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by Blanquito
Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:18 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

The 08 Dom was so coiled up the one time I had it — still delicious (I loved the umami notes I got from it) but like a clenched fist.
by Blanquito
Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:16 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Lynch-Bages thread
Replies: 56
Views: 2427

Re: The Lynch-Bages thread

Welcome Rainer, thanks for your perspective.
by Blanquito
Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:12 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)
Replies: 64
Views: 2599

Re: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)

JimHow wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:08 pm The 2014 Ducru is absolutely brilliant, I have 17 bottles.
Recency bias!

But based on maturity preferences, not surprising — you like ‘em young, I like ‘em old.
by Blanquito
Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:54 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)
Replies: 64
Views: 2599

Re: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)

I would have definitely voted for Ducru but for their lengthy cellar-taint stretch — come on, their 85-90 vintages are basically untouchable, that’s really hard to ignore. And Baron — were there any good wines made at this address between 1970-1988? I’ve had a decent bottle or two of the 86 I suppose.
by Blanquito
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:35 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)
Replies: 64
Views: 2599

Re: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)

Lynch and PLL were easy to choose with the first two picks. Then it gets more challenging as I am usually let down by LLC, and I don’t love/ or have had bad luck with L. Barton pre-1990. Because of that I voted Montrose for my third.
by Blanquito
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:33 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)
Replies: 64
Views: 2599

Re: So, Lynch Bages a Second Growth, really? (Pick 3)

You are such a mischievous naughty boy Nic like Mutley to Dick Dastardly. It has already been decided by BWE that Lynch should be a second. As Racer Chris said in the other poll post this one was easy to call. To which I quipped that even Trump would have conceded this one, which you and the BD see...
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Lynch-Bages thread
Replies: 56
Views: 2427

Re: The Lynch-Bages thread

Indeed. The bottle of the 86 Lynch (that Jacques brought to Denver in 2018) gave the 82 Gruaud (also Jacques’ bottle) a serious run for its money, which is very high praise indeed. Both wines were truly sensational and while I slightly preferred the Gruaud, others (including Jacques) gave the nod to...
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:53 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Lynch-Bages thread
Replies: 56
Views: 2427

Re: The Lynch-Bages thread

I completely concur with where your evolution ended up, Ian. In my experience, Lynch Bages is undoubtedly a super second and a classic Pauillac to boot. There’s a few caveats in all that though — I’ve had very few vintages post 2000 and I’ve had way less LB in general than many of your here. But I l...
by Blanquito
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:22 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Corkage Dilemma: A Wine-Wine Solution
Replies: 26
Views: 989

Re: Corkage Dilemma: A Wine-Wine Solution

Party in Orlando!
by Blanquito
Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Corkage Dilemma: A Wine-Wine Solution
Replies: 26
Views: 989

Re: Corkage Dilemma: A Wine-Wine Solution

Corkage in Colorado is a nightmare. Still 100% illegal in theory and largely in practice too. If any venues around here had a decent wine list with even half way decent prices, this could be a tolerable situation but I’ve yet to find that combo.
by Blanquito
Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

2014 Ridge Geyserville with delivered pizza. I like the 2014 Geyserville more that the Lytton Springs. It is smooth, full of Zinberries, and has good balance. It will be more complex later, but now it is a pleasure to drink with pizza. Nice. Notes like this do make me wonder though what the ‘ceilin...
by Blanquito
Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

Can we just get La Lagune banned once and for all???

Maybe that and the The Winemakers' Collection Michel Rolland Cuvée No. 1 Château d'Arsac.

Not sure which is worse.
by Blanquito
Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:03 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I know it's not Bordeaux but in spirit
Replies: 19
Views: 1428

Re: I know it's not Bordeaux but in spirit

The 94 Dominus is one of the few (the only?) cali cabs that I prefer to the 91. (But both the 91 and the 94 Dominus are awesome).
by Blanquito
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:39 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

stefan wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:24 am 1986 Gruaud-Larose. This long time BWE favorite is still going strong. Even Patrick might agree that no more Blanquitoing is needed.
I concur, counselor. Based on my bottles, I've been ready to call the 86 Gruaurd "ready/fully mature" since circa 2012.
by Blanquito
Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: I know it's not Bordeaux but in spirit
Replies: 19
Views: 1428

Re: I know it's not Bordeaux but in spirit

Loved the 91 Montelena last time I had it. My favorite of that era.
by Blanquito
Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

Wow, a 68 Rioja from Murrieta! Those are borderline legendary wines at this point.
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:51 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Musigny 151 wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:37 am A six pack of Magdelaine 1998. I cannot think of a better bargain than this.
You must be sourcing this in Europe!
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:21 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

1995 Cabreo Il Borgo Toscana Super spicy, chocolatey nose, like a Mexican hot chocolate (without the cinnamon). A little typical VA, nice acids, mostly resolved finish with some drying wood tannin still lingering. For me, this is a lovely combo of predominantly Sangiovese with Cabernet in a supporti...
by Blanquito
Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:33 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Advice — aerating a ‘95 GPL
Replies: 16
Views: 1172

