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- Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:18 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
I did buy a few 2002 Piper Heidsieck Cuvée Rare for $127 on sale.
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
I’m touched, Chris. I’ll look forward to enjoying it together hopefully some time soon.Winona Chief wrote:Blanquito,
I’ve got a bottle of 1971 Tokaji Aszu waiting for you.
Chris Bublitz
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
And I’ve only purchased one bottle of 1971, but the bubbly buying has been a little silly.
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
Excluding champagne and wines from 1971, I've only bought 2 wines in 2020: the 1983 l'Arrosee and the 2014 Pepiere Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Briords Vieilles Vignes
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2002 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 299
Re: TN: 2002 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs
I've had the 2002 PR BdB four or five times over the last 4 years, having bought good stash of it from PC. And I am inclined to agree with David, I think this is a comparatively early maturing Pol Roger compared to older vintages (but I am finding that true of the 02s in general) and as such it is c...
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:29 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: UK newspaper urges readers to buy BDX before Brexit
- Replies: 167
- Views: 17689
Re: UK newspaper urges readers to buy BDX before Brexit
Couldn't agree more with your post, Ian. So much rightwing propaganda out there about immigration in the UK and USA, virtually none of which has any basis in empirical realities.
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
Re: 2008 Dom Perignon
Be careful, Stu, this sort of take will get you branded a Cassandra!sdr wrote:...Young champagne often tastes overly severe and acidic...
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
Re: 2008 Dom Perignon
I agree with 99.358 percent of what Winona Chief said. Just give me young Dom Perignon and shut up. I’ll never taste a Dom vertical like what Stuart drinks. And I have no doubt the ‘82 Pichon Lalande is still drinking great as well! Chris didn't tell anyone to shut up, but maybe that part is the 0....
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
Just ordered a 4 pack of Repour to give them a try!
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:30 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
How well does Repour work on old and delicate wines extra sensitive to oxygen? Also, does each Repour work only once? I gave up on my Coravin because it only seemed to work well on the young, vigorous wines that my freezer method works well for. But if Repour is just as good with fully mature bottle...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:27 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
I love my Zaltos. I use the Zalto Bordeaux stem for most reds. Gabriel Glas Gold is my white wine stem and the Zalto white is my champagne stem. I bought these all in Austria where they’re ~$30 a stem, and hand carried a silly number of them back in my carry on luggage, including a big, beautiful Za...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:20 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
Re: 2008 Dom Perignon
But I like mature bubbly, not so mature as to be fully oxidized or bereft of all effervescence, but complex and texturally open. Come on guys, I came of age in the UK! That’s where I cut my teeth and developed my blanquito palate. And I like my wines young and feisty compared with the Oxbridge, necr...
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:15 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
Re: 2008 Dom Perignon
Ha, I resemble that remark. The 08 Dom is delicious now, in case that was lost in my review, but it is a long ways from its peak, let alone full maturity. And based on my sampling, I am of the position that will be (much) better at peak than it is today.
- Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:51 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
Re: 2008 Dom Perignon
A true conundrum, so I bought a bit of both (more Dom though).stefan wrote:2008 Dom or NV Krug? That is the question, sayeth the Bard.
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:58 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2008 Dom Perignon
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1069
2008 Dom Perignon
All the chatter made me pull one of these out for test drive to see what all the fuss is about... Scents of musk flowers, lime and ginger, quite fresh without any yeast or brioche. The palate is extra zesty and coiled, with layers and layers extract and a super long, mouth-coating finish. Quite dry....
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:27 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Mussels and a good rich Vinho Verde
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- Views: 335
Re: Mussels and a good rich Vinho Verde
Nice stuff, Nic. I don’t drink much Vinho Verde but I usually enjoy it a lot and mussels seem like the ideal pairing.
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
How much is “more” 08 Dom? I have 6, is that enough for me and my bunker?
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: DP, DPR, DPO, DPP2
- Replies: 8
- Views: 522
Re: TN: DP, DPR, DPO, DPP2
I know grower fizz is all the shizzle. I like many of these, but I am a not ashamed to declare my love for the big houses like Dom Perignon. Not at all. I really only drink grower champagne because it’s so much better QPR usually.
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1360
Re: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
I loaded up on 05, 09 and especially 10 Cantemerle. Hope they develop like the 80’s vintages did (you can apply this statement to virtually every post-1990 bordeaux in my cellar). Leaving the subject of 05 claret, that Cantemerle and Lagune vertical I went to at Dale’s place in 2014 was so instructi...
