Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Well?

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I still don't have my 05 Burgs.

Chris, 30 years is too long. Looks like the bands are not yet lined up for Fibark. http://www.fibark.net/. I'm only a few blocks from the stage. I'm sure we could make it that far after a few bottles.

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Thought I'd honor the BWE CdP edict with this last-minute entry. $32 locally. Nice "bowling alley" aromas (urethane, lane oil, doctor scholls). Pretty subdued in the mouth. Not a heavy or even large-scaled wine, it has a fairly high tannin/fruit ratio, although it's not tannic by Bordeaux ...

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I wouldn't say this is die zaubervin (ach! die zauberwein) but it's definitely a nice wine. I got it from Zachy's last month. Pat You're welcome to try some and take a couple of bottles if you come this way. I suggest Fibark or the Colorado Rondebrew. I'm bummed I didn't get chosen in the Tour de Ro...

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I got both these wines from Zachy's "buy a case free shipping" promotion, for $17.50 and $12 respectively. The Strub seemed a bit one-dimensional the first night. Good stuffing, nice balance, decent acidity, but not showing much complexity or flamboyance. Plenty of CO2 however. On the seco...

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I like those wines, but I'm not even going to spell the word because I can't pronounce it correctly.

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Blame it on JW. He is nowhere near as funny as MV used to be.

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ACB = me.

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ACB says within the 03 RB look for properties atop limestone. Just say no to clay.

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I thought he was recommending Red Bull.

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First impressions can be deceiving. http://bordeauxwine.org/bwe/new/0/94960/. I'd like to have more of the Petit Fombrauge.

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The St. Emilion was very good. Don't recall having had it before, and it might be the lone bottle. After about 30 minutes in the decanter this opened up to a fleshy, mild wine that nevertheless retained good acidic and tannic spine. The first glass gave a kind of strange waxy taste but this came aro...

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Dang, I think I missed the bottom in Carruades. Anyone know what was the low print?

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I also liked the 2003 Gloria, Bill. I've got four or five mags of it. It was well-priced as I recall.

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The dogs know when it's their time. He's grateful you heard his message.

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That reminds me I had one of these almost a year ago and it was just showing some appeal. This was a real nasty bugger at first. I'll pop another sometime in the near future.

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Bill I had a 14 year old basset who was just geezing out on me (enlarged heart for one) and one day he just kind of blew out and stopped eating, and could not digest even the little food that retained some taste appeal to him. We did an ultrasound and found a nasty looking thing in the general area ...

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Actually I thought Simard was that late-release dreck (so I've heard - never had it myself); I'd be surprised that it had a connection to Vauthier's stable.

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Just another very good 01 right banker. This still has plenty of structure but is very enjoyable now. There is quite a bit of influence from the the wood though. If you'd served it to me and said it was from a more reputed vintage like 00 or 98 I'd have nodded in agreement.

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Conservatively-run establishments will probably be discounting their lower-priced inventory. Only overextended joints will blow out the cherished stuff in desparation. Still, unless Berananke has some trick up his sleeve, even the good stuff will succumb. With Citi at one, and GE at seven, it seems ...

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A strong early showing. Rich fruit, there is still a good deal of old oak on the back end.

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The 2000 Clos l'Oratoire was $15.99 locally back when it was purchased. Wow. Nice haul. I remember looking at it in Calvert Woodley in about the 2004 time frame. They were asking $60. I've actually got a MacArthur's futures offer from March 2002 pricing Clos l'Oratoire at $599/case. We are talking ...

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The Potensac has been shut up tightly and unpleasant to drink since I acquired it a few years ago. Not sure whether it showed much promise early although it was not poorly-rated. I would also think with few exceptions that anything worth buying in the budget category from that vintage would be long ...

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Re the Bienfaisance I got the minty-toothpaste-menthol thing but my overall impression was of a late-picked kung po chicken sensation wine. Not bad mind you, but not what I was expecting either. Of course that was just one bottle. I think we've covered the Milliere here pretty well. It seems to leav...

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Make sure it's the Barde Haut, not the Barde Haute. I think Steve saw that in Hong Kong, didn't you Steve?

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Tastes like Brigitte Bardot. Buy-buy-buy!

http://bordeauxwine.org/bwe/new/9/151299/

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"Sachertorte?" Give that man $100! Now, would you mind telling me what that is?

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Sorry I got to this so late...if you want "driving acidity" (not quite sure what that means - but I presume you mean that you want a more "electric" experience) ... Thanks, David. I think acidity pretty much "drives" any wine so we're on the same wavelength. I'm not to...

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I'm all in for 17.50 a bottle, including free shipping. Thanks for the stoke.

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Yeah, yeah, mea culpa and all that. Six-eight months in a cold cellar was all it took to tame these turbid, gooey, saccharine beasts. I've resampled a few of my 05s and either they've changed or I have. It started a couple of months ago when I tried a bottle of that really dreadful Ch. Bel Air, CdC,...

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Nice!

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On the lighter side for CdP I think. The one note I always find in it is a kind of medicinal-licorice flavor. I like the acetone. I call it shoe polish.

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Paterberg Spatlese? ISO a summer quaffer. Must have driving acidity. I thought you were pretty high on the 2007 Germans in general. No tax, no shipping, case pricing looks good. Thanks.

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I bought my first Bordeaux at Pearsons. The 82 Ch. les Moines, du Cartillon, and Brahme les Tours. I think they were $4.99, 5.99 and 6.99, respectively. Obviously, they made some impression on me. Even then I desired a bargain, and frankly a bargain was necessary. It's becoming that way again. Good ...

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Somebody else has been making a Bordeaux blend doctored with syrah and marketing it as an eighteenth-century style Bordeaux. It's Palmer or one of the other big boys (not bad boys).

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I'm still offering GE stock @ $28/share. Of course I don't carry any inventory.

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JimHow wrote:I'll tell you, who ever buys the wines for New Hampshire gets his hands on some interesting stuff, the best north of NYC. (Which, obviously, includes Beantown.)

Must be of Quebecois extraction.

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I revisited this wine over the last two nights and it was again very impressive. It's a strapping young wine and at 14.5% abv should be just about right for Jim. This wine really seems to have it all. Great structure, good underlying sweetness, good balancing acidity and a briney/saline mouthfeel. T...

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It's true. I got a TCWC email yesterday announcing that they had reduced some 2007 futures prices by as much as $2 a bottle. The price reductions are not retroactive for the three people who bought 2007 futures. Act fast, quantities are limited.

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When do they start bottling the "Television?" Aren't they a bit behind the times?

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