Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Tom In DC

After digging through the top crust of the "Pile O' Wine" ™,I came up with 1998 Guado al Tasso and 2006 Paolo Bea Sagratino Pagliaro. I think I'm running the risk of being shunned by the Cabernet and Burg tables...

: Pile o'Wine.jpg (94.78 KiB) Viewed 3672 times

Tom In DC

I've got bottles of '82 Branaire and '82 Talbot ready to go.

Tom In DC

Gail won't be attending Thursday so there's room for one more if there's interest.

Tom In DC

Running in the high roller set!

Tom In DC

BUMP! The list is at the top of this thread.

Tom In DC

In the great minds category, I recently dug through our "Pile O' Wine" ™ and fished out a 1989 Cos and a 1989 Pichon Baron to match up with Jacques' reds.

Tom In DC

The entire 1982 vintage is the poster child for undermining the "can't make old bones" adage.

My take on La Lagune is that they generally don't up their game that much in the best vintages. Just go about their business., making excellent wine.

Tom In DC

Never really got going, and I can't imagine that the producer's intent was for this one to age a while.

For the "Pics or it didn't happen" set...

: Rudy_Wine.jpg (68.14 KiB) Viewed 764 times

I

Tom In DC

Bland, generic red wine on first taste - I could easily find hundreds of better reds from France, Italy, Spain or the US for less than this wine's $30 tariff in the same store.

Maybe a breather in a decanter is in order...

Tom In DC

No, seriously, the Rudy 2015 North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon. The back label says the "wines share the pedigree of the von Strasser signature label", a producer I've always found reliable on a restaurant wine list. Don't know if this is brilliant - the branding already has everyone talking ...

Tom In DC

BUMP! The list is at the top of this thread.

Tom In DC

BUMP.

Anyone else?

Tom In DC

So sorry to hear this, Jim! Gail and I both send wishes for a quick return to health and vigor!

Tom In DC

That is annoying, Jacques!

Tom In DC

Anyone coming on Friday or Saturday that has any food allergies or restrictions? We're using caterers in banquet rooms so making allowances at the last minute won't be as easy as when we're in restaurants with full menus. Please PM me or reply here so that we can attempt to make accommodations. Pers...

Tom In DC

Thanks for the notes. They didn't come to our cow town this year. (Literally - the National Western Stock Show was in town during the same days and the UGC North American tour! :D) Maybe BWE 2019 Denver will put us back on the map! Quick question - relative to 2014 and 2015, what are folks opinions ...

Tom In DC

BUMP! The list is at the top of this thread.

Tom In DC

BUMP! The list is at the top of this thread.

Tom In DC

"Anti-Flavor Wine Elite" - a comment Bob Parker made about people who didn't like the big bruiser wines to which he gave huge scores.

Tom In DC

Honestly, I don't feel like there are a lot of real deals out there right now, once you get past the consistent bargain price stuff like Lanessan. It feels like there's been a major run up in wine prices over the last 12-18 months, with Burgundy of course leading the charge but Bordeaux prices gett...

Tom In DC

Great...I was just starting to be able to go to the dentist again...

Tom In DC

After opening a bottle, I can understand both the love and the less than loving reactions. It seems to already be closing up a bit. (I'd predict at this point that most 2015's shut down pretty hard for a lengthy sleep but I have only slight experience with young Bordeaux in the last decade and thus ...

Tom In DC

BUMP!

Please get in touch with me via private message and save me from hunting each of you down and ....er, uh, sending a message to each of you.

Tom In DC

On all "Under $30 Red Bordeaux" Calvert-Woodley is offering 10% off 6-11 bottles and 20% off 12 or more. Some attractive options but they won't ship to me.

Tom In DC

Based on our original list, we still need to hear from or receive payment from: RPCV ================================================================================== Well, we're at the point where we need to collect $$$ for our convention dinners. We're looking at $140 for Friday and $175 for Satu...

Tom In DC

BUMP.

Any others? 42 seems one of the bigger groups we've seen in a while, but I'm the same age as DavidG so my memory might be failing. Happy 2016 everyone!

Tom

Tom In DC

Bon voyage! Look out for fake wine.

Tom In DC

Thank you for sharing your work with us. I've never been a fan of aggregated scores. The Grand Jury Européen brings together a group of experts, tastes a wide range of wines and has a rigorous process but seems to always end up with a range of scores between 88 and 92 after averaging everyone's take...

Tom In DC

Gail and I are planning to attend. We'll try to fit wine into whatever theme is chosen.

We're looking forward to a great weekend!

Tom in CO

Tom In DC

robert goulet wrote:...one is clearly a lil' darker than the other

Not a good sign for the dark one.

Tom In DC

The 91's and 92's should be fine, as they are pre-premox vintages. Plus they're old enough that any oxidation is simply "ox".

Tom In DC

Harry C. wrote:Is everyone comfortable that the premox affair is over??

Not me!

Tom In DC

Thanks for the report, jckba. Who did the recorking on the '86?

Tom In DC

Thursday is a business day. Friday and Saturday are weekends so lower rates try to fill up the hotel.

Tom In DC

Our nomads-in-residence!

Tom In DC

We're at the Grand Hyatt Friday and Saturday nights.

Tom In DC

From my experience, premox is very real. When one starts their wine tasting life drinking beautiful, expressive 25 year old Grand Cru and and 15 year old Premier Cru white burgs, then proceeds to taste 7-10 year old GC and PC burgs produced after 1995 or so that are completely over the hill, that's ...

Tom In DC

Understood. Some searching does indeed make the origin look like bad translation on French and Italian winery websites, probably intended to mean sunny. The hipster wine writers seemed to have picked it up, as you said in the last couple of years. Seriously though, any of the words you suggested abo...

Tom In DC

Thanks. I previously thought the sun came out at least a little every year.

Tom In DC

Arv, the normale (i.e., non cru) bottling is usually quite delicious and approachable on release but ages very well. Without tasting the 2015 I'd still expect it to last many years.

Search found 1570 matches