Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

DavidG

Quite a string of outstanding wines Izak! Thanks for the report. I’ll have to search for some of these. I’ve had the Coudert Clos de Roillette thanks to Joel and agree it’s excellent. Odd discordance between you and Piggott on those two wines. I’ve heard the name but am not familiar with his writing...

DavidG

2016 👍👍👍 I agree Nic. I think I prefer the 2016 for the long term and the 2014 for right now. Geez, I drank through a whole case of the ‘14 already. But it’s early days. The 2016 is riper and less “light on its feet” than the more typically Sociando 2014. I think that gives the ‘16 more long-term p...

DavidG

Great choice Jim and I agree Joel. I've already Howed a whole case of 2014 Sociando over the course of a year. I was late to the game and paid $40. I see it's now at $43.

DavidG

Patrick your note prompted me to check WS again for 2014 Leoville Barton, something I’ve been intermittently looking for. Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area interested in splitting a case? I might be interested in doing so. Definitely up for at least 3-4 bottles if anyone wants to be a third. I went a...

DavidG

Patrick your note prompted me to check WS again for 2014 Leoville Barton, something I’ve been intermittently looking for. Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area interested in splitting a case?

DavidG

Just noodling, not asking…

Patrick, I concur those are the likely top contenders. I’d lean towards Sociando and a recent vintage, 2018, 19, or 20. Second guess would be Cantemerle ‘cuz the other one is The Wine That Shall Not Be Named (TWTSNBN). Whaddaya think?

DavidG

So red, French, Medoc. Yet to be clarified whether “Medoc” refers to the entire region encompassing N. and S. Medoc and whether it includes the more specifically named communes or if it means only those properties outside of them. We’ve ruled out Pauillac, St Estephe, and Margaux and are waiting on ...

DavidG

If more oak, more extraction, more ripeness, more everything is what Caymus was going for with the Special Selection back in the late ‘90s, I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that a bottle of the regular cuvée was more enjoyable.

DavidG

6 x 2016 Leoville Barton @ $130 from Hi-Time Wine Cellars.

DavidG

I thought the 1994 Caymus Special Selection was grossly overoaked, with pronounced dill and vanilla notes. That was more of a turnoff than the ripeness of the fruit, and was the end of it for Caymus and me.

DavidG

Pretty humble offering compared to 2016 Mouton, but...
10 x 2020 Ridge Geyserville @ $41 from wine.com with coupons.

DavidG

Patrick, I think tensions will be highest and the risk of violence greatest between the time of the election and swearing in, and also around the time of the initial verdict if there is a conviction. Tensions will likely diffuse if there are appeals as they wear on. I’m not sure how widespread viole...

DavidG

The ‘16, ‘17, and ‘20 Bouchard Meursault Perrieres are also excellent.

DavidG

JimHow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:11 am My neighbors took down their Trump sign after the last indictment, I don’t know if I should read anything into that.

They don’t want to draw attention to themselves so they can arm and gear up for the next insurrection?

DavidG

Tim I do remain concerned about scattered violence if Trump is convicted or if he is the Republican nominee and loses. I didn’t mean to downplay that. But I don’t think we’ll face as organized an attempt to take over the government. Or if we do we’ll be better prepared. The outcome I fear most is th...

DavidG

Well done! White Burgundy was my very first love, way back to when a wine and food nut roommate turned me on to it in the ‘70s. Wow… almost 50 years ago. I fell out of love in the ‘90s due to premox but I’ve been reeled back in. I’ve been buying Bouchard Meursault pretty regularly since MacArthur’s ...

DavidG

If the case for conviction is as strong as David says it is, take heart, Orange Head will be spending his final years in medium security. Please show me where I wrote that the case for conviction is strong. I wrote opposite: I don’t think he’ll be convicted. I do think he should be. I am not as ala...

DavidG

It will have terrible consequences. But it isn't DOJ or Jack Smith that's responsible. It's Trump. And the consequences of looking the other way are worse.

DavidG

Always a good time visiting Stu and Kathy. We have to get down there again one of these days.

DavidG

What a wonderful gathering. You guys look great!

DavidG

Failure to succeed in a criminal enterprise is not grounds for acquittal. My well-researched legal opinion is based on watching all 488 original Law and Order episodes plus the TV film. And having stayed in a Holiday Inn several times. I do agree that we are on very dangerous ground. Letting an atte...

DavidG

Interfering with the Constitutionally-mandated transfer of power is a legal problem, not a political problem. Failure to succeed does not change it into a political problem.

DavidG

Thank you Howard. That article helped me understand Jim’s position and made me reconsider my own. I do still believe that Trump tried to overthrow our democracy, and that there was more to it than political speech. And that he should be held accountable for it by our legal system. But I also still b...

DavidG

I tend to drink the same whites in summer as in winter, but more of them. Rieslings, white Burgs and Chardonnays, Champagne, Loire Chenin Blancs. I used to drink "lighter" whites as an outdoor summer sipper, but as I've gotten older and less tolerant of alcohol I've mostly cut that out or ...

DavidG

I’ll second what Tom, Alex, and Stefan have written. I feel lucky to have met him and to have spent a very special day with a very special man.

DavidG

LOL Alex, it is all about perspective. We ordered a 2016 Produttori (the regular Barbaresco) at a local restaurant earlier this week. The 20-something server came out to present the bottle and commented that it was “a really old wine.” BTW, it was delicious with about an hour of air. We had a 1947 B...

DavidG

Well, then, the only logical solution is to get some of each.

DavidG

How would you compare the '14 and '16 Leoville Barton, Jim?

DavidG

Well even Hillary would agree he was lawfully elected in 2016. My concern is that we are becoming South America, and Myanmar, and Indonesia, and…. Some might argue that train has already left the station… on January 6, 2021. Jim, would you feel the same way about not indicting him if he wasn’t runn...

DavidG

I agree wholeheartedly with the comments on ABV. However, I think that is only part of the story. There were other things happening that improved quality prior to or paralleling ABVs spiking. Simply by cleaning up their cellars and paying more attention to what’s happening in the vineyard, many of t...

DavidG

Not denying their status as best, but the price differential significantly exceeds the quality differential. I consider them Veblen goods.

DavidG

What a match!

DavidG

That's good news about Fevre. They had been my "affordable" go-to premium Chablis producer with Dauvissat and Raveneau simply too costly to justify. I'll put them back on my radar. Montee de Tonnerre and Bougros seemed to be the sweet spot for QPR back then, with Les Clos, Les Preuses, Val...

DavidG

Fun read Jacques, sounds like a great time. One of our favorite trips was a week driving through the Loire.

DavidG

Wonderful Jim, very happy for you. I’ve been to Japan only once, a week in Kyoto in the fall as the leaves were at glorious peak color. It was just as Jacques described it.

DavidG

Has Fevre put premox behind them or is it still an issue there? Used to be a fan but got burned in the ‘90s and haven’t gone back.

DavidG

I'm happy I was able to score one bottle at less than $60 before they took off in price. Now I don't see it for less than $95. I'm more likely to buy another '14 Rauzan-Segla - available locally at just under $90. And I'm even more likely to buy a few more '19 Brane-Cantenac below $60 - locally. Mi...

DavidG

Tim, that’s the one that was in my memory, thank you.

DavidG

Nice report on the LP GS, but wow what a ringing endorsement of the ‘19 Malartic!

DavidG

Thank you Danny.

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