Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Didn't the 47 Cheval Blanc have something like 14% alcohol? Haven'y heard many complaints about it.

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But wasn't the consensus on 2010 it was classic squared? Solidly ripe but also solidly tannic. Sounded like my kind of vintage but unfortunately not my kind of pricing. I'll be watching though in a year - wherever I am - to see what happens as the wines hit the shore.

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Thanks. I've had one 96 Potensac from a case that was great, probably what you're describing. Maybe one or two were nice/OK, and a handful have been rather dry and lame. There seems to be a lot of bottle variation with that vintage.

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An 89-pointer. that's a "don't buy" in winespeak. boring as batailley.

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Can't agree Jim. The problem is not Obama, but guys like you with a man crush on Jack and Bobby. They're dead, Jim. They weren't all that either. Clinton can chalk up 100% of his popularity to a single appearance on Leno (or was it the other guy) and Greenspan's free hookers and blow policies. Then ...

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You might have to wait for a sale to get them though. Like the 2003 La Tour de Mons, the 2006 also came through. This wine does need more time than the latter (or at least it deserves the additional three years). It improved through 2 freeze-thaw cycles over 10 days. It's lighter-mid weight, and the...

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This f'kin guy. Any day now he's going to start wearing shoulder pads in his suits (which he will resume wearing now that he's nailed down the "I own two shotguns" crowd), calling his wife "mommy," tilting his head, and saying, "well ..." and " now there you go aga...

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Am sorry to hear this, obviously wine is just one of the smells of life.

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I must inject a note of caution here that this is not a done deal. Things proceeded in a binary off-on manner for a few days until this afternoon when mention of red tape popped up. So it's gone from "consider it done" to wait until mid-May. I appreciate the offers of support. I will have ...

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Many moving parts, too long and involved a backstory. If I had to place a bet, I'd say the odds are 80-20 we'll return to Colorado in 3 years. My wife is totally gung-ho now but I give it 6 months before she gets the wanderlust. After all Colorado was going to be our terminal domicile and we were he...

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Yeah, 2011 is better than "+" expected. Which should put it about at 08, which turned out much worse than he expected - although he didn't ever admit it.

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Bacchus wrote:I wonder what the SAQ is going to do with all those subscriptions to James's web site? I'll take one if they give them away.

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http://www.cyberpresse.ca/vins/nouvelle ... ckling.php

Merveilleux!

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Accepting bids on shipment appx. 40 cases Bdx Colo. dest. Oahu. Please advise.

Also desire persons take delivery ~ 6 cases Bdx futures SF, Chicago, DC areas for short-midterm holding. Thx.

Mahalo!

*Pretty sure.

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What worries me more that the racism - and certainly there's some of that - is that the venomous hatred - and there was much from the left directed at Bush - is today backed by not a few people with lots of guns and ammo. We're talking the crowd that believes in resisting service of a lawful search ...

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Bain Man must go home to watch Wheel of Fortune now. But he'll be up again early tomorrow with the same Reaganesque hair and smile.

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So there's a Sociando Mallet exemption too? Or does that come under the general "reasonably priced" exemption?

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We're here to enable, not regret ! If someone could translate that into Latin then you're halfway to a coat of arms. I have the 02-03-04 now. Each is necessary in its own way. So my advice is to buy 4 of each of the 03, 05 and 06. That seems like a representative mixed case. Then you won't have this...

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Duly filing my reports. The Sociando Mallet was a bit sleepy as you might expect. Sadly (for me) I must report a complete absence of green peppers. Other than that, based on this tasting, I would be ready to declare yet another vintage of the century, for despite a somewhat closed-down performance, ...

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I don't carry that much money in my wallet

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That price struck me as some proof that maybe Bdx pricing has not increased that much in the past 18 years, beyond the 1sts and maybe a few other wines. I believe Clinet was still basking in the rep of a perfect score for its 1989 at the time the 1994 was released, no? Maybe the entry-level wines ha...

