Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

ChrisW

I'm not "defending" anything on the Squires board. I do not participate on the Squires board and I don't like the kind of moderation that went on there. Just as I do not like many other things in this world. Yet, given the choice I just avoid them and select options which I do like. There ...

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Stefan, I feel honoured! Wine in Israel... This reminded me of an experience around 15 years ago in a restaurant in a small village somewhere in Israel. I asked the waiter for the wine list. One could immediately see the feeling of panic in the waiter's eyes. He recovered by saying that he was going...

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I agree with the earlier comments that the 1996 lagrange is a great wine. I tasted this wine (again) several weeks ago and I think it is one of the best wines Lagrange has made, similar in quality to the 1990 and the 2000. Maybe a bit less flamboyant, but it makes up for it by its perfect balance an...

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I believe that this forum has sunk to levels below that of the Squires forum lately. That board has moved on and the participants which have stayed, and there are many, are discussing over 75 different interesting wine topics every day. This board seems to have inherited the repetitive negative way ...

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I've also not succeeded in ordering a copy. The software of the webshop just won't allow me to order one.

I've sent an e-mail to the contact address and I hope that they will manage to fix the problem (hopefully before the special offer expires on 19 June).

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Interesting notes! Just like you, I bought quite a lot of these wines myself as I considered their prices to be quite reasonable for the vintage. I've not tried the haut-bergey yet as I thought, just as you apparently did, that it would be still too oaky. I've tasted the puygueraud a few times and a...

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I've noticed your tolerances for young wines and their tannins before when reading your notes on young wines. You should consider yourself very lucky as this means that you do not have to wait years before you can enjoy your treasures. Personnally, I do not really have a "problem" with the...

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Interesting to see that the CdP came out as the wine of the night. Can this mean that one (or all) of the 2007 CdPs will be elected as the BWE wine of the year in 2009? :) I've tasted the 2005 Vieux Telegraphe several times over the last 1,5 years and just like almost every young cdp I would certain...

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Danny, Sounds indeed like a very disappointing tasting. Especially the 1982 must have been a let down. Pichon Lalande can be very, very, good and for some people it is their favourite proporty in the Medoc, raving about its finesse. Two weeks ago I attended a dinner in Bordeaux where one of the peop...

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It is a bit painful to see that this forum seems to have quickly overtaken the Squires forum as far as aggressive posting is concerned. However, I'm quickly adapting to this lowest level of internet communication and was really looking forward to reading the lowest level internet garbage of all: the...

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Dear Alex, I guess a bit of "waxing philosophical at 8 a.m." and a bit of "wishfull thinking" ;) They handled this situation unbelievably stupid at the WA and Squires is as unfairly dominant as he has always been, but I don't see any reason why this will not blow over very soon. ...

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by Houndsong on Thu May 28, 2009 10:13 pm I think they got into trouble going on too many holidays (expenses paid) in the first place. Sharp :) Innocent me. I pay for all my holidays myself. Silly of me to think that the elite of the WA would also consider doing this :) I still think it is more fun...

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Stefan: are you sure that you are still able/allowed to post on this forum following your comments? :) Jal: I think that this is a perfect case which people can use for training people on damage control in mass media. This is clearly not the way to do it. I think that parker, squires and miller coul...

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Hound, Could be. One will never know because it is impossible to turn back the clock. What I find most interesting is that if you see the thread on the Squires forum, it seems as though a seemingly open and honest "apology" and explanation by Parker on the matter has completely exploded in...

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Hound, When you refuse to give your side of the story, you can't complain when it isn't told. I do not completely agree with this since the journalist likely read the squires forum and found most of his information there. He just decided to ignore the first comments from Parker on that forum when he...

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Wow!!!!

Parker is really serious about this ethical topic!

At least he considers the ethical credibility of the WA to be much more important than the protection of the reputation of Miller in public.

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I think that in itself the sponsored activities of some of the wine writers of the WA are quite harmless given what is done and accepted by almost all other wine publications. I think that it is only an issue (albeit quite a non-issue) because Parker himself has always tried to adhere to extremely s...

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Izak, These much have been some very impressive tastings! Can I draw the conclusion from your notes and scores that you consider Climens to be of at least the same level of quality as d' Yquem? I was already on the lookout for some Climens 1971 (my birth year) and will be looking even harder given y...

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No, No, No!!!! You are not a horrible person. Just a wise person who is not influenced by the label and judges the wine based on its intrinsic value. Given that you are obviously not influenced by the label, it would have only been even wiser not to open the lafite at this stage :) Young first growt...

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Alex, We had a great time during lunch at your place. The wines and the company were very nice. Thanks again for your hospitality. Your lunch concluded a very nice short stay in Bordeaux. We also very much enjoyed the great tasting event of the Weekend des Grands Amateurs de Bordeaux on Saturday whe...

