Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Liz Warren. Yeah it's a bad rap, but still you don't claim Native American heritage based on "family lore." On the other hand there are NA descendants with 1/32 blood that have been certified as official tribes and now run casinos in RI worth billions. But this is why I'll never run. In fi...

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PC should hook up with Latour. They're already in the vanguard of delivering wines at the ready-to-drink stage.

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If the election were held today ...

However, I hear helicopters. "I love the smell of QEIII in the morning" - Col. Kilgore.

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Not bad.

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I would pay to play in the rain in Ireland, and I haven't golfed in years. Be nice to have one sunny round though. Have fun.

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Sorry, I think Gazin is right there. It's very close to Petrus really, but down off the clay plateau so a world away.

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Google chemin de maillet 33500 pomerol france. It takes you to the lieu dit? Maillet in that corner of Pomerol.

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There are at least 3 Maillets right there in the northeast corner of Pomerol, between the Barbanne? and St. Emilion. Tour, Vieux, and one other. I'd guess Franc is there too.

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I assumed all the erudite people here got that, but thank you David. When are you coming to Hawaii?

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No. I'm amused though at the headline "Sanity Returns to Bordeaux Pricing."

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I'm not a brett expert. I thought brett was characterized more by barnyard or baby diaper. But this did smell like a young bohemian with a eurorail pass. Also, the kung pao is apt. Sort of chicken, peanuts, chili peppers and sesame oil at high temperature. Ultimately though the bouquet was not so al...

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This is made by Gerard Perse's piss-boy. (OK, that's unfair and insulting, and I apologize. It's made by his cellar master at his own, bona fide, reputable estate). Other than the price, this is not a Thursday night wine. This is more of a Friday night or Saturday night wine. It could be a Thursday ...

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And in this mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, world, it's affordable!

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I've just sampled from the last ~ 3 oz or so of this bottle, which I accidentally refrigerated rather than freezing, which is my custom, even for overnight storage. (Actually I'd forgotten it entirely). Well it's been six days in a tall bottle with a lot of headspace and rather remarkably this wine ...

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I'm thinking there's just one Matrot, be it labled Joseph or Pierre or just Matrot? Anyway, not having the time or the money ( and now the space) to scrounge around that area, I've liked Matrot wines, both white and red, and they hold forth the tiny Meursault/Blagny corner of my cellar.

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I've had only 2 2009s, but I'll say that the GL was the least of the 2 when it comes to the adjective "big". It is also nowhere big in relation to about every 2005 I've had, and that's more than a couple. Again, maybe such a man as a professional taster would be able to discern in what way...

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Haven't tried it, Bacch. Seemed like that was one to just let lie, I think that was your advice. Just browsing CT last night, I did see a few notes I could identify with. I would be in the camp of, this is not a powerful wine, this is not a wine that will require a lot of cellaring to enjoy (with th...

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I've found an apt expression I think. This was like a enological lobotomy. Certainly there have been times when I thought an actual lobotomy wouldn't be so bad.

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OK so I did have this wine this weekend and I am more stumped than usual for adequate description. The overall impression is of a seamless, already integrated wine that drinks very easily and very well. It is so well composed it's almost impossible to pick out the usual component parts. One thing th...

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MacArthur's. It's interesting because their's was one of the better prices too. Of course not Premier Cru pricing, but then again ... There'll be a few more 8800' tasting notes before it's over. Might even be a fourteener tasting note. I also plan on drinking wine at various elevations as high as 13...

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It was the booze.

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Thanks, David. I never thought of any wine I already had being transshipped for storage elsewhere, only that someone might say, pick up a case from MacArthur's that I had ordered as futures. As it is, I just got the Gruaud that I'd ordered from them. I still have a few cases of futures outstanding f...

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If I can find something decent to eat I'll crack one this weekend.

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It's a go. We'll be out there in the fall time frame. Between now and then, heap big headache.

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95 Right Bank hasn't any warts, I thought.

I was tempted by the 09 Grand Mayne but probably will pass.

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I'm for splitting a BWE Conex. Back up the container ship. Even if I can't go.

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And it appears to be in good shape. Bottles cool to the touch, although the weather was rather warm along the way, I think. Capsules tight but spinnable. So this probably marks the end of the Spring shipping season. The spinning capsules bit - I've had plenty of fine wine in perfect condition from j...

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The bucket list? Surely you don't spit those wines, even at a "tasting."

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Ron Burgundy! I've seen you on TV! Thanks, but I'll pass.

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Burg = vacation from Bordeaux.

I was thinking about a Burg but since I haven't had any wine in six days I thought I'd have a Bordeaux.

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My name's Art. I just like wine. I have no other interest in it (business, journalistic, ratings, being dictator of forums, like that). Admire the candor. It's enough for me that someone with more than passing experience would taste a wine and come away impressed/liking it. So if I also know even a ...

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Actually Kevin(?) It was an 03 Gruaud Larose I was referring to. I think you said you once gave it 100 points and thought it was Latour. Anyway I recall seeing someone else, maybe Alex, posting GJE results a few years back and that Reignac did come in way at the top, so there must be something to it...

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I have to see something I want first. Unfortunately, I do see something, a wine our sometimes DCWINO says he mistakenly guessed blind was Mouton I think (or maybe it was Latour). That would be good enough for me. Also there is a wine I am somewhat curious about - Cadet Piola - in a good vintage (200...

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In the "Maillet" group I'd been eyeing some Vieux Maillet but not Franc or Tour. In the "blowout" email just I ref'd in David's thread the 03 Franc is offered at $17.

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Too funny. I happen to be traveling on business (a very rare occurrence) and just checking my email - my wife has forwarded me a "Bordeaux Blowout" email from Internet Wines asking if there's anything we should buy. Geez.

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I was reluctant to click on this topic. I keep saying "no mas" and the last thing I need to see are genuine blowouts on either chateau I'm fond of or ones I've never had - meaning them all.

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Well I'm thankful you had previously cracked the 2000 Lynch because when we had it at your place I really liked it. On the other hand, I'd rather you had nine left instead of three because I thought that wine was well set for a long and rewarding lifetime. I have no such problem cracking owcs, thoug...

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98 left bank flying under radar strikes again.

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