Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Like Joel, I don’t have a single bottle I would identify as my North Star in that way. Which doesn’t surprise me - I love to read but couldn’t identify a single favorite book, love movies but couldn’t narrow my favorite list smaller than maybe three to five, etc. I have fallen in love with many ind...

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stefan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:07 pm 1969 Romanee Conti.

Thank god I wasn’t the only one to pick a burg!

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Nicklasss wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:32 am 1982 Château Mouton Rothschild.

Taste it 3 times, always great. Even next to the 1986, i preferred the 1982.

Never had this wine. Had the transcendent 86 Mouton once, but never the 82. Maybe the 82 should be my don’t-look-up bottle?? (I’m cheating again).

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Tom In DC wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:14 am Flights booked - we're in!

Outstanding! We’re getting the band back together again, again!

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I’m gonna give mine another 5 years and then try one at age 15.

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I guess another way to say it is, I’ve gone some (mercifully short lived) phases where what stood out to me were a wine’s flaws rather than its features. A good wine had fewer flaws than an ok wine. There was a somm in our wine group for a little while who always approached wine that way, I was very...

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I found the William Kelley reference Marcus made and I quote more of it here: “After 2000, Montrose has been fermented in stainless steel rather than wood, and concerted efforts seem to have been made in the cellar to tame the estate’s animal side: the 2005 is as great as the 2000, but noticeably mo...

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Well, crap. I have 6 bottles of 2012 Pierre Bouree Charmes Chambertin, bought largely on the strength of Gilman’s 94+ pts.

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1990 DRC Richebourg.

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Jim started this in another thread, but I think it deserves its own place, so… What is your perfect wine? What is your desert island wine, a meteor is going to hit the earth, what are you going to uncork? What is your MUST HAVE wine? What is your 1989 Lynch Bages? It’s a great question, with layers ...

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I’ve gone through phases where wine appreciation starts to feel more like wine negativity , where that dazzling sweet spot wine can attain grows narrower and narrower. It’s not a good mindset to end up in, even if it originates from the noblest passion, the urge, no, the need to understand, to analy...

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I had it about six months ago and posted a TN here (on my phone now so can’t drop in the link, but I posted it on July 10 2022 under the title of “some recent wines with a visitor from France”). As my TN indicated I thought it was an excellent wine - fresh, pure, crisp, elegant, and at the beginnin...

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I see some 2000 Montrose for a competitive price, especially given what they’re asking for the 2018-2021, but it’s still priced like a wine that should fantastic (or will be one day).

What says BWE?

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So, curious, how would this Savigny fare against at ~$50 Felettig Chambolle, say the 2019 VV?

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Kari Lake not only defeated, but tossed into the dustbin of history. However I've gotta say, Liz Cheney is da Man! (even according to Josh Hawley apparently) She would make a great Speaker of the House under the current circumstances. All it would take is all the democrats and a few republicans to ...

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The end of democracy as we know it is one thing, but our beloved Chateau Figeac going modern is the real travesty.

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Kari Lake not only defeated, but tossed into the dustbin of history. However I've gotta say, Liz Cheney is da Man! (even according to Josh Hawley apparently) She would make a great Speaker of the House under the current circumstances. All it would take is all the democrats and a few republicans to ...

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Hell yeah, I like what I’m hearing. Jacques or anyone, how’s the 2017 of this? I see the 17 at a shop I’m building a case at, so tempting.

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SF Ed wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:50 pm
Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:42 pm
Are we ok with the theme for Friday of ABB?
I am!

SF Ed

Ditto.

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Champagne prices have gone from bad to worse it seems. To take one example, the 2012 Dom Perignon is *only* $259 at K&L, the same outfit where I got the 2008 Dom for $136. I did pick up some 2012 Cristal for $230 at Costco though.

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Bravo, Nic! Come on in, the water is fine! Courage comes to us all in time.

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I’m perpetually short of champagne and whites so I did pick up 3*2015 Bereche Grand Cru Champagne for $133/bottle all in (including tax and shipping)…don’t know the producer but they seem to have a good rep on various boards and the price seemed well under retail. Also 4*2018 and 2019 Jadot Corton ...

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So true. One to keep an eye out for in my experience is the 02 Gloria.

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Any heat on the 09 Calon, Nic? That’s my concern with some 09s. Does heat settle down with age? It sure didn’t with the 07 Chateauneuf.

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Updated: 1. Ian ( confirmed ) 2. Jim ( confirmed ) 3. Patrick ( confirmed ) 4&5. MichaelP and Nalan ( confirmed ) 6&7. Ed and Lisa ( confirmed ) 8. Tim ( confirmed ) 9. Alex ( confirmed ) 10. Nic ( confirmed ) 11. Joel ( probable ) 12&13. Stefan and Lucie ( hopeful ) 14. Marcus ( hopeful...

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Great notes. I seriously dig all of 04 champagne I’ve had, especially the chardonnay dominated cuvées, sounds like the Winnie is fantastic. I’m quite piqued at your 96 Baron note, as I gave up on this one and unloaded my bottles a while back thinking it a whiff in the context of the vintage (I doubl...

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Wunderbar! Now we just need Stefan, Lucie and Marcus to confirm, and it’s fully on!

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It’s been a while, but I found restaurant wine lists in Italy very fairly priced.

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Nice, Ian. Sounds like a bottle that deserves to be enjoyed all on its own. Beautiful color.

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Happy holidays, BWE!

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I need to give Raffault another chance.

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Agree, Stefan, I’ve had a lot of very good and excellent 1983s. No way it’s an off vintage. Perhaps overshadowed by 1982, like 1981 and 1988 in that regard, but not off. Totally, I think every 83 Bordeaux I’ve had at least qualified as a success if not much better (except for a certain third growth...

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We drank the 2013 Lagrange second label in Paris several nights, it was like the hotel wine, with cheese, overlooking the Eiffel Tower. It was perfectly lovely. I once had a nice bottle of the 1995 Amiral de Beychevelle at restaurant in nyc on New Year’s Eve 1999 as we awaited Y2K apocalypse— it wa...

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Great thoughts, Marcus. I think it was Stefan who long ago pointed out the general trade off between expressive aromatics vs palate power, and this certainly has been my experience. I think 02 vintage is the case in point — the bouquets are already just so delightful, expressive and detailed, and in...

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I’ve mentioned this one before but it’s been a while: the best “off vintage” claret I’ve had, by far, was the terrific 1992 Talbot. It was being dumped in the mid-90’s for like $8 a pop, so my dad grabbed 3 cases and walked around with a big grin repeating “it’s Grand Cru!”. We drank reams of the st...

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My 2022 bordeaux of the year is the '93 D'issan RG is my new personal hero. Calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. Yes sir...and this is after having all of 1st growths from the left bank, plus some righties the likes of Cheval, Le Pin and Petrus. Dare I say the '93 D'issan would have wiped the floor of all t...

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The hits keep coming! Just won these at KL auction: Damn, you sure you want to quit KL? I hear those are awesome. How much per? $126.50 including commission (but not sales tax). Pretty pricey but the recent CT notes are nearly all stellar (except for Jeff Leve's so-so note) and the bottle condition...

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Of course, this means I have just a little more than month to finish a lifetime worth of shopping at KL retail and auctions!!! A literal “back up the truck” moment in your future? I remember shipping to WV or VA back when no one could ship to MD. It was a felony and wineries/shippers could lose the...

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The hits keep coming! Just won these at KL auction:

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robert goulet wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:07 am My 2022 bordeaux of the year is the '93 D'issan

RG is my new personal hero. Calls ‘em like he sees ‘em.

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