Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

DavidG

Jim, I share your concern for the threat to our democracy. But not the source. The guys trying to bring to justice the one whose entire life is devoted to cheating, lying, and getting away with breaking the law, including an attempt to overthrow the government? Those aren’t the folks we need to worr...

DavidG

I’m a perennial optimist with respect to Bordeaux, though I’m not always right: it will get better.

DavidG

Marcs, how many people before Trump did what he did? Might his actions be unprecedented? Actually, they weren’t unprecedented. John Edwards was prosecuted for similar behavior in 2011. And FWIW, the same “newspaper” that caught and killed the Trump bimbo eruption stories, the National Enquirer, was ...

DavidG

We get the government we deserve.

DavidG

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DavidG

Thank you Alex. Some of your notes make me wish I was younger and still buying young Bordeaux.

DavidG

Great start with the right-bankers Izak. Sounds like everyone made good wine despite your comments about less consistency. Unless you haven’t gotten around to posting on the lesser performers. Proce reductions are good news for consumers. I was heartened to see that Angelus continues to maintain som...

DavidG

Depends on what time frames you look at. The 2019s were substantially less than 2020s en primeur. Since their initial offerings, the 2019s increased in cost more than the 2020s, so they’re now comparable. Generally speaking (there are always exceptions), 2019 was perhaps the only vintage in the last...

DavidG

Nice note Samson. Welcome to BWE!

DavidG

Jim I couldn’t say it better. RP, yesterday Goldman Sachs says the S&P has done about all it’s likely to do this year, then a “good” CPI number comes out today and the S&P rockets to a new high. It’s all a big guessing game. I’m not impressed that the chief guessers do a whole lot better tha...

DavidG

Happy Birthday Ed. Many more.

DavidG

Peg and I are a yes for DC.

DavidG

Friends opened a bottle of 2000 SM last night. Promising on the nose but tired on the palate. The green streak was there but at just the right level to add interest and complexity. But the fruit had faded. Just one bottle and at 24 years not necessarily representative (though well stored) of the ent...

DavidG

Are $40-50 wines from 2019 and 2020 better than first growths from the 90s or oughts? Discuss If we’re ignoring inflation, give me first growths from the better years of the 80s-00s. Might I change my mind in 10-15 years when the 2019 and 2020 $40-50 wines are mature? Maybe, but I doubt it. Would b...

DavidG

JimHow wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:23 pm But where do "Mmm doggie" and "Baby doll" come in....

I think they'd fit right in with the Three Stooges Wine Rating System. Something along the lines of a triple Curly with a Woo-Woo-Woo.

https://www.the-stupids.com/?p=2057

DavidG

stefan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:46 pm Lucie agreed that we can substitute Champagne

Was there ever any doubt?

DavidG

I grew up on Parker and was quite the acolyte in the ‘80s. The 100-point system made sense, but I was never able to rate wines that precisely, even if using only 85-100. Sure, I could do it with a group of wines in front of me at one sitting. But I couldn’t be sure that today’s 92 would consistently...

DavidG

It must be said: Well done. Well done, indeed!

DavidG

Been a looong time since I’ve been. Your post makes me want to go back.

DavidG

Label is as salty as the TN.

DavidG

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DavidG

Excellent report Mark. I’m a big fan of 2009, and of Prieure and Giscours. Nice to hear they are drinking well.

DavidG

JimHow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:38 pm Thanks Stefan what is the 2016 Lafite going for?

Auction prices for 2016 Lafite ranged from $731-782/btl in 2023 per Wine Market Journal. I believe those are hammer prices, not including seller or buyer premiums.

DavidG

In my experience, Coravin works reliably for a week, maybe two. Which should be enough in most cases. Beyond that is hit or miss. Repour is my choice for preserving bottles that we’ll consume over the course of a week. Cheaper and simpler. For a robust wine that will be finished the next day I’ll of...

DavidG

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!

DavidG

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...

DavidG

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

DavidG

Well done esl! You’re in trouble now…

DavidG

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.

DavidG

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 ...

DavidG

Flawed poll. No option for “none of the above.” I dont have a least favorite Bordeaux commune. I am a Bordeaux Wine Enthusiast.

DavidG

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...

DavidG

Just started watching, am fascinated. Thanks for sharing!

DavidG

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....

DavidG

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.

DavidG

Congratulations Jim and happy BWErthday to BWEs everywhere.

DavidG

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.

DavidG

Interesting stefan. I think you’re a lucky outlier to be free of the Paxlovid taste distortion.

DavidG

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...

DavidG

Feel better stefan. I’m guessing you’re not on Paxlovid, as that seriously messes with taste.

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