Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Wow, the $77.80 I paid (including the buyer's premium) recently looks like a steal.

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JoelD wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:33 pm Here's to hoping our BD can stay in office until year 40 or 50. Opening some 2040 Bordeaux, raving about them and convincing us to buy one more year!

Well, he does work on commission.

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Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:46 pmFor the Wednesday 9pm dinner I have increased the size of the reservation from four to eight and I had some interesting Bordeaux in mind.

Not fair! (Too late to change ticket probably)

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The 2010 Gloria seemed big and bold, more so than in years past, when I tried it on release. I liked it a lot.

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4 x 2014 Bollinger Grande Annee ($130 at local Costco, so easy, just walk to check out and take home, no need to schedule shipping, pick up a box, spend 2-3 weeks looking for a good window of shipping weather, etc).

And who doesn’t like Bollinger tete du cuvee? It’s good enough for 007 afterall.

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Great, I’ll probably bring the Percarlo then, which I’ve been waiting for the right occasion to try for a while. if it’s even 75% of the level of the 85 Percarlo TomW brought to BWE Denver, I’ll be delighted.

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Looks like a very good trade, Patrick! I remember making some good trades with PC for bottles that didn't arrive. 'Course most of the replacements also never arrived. ;( That's exactly what this reminded me of too, except these replacement bottles are shipping next week! (and I got all of my replac...

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Not really a purchase, but I just swapped 3 bottles of a very overdue prearrival order, 2019 Marc Colin St-Aubin La Chatenière, for: 4 x 2014 Roederer Brut Champagne 2 x 2020 Louis Michel Chablis Vaulorent They gave me double credit for the screw up on the prearrivals, and praise for the Roederer (9...

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Are we leaning Nebbiolo here or are the great wines of Tuscany fair game as well? To wit, I could bring the ‘99 Percarlo or the ‘99 Roagna Paje Barbaresco.

Or an ‘04 Elio Grasso Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté.

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Thanks Ian for your efforts putting this all together.

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For the year to date, I'm at 27 reds and 17 whites.

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Anyone got a ‘93 Batailley handy?!

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Nicklasss wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:42 pm At the Saturday night diner in London, should we do 2003 vs 2013? I guess this is a way to confirm that 2013 isn't too bad...

I’ll not be sitting at Nic’s table! Put me with the 82 and 02 group, please.

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Is Haut Brion the most “old fashioned” First Growth? I got that impression when we visited there in 10/21. (I’ve not visited Latour but I’ve seen photos). Definitely not meant as a criticism, but the contrast with Chateau Margaux — with its modern vat room, futuristic, sprawling underground bunker, ...

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JimHow wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:37 pm We had a great 2003 dinner in NYC Patrick, when was that, 2008?

2009, I checked… That was a ton of fun.

https://www.cellartracker.com/classic/e ... vent=19024

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Nothing to add here, you all summed it up perfectly for my experience.

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Magdelaine, Canon and Figeac are very young still but all will be glorious at their peak.

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Great note from Neal, but drink the 2020 Montrose starting in 2025?! As our president might say, come on man!

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At long last, I have succumbed to the hype to the tune of 6 * 2019 Branaire-Ducru ($50) and 4 * 2019 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge ($70).

I blame/credit you all.

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Bravo! Party in Pittsburgh.

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Thanks for the invite, Arv. Wish I was going to be in the neighborhood, I’ll look my forward to the post-dinner report.

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I wish I’d bought more 2019s as well.

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stefan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:56 am?????

I second this motion.

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On the Right Bank, I fully concur the 85s are equals to the 82s, but I am not quite sure that is (or was) true in the Medoc-- as lovely and nuanced as the 85 Left Bankers are, for my palate they never had the power or depth of fruit of the 82s.

But like 82, 85 was strong in every commune.

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Great write-up and what a wonderful way to end a dry month! Like most everyone, I am a big, big fan of the 85s and I've had many terrific bottles of the 85 Canon and 85 Beychevelle, it's a shame your bottles did perform like they can. I would note that the rate of TCA I've experienced with the 85 Ca...

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Another 2020 I enjoyed a lot at the UGC was the Domaine de Chevalier rouge.

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I have some Charmes Chambertin 2012, here’s hoping they’re good someday.

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The 20 Lynch Bages was one of the stars of the UGC.

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William P wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:01 pm Sorry I missed you Patrick.

Bill

Hope to see you next time, Bill.

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Sitting at the airport now, trying a little to collect some thoughts… what a terrific, 48-hour surgical strike into NoCal, with the highlight most definitely the dinner with Lisa and Ed. I had a blast catching up, reminiscing, get jazzed for London, tasting wine, enjoying the fantastic cuisine at De...

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I’ll try to post soon more detailed thoughts and impressions of the 2020 UGC I attended on Friday, but I want to preview it all with a big shout out for the brilliant 2020 Leoville Barton. Unlike my prior UGC in 2019, Lilian was not in attendance on Friday. Her charming son Damien was there in her p...

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The 96 Lagrange is probably my second favorite vintage there, after only the 90.

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What are the goodfellow chardonnays running you in the sale?

Edit: just checked, the chardonnay-only option at Goodfellow is sold out.

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I bought 6 of the 2016 Giscours for $45 a couple of years ago at Costco (6 was all they had left, they also had the ‘16 Purple Baron for $100 and ‘16 Lynch Bages for $80, bought all they had of those too). Seemed like something anyone would enthusiasm would have to do.

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Sure, just add a bunch of tartaric acid and viola, the wines still seem fresh! I’m not directing that at the 2019 vintage per se, just in general. On same basic biochemical level, you can’t have high alcohol and high acids wines “naturally” (I put that in quotes because on some level wine making isn...

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Fun read. To my eye, the QPR winner of the vintage is the 2019 Branaire Ducru. Side note: is it just me, or do most professional tasting notes at this point seem written by ChatGPT? Honestly, I read 3-4 notes of say William Kelley (whose opinion I value) and they morph together almost immediately in...

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I’ll see your perfect fills and raise you a bin soiled label:

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Not I. Is this the same thing as the UGC?

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But the icing of the cake goes to Blanquito in this regard. He had several top 10 for different eras, and that too seems like strugggling to come up with a list that would satisfy all his inclinations. Although he begrudgingly came up with final list, he needed much prodding and encouragement... Fo...

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All I have to say is, amen! Stu, Mark, Jacques, Ed and I will just keeping looking for wines older than us, and leave all the 2019s to Jim, jckba, Ian, Mike, Chris, et al!

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