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:22 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: DP, DPR, DPO, DPP2
- Replies: 8
- Views: 522
Re: TN: DP, DPR, DPO, DPP2
Wow. The 1996 Dom Perignon that Winona brought to my house a couple summers ago was one of my greatest Champagne thrills. Seemed a point at that time. Indeed, two of the three times I've had the 96 Dom in the last 5 years, it was "one of my greatest Champagne thrills" too. The last of the...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:52 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
You are doing fine Mr. Blanquito. We can make this all disappear easily with a nunc pro tunc Winona Chief Champagne Exemption. But I have precious little champagne and my white wines in general will only hold out for 6 years (and about 2/3s of that is German Riesling which I don't crave like I used...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
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Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
>> I have 10.5 years of red wine and 11.9 years of dessert wine left (per current consumption rates, which I anticipate will go down as I get ready to enter my 50s). >> ??????? :lol: I thought of you Bill as I wrote that line! I almost wrote, "I'm sure Stefan will point out the fallacy of this...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
You are doing fine Mr. Blanquito. We can make this all disappear easily with a nunc pro tunc Winona Chief Champagne Exemption. You are indeed benevolent, sir! If the bubbly isn't held against me, I am only at 2 bottles purchased in 2020, one red and one white. Moreover, I did request a 1971 and 198...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:48 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1360
Re: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
The tannins in 2005 are definitely tar-like, which if you don't like should make most of 2005s unattractive at present. For whatever reason, most of the critics seem to think soft, ripe tannins are a good thing, a la 1982 or 1990. I think, if the best case scenario works out, those two heralded vint...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1360
Re: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
What I liked about the 05 Cantemerle was its easy balance and savory, mineral-infused profile. It’s medium bodied with a distinctly tarry note from the soft, ripe tannins. Nothing forced or over extracted here. Restrained and classy, but too tannic for be full-on elegant. After a few hours of air th...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:09 am
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- Topic: 2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1360
2005 Cantemerle: serious juice
Sipping on an 05 Cantemerle tonight. Bought a bunch of this for $28 from WineX as futures. So I check in on it once or twice a year, and boy is this the best showing yet. Ok, for tasters like me with preference for tertiary wines, for this isn’t ready, nowhere near it. The profile is totally primary...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:45 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
- Replies: 163
- Views: 9862
Re: BUYING WINES DURING THE 2020 BUYING MORATORIUM
Ok, I definitely should have opted for the champagne exemption! 2020 purchases to date: 4 of the 2007 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 3 of the Krug Grande Cuvée 168 2 of the 2010 Launois BdB Special Club 1 of the Roger Pouillon Champagne Les Terres Froides NV 1 of the 1971 Nervi Gattanara 1 of the 20...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ***THE BWE FRANCE 2020 ITINERARY***
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6655
Re: ***THE BWE FRANCE 2020 ITINERARY***
At a minimum, marcs, the Sunday and Friday dinners are BYO. You could certainly buy wines once you get to France... Yes, and I expect the standard will be high as is the usual for these things. I plan to bring a case of wine to cover me and my brother. I’m open to themes, but vote for mature stuff ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:39 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Checking in on the 1986 Bordeaux vintage
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1359
Re: Checking in on the 1986 Bordeaux vintage
The bottle of 86 Pichon Lalande we had in Denver last year was profound.
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:24 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1328
Re: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
Great to catch up, JC. Epic night, really enjoyed meeting your crew. Thanks for the pics.
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ***THE BWE FRANCE 2020 ITINERARY***
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6655
Re: ***THE BWE FRANCE 2020 ITINERARY***
Only 2 months and counting, as of today!
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1328
Re: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
Arv, as much as I enjoy Lopez’s whites from time to time, I fully grok any and all distain towards them. They are so weird, lifted and wooly. It greatly helps their appreciation if one likes dry sherry.
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1328
Re: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
I'm not the world's biggest Rioja fan, but I am probably the world's biggest 1964 vintage fan, and 1964 Riojas are great. Lively, full of fruit, and as affordable as 55 year old fine wine gets. I had exactly the 1964 Royal Rioja you did a week ago, and my note on CT reads - Wine in perfect conditio...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1328
Re: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
Bravo Patrick! I remember a tasting we did in NYC probably a bit more than a decade ago of mature LDH, and some of them showed sensationally well, especially the 1970 and 1973 Tondonias, the latter I managed to pick up at auction recently. For our group Christmas lunch we had these two: 1991 R. Lóp...
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN Shoutout to 1998 Ch. Sociando Mallet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 473
Re: TN Shoutout to 1998 Ch. Sociando Mallet
I can practically taste the wine. Very evocative note. I guess I am a bit surprised too how good this sounds, as 98 wouldn't be a vintage that I'd expect to favor SM (but neither would I expect the 95 to be so good at this address).
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1998 Chateau Musar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 322
Re: 1998 Chateau Musar
Haven’t had any Musar older than the 95, but I’ve enjoyed quite a few bottles from 1997-2004. Count me a big fan. I also like the 98 in particular and think it’s underrated by the Musarheads.
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:55 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 1979 Château Sociando-Mallet (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 497
Re: TN: 1979 Château Sociando-Mallet (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc)
Yes, and this was true even in the early to mid 90’s.Tom In DC wrote:You had to be a Wine Advocate subscriber to get introduced to Sociando in the early 80's. It's easy to knock Bob and his influence now, but he was great for his clientele in the early days.
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1328
TN: Lots of sensational mature Rioja (1942-1996) in NYC
Got together with my brother, a few of the NYC regulars (JC, Ramon, and Dale), and a few new wine friends for a wonderful night of mature Rioja at Noreetuh in Manhattan. It was a special night, the food was spectacular and the wines were nearly all firing on all cylinders. It is not every night that...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:20 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2001 Pichon Baron and 2001 Pichon Comtesse
- Replies: 9
- Views: 574
Re: 2001 Pichon Baron and 2001 Pichon Comtesse
Well done, thanks for the look-see. I very much enjoy 2001 Bordeaux from both banks. Most classified wines from this vintage are not at peak for my palate, but offer lots of enjoyment today nonetheless.
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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Re: So what have you bought lately?
Ordered in 2019 but invoiced in 2020: 12 2016 St Innocent Justice PN @ 41.25 12 2016 St Innocent Momtazi PN @ 33.75 12 2016 St Innocent Shea PN @ 41.25 12 2016 St Innocent Zenith PN @ 33.75 12 2017 St Innocent Freedom Hill Chardonnay @ 22.50 12 2017 St Innocent Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc @ 18.75 I’m ...