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I think it's interesting that Engerer says the 01 Grand Vin is ready to drink. Does he mean ready to sell? I have a bottle but wasn't thinking of opening it for several years, absent some major twist of fate or fortune.

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I just received 6 of the 08 Gruaud. Unusual for me, I wasn't planning on cracking one anytime soon. Is there a reason to?

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This is another 03 that's drinking well already. Of course it's only a crus bourgeois (superieur) so 8-9 years or so this should not surprise. I think it's also a factor of the vintage - soft fruit that makes it approachable. This was by no means flabby, and it actually had nice acidity, I thought. ...

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the funny thing is you often don't know which ones are going to remain ugly ducklings and which ones are going to turn into swans 20 years down the road. So some of the nice dinner/weekend wines may turn out to be special occasion wines and vice-versa. Except for the first growths and some of the s...

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Man that cork was tight. Not dry, but too big for the neck. Lots of tobacco notes emanating from the portal. Some Red Man even. Smells sweet. I just know this is gonna be good. No drinking yet though. Still have a couple of things to do yet.

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Funny, there's no mention of Morgan Stanley's role.

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Muahahahaha! One Million Dollars!

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This made me think of something deliciously devious. When Rudy K. gets out of jail, I'm going to enlist his services in a plan to set the points market on its ear. He will, of course, want to go "straight" like so many other fraudsters and now work for the good guys. Here's my plan. I'm go...

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Glad I could help. As for the connoisseur rap, I'll trying anything the "modern school" critics have panned. You all realize I did not inject the issue of complexity into this thread. Complexity is too nuanced for me, I'm a thumbs up/thumbs down kinda guy. Someplace called Westchester Wine...

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Mead is fermented honey and water. It can be still or sparkling. It can be dry or sweet (or off-dry). It can be barrel fermented/aged or not. My winemaker friend in Salida is making some now and it's fairly popular. It's fun for a glass every now and then.

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Amen. But for the modern school of critics "complexity" in the context of a 2-oz pour and 30-second evaluation window of a wine that's been 4 months in barrel boils down to checking 3 boxes: 1) sweetness 2) oak 3) alcohol. Whichever wine shows the most of these wins the Miss Complexity com...

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If you define complexity as noticeable alcoholic heat and hard, obvious oak, I agree, the 04 Magdelaine is deficient in that regard. I could not in any sense agree the wine was lacking in concentration. I thought it was dense, albeit in a tender, supple way. PC of course often has the lowest prices,...

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There are no old dudes, only old wines.

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Plenty of oak spicing up the nose. Plenty of oak trussing, certainly enough to harness the fruit. But for now this adds up to a kiln-dried as opposed to silky impression. As Berry Brothers say, "for laying down."

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"Connoisseur." Well, I can retire now. Thanks, Alex! It's certain I'm no "modern critic" rushing to declare a vintage and a wine forever and for all time after four months in barrel. It was bad enough when this was the provence of "professional" wine critics, but this s...

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2009 La Tour du Pin. Not unlike the 2008 Gazin, in that it was a bit hot and hard. Not as much wood seemingly. And it also seemed a touch lighter-bodied. Hard to tell at this point because it does have a fast and hard attack in the mouth which can tend to mask whatever happens afterward. On the plus...

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Bummer on Chief Jay. Didn't Bruno Sammartino pass before him? Also, I just heard listening to NPR on the way down to Salida that Jim Marshall http://marshallamps.com/ died this week. Chasse can fill in here. Of course I'd not heard of the Running Man guy who made news dying this week also, but that ...

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Not sure you say why it is a hypothetical cross of Lafleur and Petrus though I didn't. I merely quoted someone. Someone who ostensibly at least is supposed to know. Don't tell me you disagree? "Gazin's 2008, a structured, masculine style of Pomerol, reveals a dense plum/purple color in additio...

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