Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Danny hope to see you next year
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's to all

I just openned a 93 Margaux....headed to Capital Grille (will meet Harvey again) for a Xmas eve dinner.

Kathy and I just returned to Chicago, from visting relatives in TN and KY, 30 min ago.

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Jon
nice wines!!

I have not been to Les Nomades - sounds like a place to go during BWE10

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I doubt $45 for the telegramme is anywhere near a deal...........some wine store in Brentwood
I am finishing it tonight and it tastes like a $15 Spainish Granacha

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off to a good start........a good time will be in store all

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Jay I could not wait :) Kathy and I were going to dinner and wasting some time for the place to open so we wnet into a wine store in Nashville There I found a 07 Telgramme with only a $15 corkage I said what the heck....now the wine was 45 - that I thought seemed high but ITNOS I bought one It prett...

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we need TNs on the 07 telegramme too

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Jeff bought all the distributor had and blew it all out in a couple of hours during a Saturday tasting
I was fighting for the last couple of bottles..........this was one of those lucky really good deals that do not happen often enough
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I am puzzled by the big jump - I guessed that with the margin pressures on wine that distributers/retailers need to make money on the few wines that have buzz

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I have a line on a case of this - $90/btl has anyone had it?? I believe RP says 98 pts why so much more that the 05 and 06s some of which are still around? Maybe just taking advantage of the 07 CdP hype I have one more case of 07 CdR Grand Bois Maximillian on the way and hopefully some Ferrand and I...

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Jim/Jon I talked to my partner about the venue we have mentioned........if it works out it should be very nice and the initial price sounded doable Bob will set up a lunch/dinner/wine for us soon after the new year so we can walk around and see the rooms and discuss the event with the staff to make ...

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Danny
I will not pay $110 for the Beaucastel........so i have not tried it
but I do believe the 07 VT is worth the $55 - 70 it has been in Chicago

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Spain has some good wines......i seem to have an attraction to the Tinto de Toro region however that may be because it sems to be available in Chicago I just bought (9) 06 Numanathia Termes - 19.99 and (3) of the big brother 06 Numanthia 44.99 the 06 Numanthia is just not in the league with the 05 w...

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Jay
what he did not tell you is that in Denton Tx he drank it in a paper cup

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Well done agent How

The 95 VT was the only VT to beat out Beaucastel in a vertical i ran a few years ago as Jon N remembers
The 95 VT is a winner too

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Jim - I have no 2006 experience

The 1990 Montrose I just had was memorable

The 2004 Lafite was special

The 2007 Jannasse Chaupin and Vieux telegraphe , I know not bordeaux, but available and ready to drink

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Invited a friend , Harvey, to The Capital Grille for dinner last night. Our neighbor Laura joined us too. Jim H and Jon N have meet Harvey at my recent PLL dinner in Chicago One can always count on Harvey to bring nice wines.He recently brought a veritcal of 1980s GL to my house I openned a 05 Numan...

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uum had not thought about the Telegramme.......anyone tried it?

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Jim My friend who was visiting NYC went to Sherry Lehman, as you suggested, and bought the 07 VT as her wine gift. The 07 VT is just not big like many other VTs I have had in the past.........I just keep thinking Elegant as I have drank 07 VT 3 times I think I was suggesting a 93pt vs 96 but it was ...

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I do believe we tasted 99 Y Quem at Y Quem during BWE 05

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Jon
I agree I use to buy this to every year but it got to pricy - however $16 sounds very good

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Happy Birthday

The 83 Beaucastel was very nice the last time I had it about a year ago
I heard the 07 Beau is over $100 - I expected I would take a pass given the options available for $100

Have a Great birthday dinner

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I agree on the Jorge Ordonez ......I find his wines to be very good.............doe she still send his wines in refrigerated ships from that port that supported refrigerating wines? Numanthia was Jorge Ordonez until the current release ..............as I understood it was treated well from a shippin...

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I had the 95 Tinto Pesquera, Ribera de Duero last night and it was diffently earthy and rustic......I too was wondering if it was corked but then said Nope I think this is just how this wine tastes. I have one more in my cellar - If I recall correctly i would say this wine was much better 5 plus yea...

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I think someone gave me that wine becaus eI only had one btl

I was also thinking that some of the 2000s might be ready and this was the one i grabbed

I will try another during the holidays

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Jeff ( who you meet at PLL dinner- I think) openned one at a Spanish dinner we did at TCG ........we also had a 04 Numanthia and the Termanthia was definitely the big brother that night Mark and I like it so much we bought his last two "2 packs" for $175 per/btl I think it was the 04 Terma...

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I have no clue about PC but waiting to hear CD
good luck
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Michael Have you had the 04 Numanthia? It is the best I have come across - not had the 98. Not farmiliar with "Maurodos San Roman ('01 is fantastic, in particular) and Dos Victorias Gran Elias Moro (again, '01 is highly recommended)" I will look for these if they are better than Numanthia ...

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Jim
quite an evening of musings

I was just offered a mag of this for $135 last week but had never come across it before so i was interested in your comments

How does it compare to the Numanthia?

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2000 Château Yon-Figeac - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (12/5/2009) easy enought o drink now, pencil lead, smoke, grilled meat, as it openned for a few hours decanted it took on chocolate notes (89 pts.) Posted from CellarTracker decent finish , some tannins thou the tannins a...

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http://www.napavalleyregister.com/artic ... 209937.txt

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I like the 03 better too A freind brought a 95 Pontet over last night...............this was open and ready to drink...better than the 04 We had the 2000 Lynch Bages for dinner........the initial nose was was very smokey...this blew off and the fruit and integrated tannins were excellent...........h...

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Well you certainly had some nice CdPs
Thanks for the notes

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2007 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (11/29/2009)
dark , spicy, earthy nose, medium bodied , gained weight as it openned up over two days, gamey finish (90 pts.)

Posted from CellarTracker

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2004 Château Pontet-Canet - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (11/26/2009)
I have quite a few so I decided to open one.....tight ...dark dark magenta purple.nice nose of spice/floral......tannic with underlying fruit

Posted from CellarTracker

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I have read the book and reference it every week for something

I am game for coming to Boston

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Jon
Have you seen the Mas de Boislauzon in Chicago? was this the regular bottle or single vineyard?

The 07s are so good to drink now I am just not sure they need to cellar for years....I tend to agree not sure they will last 15-20 yrs as RP suggests
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Who is that good looking YOUNG guy from Miane?

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Kathy says she would pepper sprayed them

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LOL

I decided not to comment on someone comparing a 90 to an 89 Lynch ??

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