Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Blanquito

Ok, enough vagueness. Not including sales tax, I have an option for the 2000 du Tertre for $70.20 each. Buy? Let's put it this way-- I'd buy a lot of it if it cost $50... $70 is perfectly priced to induce ambivalence. Here's my most recent note on the wine, from April 2022 : Sexy, exotic bouquet, li...

Blanquito

I think that you should buy more of that BWE WOTY, the 2000 Château du Tertre. You always liked it, and probably a great Margaux for 10 more years. Winner, winner! I've been here long enough to know half well my BWE siblings. Looking forward to have a great time in March, in your company Patrick. I...

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Nicklasss wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:12 pm I think that you should buy more of that BWE WOTY, the 2000 Château du Tertre.

You always liked it, and probably a great Margaux for 10 more years.

Winner, winner!

Blanquito

Chateau Vin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:11 am
Chateau Vin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:43 am Cantemerle or La Lagune, I say...
Oh, it was around 25 bucks in 2001?? Then could it be GPL or Gruaud Larose??

I checked my records, I actually got it for $21.99 from WineX.

Some very good ideas, but none on the mark just yet.

Blanquito

Got my 3 bottles of Pavelot delivered today!

Might try one this weekend.

Blanquito

What is your definition of "cheap enough to enjoy on a weeknight"? Under $150? Since I’m ambivalent about buying this wine based on the price, I guess I’m looking to first find out everyone else’s weeknight “buy threshold”, combined with the other info provided. Of course, one man’s weekn...

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Bonus question: what wine am I?

Blanquito

Consider this the poor man’s follow up to the 89 Lynch Bages Price Index: what would you pay for a 22 year-old 1855-classified Bordeaux from the vaunted 2000 vintage? A few additional bits of pertinent info: you like this wine, a lot (it’s in the 91-93 pts range); it’s mature but only mid-plateau (p...

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jckba wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:11 am 2019 Pavelot SLB Les Guettes is $420/cs in Zachys in store case sale starting tomorrow.

How many cases you in for, JC?! The usual 8-10?

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JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:54 am $49-$55, Patrick...

https://www.bassins.com/search?q=pavelot

Ok, cool. That’s about what I’m seeing them for too, I got the 2017 Aux Guettes for $44, the 19 Aux Guettes for $43, and the 17 Aux Gravains for $47 from WHWC.

Blanquito

After enjoying the 2019 Thivin Zaccharie (which is a blend of their top terriors) so much, I decided to get some more Thivin and opted for 5 bottles of their oldest old vine cuvee (80-100 years old), the single vineyard 2020 Godefroy. Not a heist like we got the Zaccharie for, but I still reeled it ...

Blanquito

What are those running you, Jim?

Blanquito

I’ve had the 83 Lynch 8-9 times over the last decade plus and it has always been terrific 93-pt range. I’ve bought and rebought it numerous times (I still have a bunch in the cellar) as the market has never seemed to realize or price-in how good the 83s are (true of the vintage in general outside of...

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To round out a case with those 3 Pavelot I bought, I grabbed some whites for the summery weather we’re having in Denver (not): -Alzinger Riesling Hollerin Smaragd 2021 x 3 -Alzinger Riesling Höhereck Smaragd 2021 x 2 -Nikolaihof Riesling Wachau Steiner Hund 2016 x 2 -Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Le...

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I read somewhere, probably from the man himself, that Parker made a fuss about the 78 vintage as the best in a good while. But that was when he was still a nobody. The wines turned out well, but I’m not sure it’s better than 79, and I generally prefer 70>78. 71 made a number of sleepers too, but the...

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To round out a case with those 3 Pavelot I bought, I grabbed some whites for the summery weather we’re having in Denver (not): -Alzinger Riesling Hollerin Smaragd 2021 x 3 -Alzinger Riesling Höhereck Smaragd 2021 x 2 -Nikolaihof Riesling Wachau Steiner Hund 2016 x 2 -Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les...

Blanquito

DRC, based on the few times I’ve had it, is transcendent. But it’s hard for me to consider it “burgundy”. That’s like calling Michael Jordan a “basketball player”. Whatever DRC can do doesn’t seem relevant to the burgundies I might buy, cellar, enjoy, cherish. Not a criticism by any means, just sepa...

Blanquito

It took me a while, but I’m digging red burgundy these days. One producer in particular really served as the gateway drug: Chevillon (honorable mention to Felettig and Jadot). Love these wines — the reasonable pricing played an important role.

What’s yours?

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tim wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:35 pm Question: for Friday, 67 Pall Mall cannot accommodate our number, but they can do it Thursday. Would anyone object to switching the Anything But Bordeaux to Thursday night and having the Italian Friday night?

Otherwise, we can look for a different venue for Friday.

Cheers,

Tim

Fine by me.