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There actually is a long discussion going on the Squires' forum about the same question. David Schildknecht, the WA author responsible for the Burgundy reviews, has given an answer to the question why the reviews on the 2006 vintage are so late: "Further 2006 notes are on the way, and I began t...

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I don't think that I've ever tasted the '98 carruades (or I just cannot remember), but the recollection of my experiences with the 2000, 2001 and 2002 is that in those vintages this is a nice but not really extraordinary wine. I believe that I paid around EUR 20 for those wines, which at that time w...

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That must have been a great tasting event!

There are not many opportunities to do a horizontal tasting of an older CdP vintage with so many wines present.

Interesting that the Clos du Caillou Reserve came out on top. Was this also the group consensus?

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Harry, Lunch with Michel Blanc was a great pleasure (for others: Michel Blanc is the head of the Federation des Syndicats de Producteurs de Chateauneuf du Pape). He is a very nice guy. We had lunch in La Nerthe in the center of CdP. When we both entered the restaurant we saw that Vincent Durieu was ...

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I've never had the 1995, but I like the more recent years of this cuvee which I've tasted. Shortly after bottling I ussually find these wines too big for my taste, but after 2-3 years in the bottle the really shine. I was at the domaine one week ago to collect the wines that I'd pre-ordered and was ...

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Elmo, Prices are indeed relative. I started buying Bordeaux wines a few years earlier, but at that time prices were already much higher than what they were several years before that. I'm sure that many people, especially those longer involved in wine buying, will think that I paid too much for my pu...

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Elmo, I think that the Latour will be a little bit more expensive (more like EUR 170-180 all-in). At that price I'll not be buying any. I think that there are better wines for that money. Additionally, I own quite a lot of Bordeaux wines already including many bottles of first growths which I've bou...

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Thanks. There are a lot of wines on your "to buy" list! You mentioned that you liked the d'Aiguilhe. This has been my most favourite QPR Bordeaux starting with the 1999 vintage, but I found the 2005 vintage of this wine a bit extreme and almost overripe on the two occassions I've tasted th...

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It is significantly higher than the en-primeur price of 2004, but latour was one of the few wines which sold well in that campaign. Hopefully for the Bordelais it will sell well again and can help turn the very bad and negative atmosphere around. I just hope that if it sells well, that other winerie...

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Great report from what must have been two wonderful weeks in Bordeaux! What do you think about the overall quality of Sauternes in 2008, compared to 2007 and 2005? Which wines would you put on a short list as potential buys? (of course not knowing the price) regards, ChrisW PS. This is not the Squir...

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Harry, I consumed this wine last week and it was pretty outstanding, particularly if one considers its price. I like d'Aiguilhe from most vintages starting with the 1999 vintage, except for the 2005 which I think is a bit over-ripe. It is a modern wine in a pure style which I think is typical for De...

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I just read on another forum that the Angelus 2008 is not selling well at all at the announced release price. I really think that the Bordelais have to further reduce prices if they want to trigger people in today's economy to pay significant sums of money as advance payments for buying a vintage wh...

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Dear Alex, Thanks for the report. This must have been a great tasting. Would you buy any of these wines based on this tasting? I own only two vintages of d' Yquem (1990 and 1997) and must say that I find it hard to justify the costs compared to other great wines in Sauternes/Barsac. Several weeks ag...

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Dear Alex, I think that a return to 2004 prices is not sufficient. It seems as if everyone has forgotten that the 2004 en-primeur campaign really did not go well, even though the economy and the USD/EUR rate were at that time much more favourable than they are now. The 2004's were only sold when the...

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Great story of what must have been a great evening!

Enjoy yourselfs the rest of the weekend.

kindest regards,

Chris

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Jim, I'm sorry to miss the upcoming convention. It would have been great to taste the 1989 LBages. I've tasted it only ones (probably because you've bought/consumed all other bottles that were made). 1989 is a great Bordeaux vintage. Last night we consumed the 1989 Grand Mayne. Could have been a bit...

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Alex, Izak, Looking at this and other forums I think that, apart from some individuals, most people are not so positive about the 2008 Bordeaux vintage because of economic perceptions and not for its expected quality. Times are tough and people are simply not getting warm feelings about tying up a l...

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Jim, 1989 Lynch Bages is good, but is it the greatest wine in the region in the last 50 years? It surely still is one of the best mature super wines of the region as far as P/Q ratio is concerned. Harry, How does the 1989 HaJP compare to the regular bottling of the 1989 Beaucastel? To my great disap...

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I'm a big fan of d'Aiguilhe and serve this wine very often at home to people who are not the greatest wine lovers. It never fails to impress and somehow I've never come across a bottle of d'Aiguilhe which was in an arkward closed phase, not even after opening more than 50 bottles. Still, I've my dou...

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Ian, No doubt that CdP will be copied more frequently now that the region is becoming more populair and prices are shooting up. However, the same happened long ago with Bordeaux and all the Bordeaux blends made all over the planet have not reduced the demand for the original product (at least not fo...

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