. My favorite part of the interview: His response when asked to name the best one or two bottles he’d experienced, where he explained that a great bottle of wine only exists in the enjoyment of two or more people who are prepared for it and can understand it. Not one, bu...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2019 Lafon Rochet has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 201
Re: 2019 Lafon Rochet has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Feel better stefan. I’m guessing you’re not on Paxlovid, as that seriously messes with taste.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My wine cellar
- Replies: 28
- Views: 622
Re: My wine cellar
Looking forward to it!
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:37 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My wine cellar
- Replies: 28
- Views: 622
Re: My wine cellar
Wow, I’m salivating!
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
I’ve had plenty of bottles show better on day 2. The 2005 Angelus was poor on opening, fair a couple of hours later, and excellent the following day. I don’t think that a young wine oxidizes that fast. Not much oxygen gets into it just sitting there in the bottle. Nor do I think that improvement on ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:25 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
2005 Angelus : I approached my first bottle of this with some trepidation after a few other 2005 St. Emilions disappointed due to heavy over-extraction and overripe fruit. Immediately on opening the nose and palate hit me with raisiny sweetness, glossy ripe fruit, good acidity and tannins. I leave ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Another Bordeaux 2014 ten years
- Replies: 4
- Views: 273
Re: Another Bordeaux 2014 ten years
Same reaction here. They describe well what I am getting out of the 2014s. I found their comparison to 2002 interesting. Jim was a big fan of 2002. I thought he was unduly influenced by the MacArthur heist. To me at the time they were too lean and reserved. Over the years my preferences shifted. I r...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:35 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux 2020 Southwold Tasting at FarrVintners
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1071
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux 2020 Southwold Tasting at FarrVintners
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1071
Re: Bordeaux 2020 Southwold Tasting at FarrVintners
I recall a similar “10-years on” sentiment with 2002. Happy to have 2014 represented in my cellar. I think the most interesting statement regarding Farr's conclusion is that tasters felt that the wines would fare better when tasted alone. Large tastings are great, but true wine appreciation begins ...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My 2014 Bordeaux inventory, and a question....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 181
Re: My 2014 Bordeaux inventory, and a question....
I agree with stefan. The 1998 is more versatile but more expensive. I think you should get 1 bottle of the 1998 and at least 2 of the 2014.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux 2020 Southwold Tasting at FarrVintners
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1071
Re: Bordeaux 2020 Southwold Tasting at FarrVintners
Looks like 2014 is a sleeper vintage. More to enjoy there than one would think from reading the critics. And a reasonable value because of it.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 Sociando-Mallet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1110
Re: TN: 2000 Sociando-Mallet
Thats good news on the ‘00 SM Jay. Glad they are showing well. Does greeness integrate lime oak over time?
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2019 Wine-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named has been uncorked....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 152
Re: The 2019 Wine-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named has been uncorked....
Another fan of the ‘16.
Recently enjoyed a ‘14, though not the equal of the ‘16.
Didn’t buy any ‘19.
Recently enjoyed a ‘14, though not the equal of the ‘16.
Didn’t buy any ‘19.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: I'm making a bold statement: 2019 is the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever, surpassing even the epic 2016 vintage....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 299
Re: I'm making a bold statement: 2019 is the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever, surpassing even the epic 2016 vintage....
I agree with your characterizations Jim and put my money on 2016 and 2019, having bought more of those two vintages than any in the past decade. I just hope I’m around long enough to see them blossom. That’s a comment about my age and preference to drink Bordeaux at 20-30+ years, not about the wines...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: Was Robert Parker a net positive or a net negative for Bordeaux?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 736
Re: Poll: Was Robert Parker a net positive or a net negative for Bordeaux?
Jim revised the question to whether we would have ended up where we are now without Parker, and whether we would still have wines like the Gruauds and Talbots of the 80s. I agree with SFEd that we likely would have ended up in a similar place with or without Parker. He certainly catalyzed the proces...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: Was Robert Parker a net positive or a net negative for Bordeaux?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 736
Re: Poll: Was Robert Parker a net positive or a net negative for Bordeaux?
Net positive and not close for me, though there were definitely negative aspects to his influence. Parker did impact winemaking. For the better early on, and then negatively from the mid-'90s forward. Fortunately, the good changes (cleaner cellars, less rot, less Brett, etc.) are sticking while the ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Introduction from a new member
- Replies: 10
- Views: 170
Re: Introduction from a new member
Welcome eel! Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Prieure Lichine 1983 was one of my first case purchases - my father and I took a drive to Scarsdale and we went in on 3 cases together.
Prieure Lichine 1983 was one of my first case purchases - my father and I took a drive to Scarsdale and we went in on 3 cases together.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is your Valentines Day wine?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 198
Re: What is your Valentines Day wine?
It's our 36th anniversary. Planning on an '88 Mouton and '88 Yquem but Peggy's been taking Tylenol and Advil for a sciatica flare so we'll postpone.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
GBF, I hope you are correct about 2005 Angelus. That’s one I’m holding but have yet to try. I should crack one. CT notes suggest to me it’s very “modern.” I’m not seeing a lot of suggestions about over-extraction. Though the most recent says it’s shut down and very oaky. What do you mean by “a lamb ...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
GBF, I’m not sure what your point is about Parker and the WA. He was still writing the WA Bordeaux reviews when 2005s were bottled. That was at a point when a lot of folks were saying his palate had turned. Nevertheless, I bought a number of 2005s that he extolled in prose and rated highly (97-100 p...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 951
Re: 2005 Bordeaux revisited.
I went long (for me) on 2005s and have about half of them left. It was the last year I bought based heavily on Parker reviews. I was a slow learner. Early hype gave way to concerns for excessive extraction. I drank a lot of the lesser ones and a few of the bigger names at 10-15 years. The overextrac...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Our thoughts with Joel....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 382
Re: Our thoughts with Joel....
I’m so sorry Joel.
Wishing you comfort.
I lost a younger brother over a decade ago.
Such a difficult, painful time.
My thoughts are with you.
Wishing you comfort.
I lost a younger brother over a decade ago.
Such a difficult, painful time.
My thoughts are with you.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2019 Chateau Serilhan has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 216
Re: The 2019 Chateau Serilhan has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Bummer, Danny. Hope that’s the only trigger. Or alternatively if it’s frequent enough something can be done.
Spitting helps for larger events. Less useful for a single bottle at home but if Danielle is drinking and the bottle can be stretched 3 days?
Spitting helps for larger events. Less useful for a single bottle at home but if Danielle is drinking and the bottle can be stretched 3 days?
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Few affordable wines last night
- Replies: 3
- Views: 260
Re: Few affordable wines last night
I think it’s been a while since NV Pol Roger has been $25. Not counting crazy NH discounts, that is. We served it at our wedding 36 years ago and IIRC it was in the upper $20s back then. Then again, $25 in 1988 would be $64 today.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what should I buy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 473
Re: So what should I buy
I would add 1986 Talbot (I bought a couple for $150 recently), as well as all the usual suspects from 1988, including PLL and Las Cases. No one cares about 1988 anymore, and its great value along with 1983. SF Ed Very wise words. This is exactly where I’d be setting my sights. Well-stored bottles o...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Official Dryuary (Dry January) 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 392