Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Thanks for the note Alex I really loved this when we drank it about five years ago - based on that one encounter one of my favourite Sociandos

Has any one else had any other mature Sociandos recently?

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Last night at La Trompette in Chiswick west London, where some BWERes have been, and the culmination of seven of ‘first growth’ dinners in London starting with Lafite in the spring of 2018 and finishing with Cheval Blanc in the autumn of 2023. The idea of this dinner was, if possible, to have a line...

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I can get the 2019 for £18 for a half bottle all in from Hedonism wines in Mayfair in London. It gets very well reviewed too. This is a very good price especially considering that Hedonism is owned by a Russian oligarch, answerable to Putin, who owns the GOP now - lock, stock and barrel.

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I was just reading the Farr Vintners intro spiel on Troplong Mondot - link here: https://www.farrvintners.com/wine.php?wine=69497 Was Michel Rolland (born in 1947, the same year as Parker) a net positive or negative for Bordeaux? For me the answer is clear - he has been a been a net negative - for e...

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Stop!

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https://www.farrvintners.com/wine.php?wine=69497

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In the UK Troplong Mondot is significantly cheaper than Beausejour D-L, and in recent tastings I have attended the BDL just didn’t stand out from the pack the way Troplong did. Hence my vfm prospectus. But it is always healthy to disagree.

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I have the 2018, 2019, 2020, and they have fabulous potential.

These wines perhaps represent the best vfm in St-Emilion because the terroir is superb. And now the oak/gloss/extraction has been dialled down to sensible levels the terroir can shine through

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Last night at Cabotte. Eagle-eyed BWErs will remember it was the venue where we had our second ‘official’ BWE London ‘23 dinner. But we were in the second smaller room. White flight With duck liver parfait, smoked breast, pickled mushrooms & bitter leaves 2003 Marc Sorrel Hermitage Blanc Les Rec...

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Should be good no?

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Lafite is the first among equals

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Yes Jim is leading from the front

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Thanks for the notes Alex, quite a disappointment for the Bahans.

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Congratulations Jim an inspired inter-generational investment!

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Yes on the left is depicted porn star Ron Jeremy…

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The 2010 Mouton is absolute perfection…apart from the label…which is an abomination

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JimHow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:55 pm Ha ha I am certain he is referencing you Ian, he who picked out that 1988 Pichon Baron blind back in 2015. That may be one of the most impressive fears I’ve seen in all the years of BWE.

Maybe ‘she’ (rather than he) that would make my day

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Who Jim or Mark?

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The best Giscours I ever tried was the 2020, better even than those Giscours legends from the 1970s.

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Thanks for the notes Claudius, a useful update. I have a lot of money invested in both vintages, and am optimistic too. Wasn’t the 2009 Giscours one of the BWE wines of the year? Jim I had a thought for the 25th anniversary - a dinner somewhere - on the East Coast presumably - where we source as man...

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In these instances I employ a ‘least regrets’ approach - and usually the ‘mad’ option, buying the wine and shelling out a fortune, beats the ‘sad’ option, of deciding not to bite and losing the chance to buy…

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Better to be mad than sad

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I think that is a good price Jim especially if it includes taxes. For reference I bought 2x3 at £500 pb ex taxes or £1500 ex tax per three pack, and three packs now are being listed around £2.3-2.5k ex taxes but suspect the lower price is more indicative. So $691 is not much higher than the ex-tax p...

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That was a great bargain for the 1983 Lafite stefan a wine I really rate. The price of Lafite has come off a lot - the range on retail here is very wide and now for the 1996 £720 (equivalent to $900) to £1450, with the lower price being the fresher one, and more indicative of the market. For mine th...

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Il Pogg is a reliable steed; the quality at Bruna Grimaldi has come on in leaps and bounds…I had a very enjoyable visit there in 2022, with Martina

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Got to say I am liking this a lot on day two, definitely a good wine and a good Pontet Canet experience.

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Good work guys. At a recent auction, for good prices I bought: 10 x Lafite 96 6 x Bruna Grimaldi Barolo Badarina 2018 3 x Burlotto Pelaverga 2021 Otherwise 3 x Bruna Grimaldi Barolo Camilla 2018 1 X Bruna Grimaldi Barolo Bricco Ambrogio 2018 2 x Gian Luca Colombo Pinot Noir 2021 2 x Gian Luca Colomb...

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Yes this chateau is an enigma. I kept six of these and put the other six up for sale. After drinking this one I think it is the right decision. You do feel that the precision engineering to banish all the faults takes away from the personality of the wine. Would I rather drink this or the 1996? I am...

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I vividly remember being ever so impressed by this at our pre lunch tasting during our visit to Pontet Canet in May 2015, when we tasted the 11 against the 12, 13 and 14. On returning to London, I immediately purchased a case of 12 and this is bottle #1 out of the case. Bright and young looking with...

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Sorry about your travails Danny that sounds awful. Here’s hoping you get back in the swing of things pdq. I want to be sharing plenty more bottles with you! Nic I think you are spot on about Du Tertre, with the nose flattering the rest of the wine somewhat. Yes their Tuscan was Cairossa Think Giscou...

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One to watch

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However; beyond the nose, it does not deliver a whole lot of nuance or complexity. It is a perfect mid-week quaffing wine, but still loving it for what it is.

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Our second visit on the first day of our Bordeaux tour in 2015 was Du Tertre. Although a comparatively lowly address compared to what was to follow that day, it was one of the highlights of an amazing trip. From the tour of the winery with our delightful hostess with fetchingly child bearing hips, w...

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Now now, tut tut

Et tu Brute?

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My favourite would be Pauillac, and as noted least favourite is St-Estephe. But everything else - St J, Margaux, Pessac, St E and Pomerol, is very closely bunched with the pecking order between these middle rankers just too close to call - for example St J has the fewest superstars but the greatest ...

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Another bird brain comment: “I was surprised to hear Ian's comments, as he mentioned that Saint Estephe was his least favorite AOC. I wonder if he considers wines such as Cos, Montrose, Calon Segur, Meyney, Phelan Segur, Haut Marbuzet, Lilian Ladouys, de Pez, Tour des Termes, and Serilhan disappoint...

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I couldn’t put down St-Emilion given how much it is improved in the last decade and given that Cheval Blanc was my wine of the year last year. So by a process of elimination the one I love least is St Estephe but I still love St-Estephe but not as much as the others.

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I was curious to pop one of the 06 Langoas I picked up at auction a few years ago. The 2006 vintage is turning out to be stubbornly backward, relative to some of its peers, and I was not optimistic that I would enjoy this wine, so resigned myself to this being a bottle opened ‘in the name of science...

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Yes like a patch work quilt. I tried both of these wines last April - I rated the 2020 Lafleur Petrus 98 points - one of the top four wines I tried from the vintage - the others were Montrose, Pichon Lalande and Ducru. I think Lafleur Petrus is really top tier Pomerol now. The 2018 Branaire I rated ...

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