Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Blanquito

I like white wine more and more, eclipsing red wine for many stretches especially in summer. But I need more options. You’ll be fine as long as you avoid Gewurtztraminer :roll: . This might make an interesting new thread — what varietals do you dislike/not get/generally avoid/consider a viniferous ...

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Any German vintage mentioned in the same breath as 2001 gets my heart racing.

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1988 Ridge Cabernet-Merlot Bradford Mountain
High toned strawberry and sous bois… extra spicy, tangy and bright. Simple, singular, delicious.

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2017 Carbonnieux Blanc
This is so good. Crisp, savory, a touch herbal, shares a lot with Sancerre. For $30-35, a world class white QPR.

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Blanquito, Not surprised, recent examples (within the last few years) of 1975 Pichon Lalande and 1978 Domaine de Chevalier have been very good. Good bottles of 1982 Talbot can be spectacular. Chris Bublitz Indeed, Chris. I’ve long been a big fan of the 78 DDC and this bottle of it was going strong....

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I drink so little Pouilly Fume, but I do cellar and love a good amount of Sancerre (but prices have gone a little bonkers, like in so much of the wine world).

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stefan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:21 am Patrick, I think that is

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But I am old and might have miscalculated.

Lol. You called my bluff!

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I would hasten to add that, while opening each of these brilliant bottles, I ran through my trig tables, pondered the brilliance of Archimedes and Pythagorus, and wrote out pi to the 100th decimal place in homage to BWE’s most eminent professor of mathematics.

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My top wines so far in 2021:
1952 CVNE Vina Real Reserva Especial
1982 Calon Segur
1982 Talbot
1982 Girard Certan
1978 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge
1975 Pichon Lalande
1973 Sterling Reserve Cabernet
2017 Neillon Chassagne Les Chaumées Clos de la Truffière
1967 Guiraud
2001 d’Yquem

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2 x 1983 Lynch Bages, $121 each all in.

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Love, love the 85 Gruaud.

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OrlandoRobert wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:52 pm 3 x 2015 Clos Rougeard Les Clos

Baller.

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Awesome! I am stoked with our collective score. Thanks for the tip Jim and JC.

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SF Ed wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:13 pm
DavidG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:27 am
I think we limit October BWE DC to the vaccinated.
+1

For sure. And we should only let bordeaux lovers attend as well.

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One of the best deals I ever got, which I’ve posted about before, was a case of the 92 Talbot on close out in 1995 for like $8-9 bottles. And I swear that after 5 years in the cellar, this wine blossomed marvelously showing surprising depth, wonderful nuance, and superb aromatics. It was cracking up...

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DavidG wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:03 pm I bought 5 cases of 2019s.

Wow, well done!

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That 2000 BAMA was truly a time capsule back to an 80’s style or older.

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3 each of the following:
-2019 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean
-2019 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers
-2018 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean
-2018 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Les Vergers

Thanks for some enablement, Jacques!

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Definitely save half of the bottle to try over 2 or 3 days, Jimmy. I’ve enjoyed young Thivin on day 1, but the real fireworks have usually come on the second day.

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Had a really great bottle of the 2000 Bel Air Marquis d’Aligre yesterday. Seemingly fully mature, but should hold at this level for 10-15+ years I guess. Reminded me a lot wines from the 80’s, showing earthy/forest floory but with nice balance. Maybe like a more refined Sociando or a La Lagune or C...

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Had a really great bottle of the 2000 Bel Air Marquis d’Aligre yesterday. Seemingly fully mature, but should hold at this level for 10-15+ years I guess. Reminded me a lot wines from the 80’s, showing earthy/forest floory but with nice balance. Maybe like a more refined Sociando or a La Lagune or Ca...

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OrlandoRobert wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:31 pm
Blanquito wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:44 pm It’s official, we officially scored those 750 ml of the 2019 Thivin Zaccharie for $20! Thanks to JC for the local pickup!

So, 12 x 2019 Zaccharie bojo, QPR of the year so far.
Amazing!

I ordered 6.

Hope you get your order too!

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DavidG wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:57 pm Thanks Patrick. An ‘85/‘86 Talbot/Gruaud shootout would be fun.

Yes! Thursday or Saturday night at DC ‘21?

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It’s official, we officially scored those 750 ml of the 2019 Thivin Zaccharie for $20! Thanks to JC for the local pickup!

So, 12 x 2019 Zaccharie bojo, QPR of the year so far.

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Awesome report, well done! Patrick, is your preference for the '85 Talbot and Gruaud over the '86 long-standing or recent? My preferences are reversed, but I haven’t had an '85 in a long time. Guys The 85’s... I wonder if I drank them too young? Mark, I’m wondering the same thing. Good point, DG. T...

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Did Parker briefly attain transcendence when first trying the 03 Clos Fourtet from barrel? Ironically, I assumed this was when it went over to the dark side.

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Dude (as my 5 year old has started regularly saying), what a tasting! Fantastic. The 85s were such a great bargain for so long compared to the 82, 89 and 90s, but around 10 years ago or so the prices really shot up and pretty much pulled even in cost. I got a few before the surge —eg, cases of the w...

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stefan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:47 pm No, Patrick, but I believe in Louis Michel. The price is reasonable because most people don't like his style--no butter, no oil, no pomegranates or oranges,...

Sounds like all cattle and no hat. Perfect.

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My wine epiphany was several bottles of 78 Lascombes my dad opened at Thanksgivings when I was around 20 years old. Not sure what I’d think of those bottles now, but at the time they were mesmerizingly complex and silky, replete with seductive Margauxberries.

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6 2017 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru "Butteaux" @ $44. Score! Have you had this before? I’m a fan of the 2017 white burgs and it’s Louis Michel, but I haven’t tried many 2017 Chablis yet. And I’ve not had the Butteaux cuvée before, but I see K&L has lots of the VV version of th...

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The first wine that entered the consciousness for me and my high school buddies was J. Roget “American Champagne”. We didn’t like beer or hooch yet, but off-dry bubbly was an easy gateway beverage. Plus, it was super cheap but the fizz made it seem fancy, and the girls liked it too. It was basically...

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AKR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:57 pm BoJo is something that can be drunk in the daytime, in the heat, and still let you keep on doing useful things for the rest of the day.

Tastes great and less filling!

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Great note, Nic. One thing I love about Thivin are the earthy-umami notes mingled with fruit and flowers. Yum!

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Don't forget, we are able to link tasting notes from cellartracker directly to BWE in the "Publish to other sites" function to the right of your CT tasting notes, we are a pretty big deal. I've used that when starting a new topic but haven't figured out how to use it for adding a post to ...

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I see Zachy’s just changed the price on the Zaccharie to a more Zachy’s-like $50: https://www.zachys.com/cote-de-brouilly ... 750ml.html

Methinks we ain’t getting our cases Jim, lest ways not at $20/per.

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JimHow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:55 pm So I just ordered a case, do you think they will honor that price?

Holy moly, the Zaccharie is usually at least $40! I just ordered a case too, let’s see what happens!

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Thivin is a top 5 world’s greatest red wine QPR, IMHO.

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2019 are/were so cheap. I wasn’t going to buy, but then Ian shared some notes and I got the 6 of the d’Issan ($46) and 4 of the Brane Cantenac ($51).

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OrlandoRobert wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:18 pm Stefan already bought ten cases

Doc Glasser will say he’s out, and then buy ten cases

I will say no and stick to my guns

Nic will grab Beaujolais

MarcG will corner the market in 2019 VCC

BobbyG hasn’t even bought a thing past 2014

Izak says all 100 points!

All the kool kids…

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