Re: Advice — aerating a ‘95 GPL

Bravo, Howard. Love the 95 GPL, always have preferred it to the 96. I just think the 95 will be even better in another 5+ years (for my palate of course).
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:18 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Advice — aerating a ‘95 GPL
Replies: 16
Views: 1172

Re: Advice — aerating a ‘95 GPL

For optimal enjoyment, I suggest another 5 years in the cellar with the cork unremoved
by Blanquito
Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:11 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

P.S. I didn’t buy any wine today. And I feel fine.
by Blanquito
Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:03 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Isn’t ‘55 a birthyear for one of “us”?
by Blanquito
Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

stefan wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:45 pm 1 1983 Lynch-Bages @ $134
1 1955 Pichon-Lalande @ $241.50
Bravo.
by Blanquito
Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:21 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Your top underachiever wine
Replies: 31
Views: 2576

Re: Your top underachiever wine

Interesting, Jim. For the money, there are few wines I like better than Lynch Bages from 1978-1990. I have had terrific to scintillating bottles of the 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89 and 90 Lynch, all in the last 5 years or so. That 86 Lynch that Jacques brought to Denver in July 2018 was epic, and ...
by Blanquito
Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Your top underachiever wine
Replies: 31
Views: 2576

Re: Your top underachiever wine

I look at this the other way round. With so many spoofalated, it is more a case of what is left... Sadly, this is what I have come to feel as well. So many estates that I once loved have gone rogue, leaving just a dozen or two that I can really trust (and afford). And more fundamentally, I have (of...
by Blanquito
Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:59 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Claret wrote: Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:49 pm 1978 Sterling Reserve is one of my old great Cabs, last tasted in around 1991.
Great to hear! I think Forman had left by the 78 vintage(?). I’ve never had one of the Forman-era Sterling cabs, but I’ve been reading about them for years.
by Blanquito
Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

-2 bottles of the 1973 Sterling Reserve Cabernet (to go with my 3 of the 75 just won)
-3 bottles of the 2003 Ridge Monte Bello (for Friday nights at the Convention)
by Blanquito
Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE Dallas '13
Replies: 120
Views: 24491

Re: BWE Dallas '13

JimHow wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:03 pm Great times over the past 21 years.
Soon we hope to have threads and pictures from as far back as 2000-2001!
Any updates on Billo’s progress?
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Cost per point as a buying strategy???
Replies: 26
Views: 1920

Re: Cost per point as a buying strategy???

Vines twine in the day
Matter and light will transform
Toast with sun and stone
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:39 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Cost per point as a buying strategy???
Replies: 26
Views: 1920

Re: Cost per point as a buying strategy???

stefan wrote: Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:33 am Yes, but we want to know what our points mean!
Yes, we all need a tasting-note-style haiku from DG!
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:36 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189965

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

The 2000 Lagrange was so good on release and cheap (I was able to reload for $45 in 2007), glad to hear it is starting to drink well.
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:16 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing
Replies: 50
Views: 3037

Re: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing

Love to get your final impressions on your bottle of the 99 LB, Bill.
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 2:14 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: March is "BWE Month."
Replies: 86
Views: 6019

Re: March is "BWE Month."

I plan to open a 1979 Belair St Emilion tomorrow in honor of March is BWE Month.
by Blanquito
Sat Mar 20, 2021 12:10 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE France 2022
Replies: 3
Views: 360

Re: BWE France 2022

Hopefully not relevant for a trip planned a year from now, but ugh:
From midnight on March 19th, 2021, 21m people in France will enter a new month-long lockdown, on top of a nationwide curfew that has been in place since January 16th.”
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:50 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing
Replies: 50
Views: 3037

Re: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing

I get not liking Leoville Barton (and Leoville Las Cases for that matter). They can be tannic, stern, charmless, foursquare, dry, take ages to mature, etc., but modern, spoofed, flabby??? Come on, that’s just silly. I for one have have had terribly experiences with 80’s Barton overall (with a pretty...
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:41 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing
Replies: 50
Views: 3037

Re: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing

I’m still thinking about this, and I know Gilman likes a “soil signature” in his wines. That has me wondering, which bordeaux smell and taste the most like “dirt”? Many chateau don’t really have a fresh tilled mollisol profile, they’re more cedary or graphite driven like a classic pauillac. And most...
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:52 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing
Replies: 50
Views: 3037

Re: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing

I’m pretty surprised at Gilman’s take on LB. If he were talking about Poyferre, I could understand but Barton?! If Gilman feel this way about Barton, what could he think of Pontet Canet, Pape Clement, St Pierre, Beychevelle, GPL, etc, (all wines which have become more modern that Barton)? Or maybe ...
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:41 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing
Replies: 50
Views: 3037

Re: 1999 Leoville Barton: extremely disappointing

I’m pretty surprised at Gilman’s take on LB. If he were talking about Poyferre, I could understand but Barton?!
by Blanquito
Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:34 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4867
Views: 1547966

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Well done, BD!
by Blanquito
Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Do all 2016s taste the same?
Replies: 27
Views: 1484

Re: Do all 2016s taste the same?

“Clinical”... don’t really like the sound of that.