Blanquito

s*d*r wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 7:39 pm
Blanquito wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:27 am Ok, reading this again, my new deserted island dinner would feature wives I’ve never had:
I’m not sure your current wife would approve but since she won’t be on the island I guess you can do whatever you want.

F*ing autocorrect! lol.

*but deserted islands do have certain advantages...

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Hm$(still) wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:49 am I’d take them.

Hm$

Excellent! Agent Flaneur is on the case.

Blanquito

Thanks, Mark. Have you tried the ‘11 Magdelaine?

Blanquito

Ok, reading this again, my new deserted island dinner would feature wives I’ve never had: the 82 LMHB, the 82 Latour, the 82 Mouton, and 83 Margaux.

Blanquito

I just grabbed a few of these to try:
2019 Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er cru Aux Guettes x 1
2017 Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er cru Aux Guettes x 1
2017 Pavelot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er cru Aux Gravains x 1

Any decanting advice?

Blanquito

As the final vintage of this revered estate, I have long been on the lookout for a few bottles of the highly-regarded 2011 Magdelaine, but I started looking late and it is essentially unavailable in the States. However, I see a case in bond in London, which has me sorely tempted, but I cannot take m...

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I was telling Blanquito that I added up all my 2022 wine purchases from my bank and credit card statements and the total came to over £50k. That’s nuts. I am targeting a 90% reduction in 2023. Yeah, this exchange reminded me of this thread, lol. Wine buying in 2021 was out-of-control, whereas 2022 ...

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DavidG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:05 pm LOL Nic, credit where credit is due.

That, and the presentation on silk sheets.

For sure! You can imagine Jim snuggling up with those bottles for a little pillow talk.

Blanquito

Giscours 1979 is my Eureka wine. Still decent but beginning its downward evolution. Last tasted May 2022 and a 92 point wine. I can tell u this boys and girls...the Giscours '04 is a cracker!! Had it a few weeks ago, classic and charming...need more 04 bordeaux is your kryptonite, ain’t it? Makes y...

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JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 2:24 am You’re talking to a man who bought 18 bottles of 2016 Mouton with one swipe of the AmEx card. No, it was an ignominious failure for me.

This year my goal is to get more Burgundy in the cellar.

Isn’t there a permanent exception for First Growths and winners of the BWE Wine of Year awards?

Blanquito

One of my first young romances was with an exchange student from France who came over when I was in high school. She spoke very little English and I didn’t speak any French, but we managed. In some ways, I’ve never recovered, remaining enamored with everything French to this day. Emily in Paris in i...

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Nice note blanquito. The 1978 red wines from Bordeaux I had, have been all good to me: from memory, Léoville Barton, Ducru Beaucaillou, Haut Brion. The 1976 La Lagune that Comte Flaneur gave me, and that i opened shortly after being back to Canada, was gorgeous. Better than the 1976 Magdelaine that...

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Thank you for the update on this. Been a long time since this has crossed my lips. I would be skeptical of purchasing this on a backfill basis now though. Yes, I doubt I would buy anymore either, unless I came across bottles with fills into the neck (my bottle was baseneck or just below). This wine...

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So, how did everyone's 2022 Wine Buying Freeze go? For my own part, I bought 152 bottles of wine in 2022 (at ~$75 a bottle on average), but also drank/sold/gifted 453 bottles, for a net drop of 301 bottles. So, while I bought far more than I intended, this year was, by my standards, a smashing succe...

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Along with the 82 and 85, this has long been one of my favorite vintages of an otherwise overrated, washed out, shadow-of-its-former-self chateau, La Lagune. And the ‘78 used to be seriously cheap for the quality not all that long ago, so I loaded up. Tonight, I enjoy my penultimate bottle to usher ...

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All this talk makes me want to organize a dueling vertical of PLL and Magdelaine through the decades!

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I wonder if anyone really answered the question, though. What is your '89 Lynch? To me, the question isn't what's the greatest wine you've had, or want to have. What wine out there are you emotionally connected to? And it might not necessarily be a Mouton or a DRC. Maybe it's a '79 Giscours.... Or ...

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Good points, Marcus. My last PLL was the 2003, notably good for the vintage— though I did get a minuscule pour of the 16 at the UGC. I am a big fan of the 2000-2003 PLLs though.

But by all accounts, PLL probably did lose the thread thereafter when May-Elaine de Lencquesaing sold the estate in 2003.

Blanquito

You know, if the question were what is your Lynch Bages? , rather than the specific 89 LB, maybe something like, if you could only drink one chateau for 20 years stranded on a deserted island, I know exactly what my answer is: Pichon Lalande. And money is no object? Lafite. Without a doubt Money’s ...

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You know, if the question were what is your Lynch Bages?, rather than the specific 89 LB, maybe something like, if you could only drink one chateau for 20 years stranded on a deserted island, I know exactly what my answer is: Pichon Lalande.

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I like the 86 Talbot (more nuance) just as much as the 82 (more power), though I’ve not had them side by side.

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