Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

I am starting to have some self-control difficulties.

I hereby grant you blanket BWE fast exemption through the summer Marcus.

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I have ten. The problem with drinking one of them is that it will leave me with only 9 in a bin that holds ten.
And you know what that means.

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What I liked about the Cos was that it was true the terroir. It was very classic Cos, classic St. Estephe. Again, whether that is because of the nature of the great 2014 left bank vintage or a reflection of altered winemaking technique or a combination of both I don't know for sure, but I'm thinking...

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Looking forward to it, Stefan, I almost uncorked the 2002 tonight.
This 2014 Cos is great but I prefer the Ducru for sure.

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I'll soon be acquiring six bottles of this at a great price.
It is a profound wine, worth every penny, but I must say that i prefer the '14 Ducru on a style basis.

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Agreed, Jon. that seems to be my go to Chianti.

Hope you and Paula are having a good summer!

JimHow

Very nicely done, does l'Eglise Clinet ever disappoint?
Give MC our love, hope to see you guys later this summer.

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Nice. If you had to pick one over the other, is it the 14 or the 15?

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Yes. NH is still tax free.
I’m about to get a great deal, will report back.

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I don't have any 2000 Duhart Milon in my cellar but I'm wondering when I should crack open my case of 2005s. Probably blanquito it at least x 1. i also have a 2002 6L that I'll bet would be drinking well, I have a big wedding on Cape Cod to go to at the end of July, I wonder if this would be the tim...

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That 2008 Dom is indeed absolutely delicious, a big gap between the ‘08 and ‘09. Yeah, this is the “year of the four homicide cases,” we got the first one dismissed last month, now we are working on the second, the Alaska case promises to be the grand finale. After that I will retire from full time ...

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Well done, Comte, I have two left in my cellar and am about to acquire 7 more at a great price.

JimHow

I hate you.

Sincerely,
Jim How
Coming off a 60 hour workweek.

JimHow

Marcus, the federal criminal justice sytstem in particular is really scary. I don't do a lot of federal work but I've seen some terrible abuses at that level. The Alaska prosecutors want my client in Alaska as much as we want him there but neither they nor any Alaska or Maine judges have any more pu...

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I'll be traveling to Alaska soon for my Steven Downs murder case. I think I'll keep a blog on the case here. What wine goes well with Alaska salmon? Meantime, our client is being held in a nightmare prison in Brooklyn, NY: https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/06/25/auburn-man-stuck-in-limbo-on-way-to-ala...

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Indeed!

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That's because I am a true Bordeaux wine "enthusiast."
This ain't about grading high school class papers.

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Yeah we had them side by side out back on Stefan and Lucie's deck a couple years back, they were both a-smokin'.
From the cellar of Rob/Sue Dayton.

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Nothing yet in NH.
When Nic and I talked to the Bordeaux guy at MacArthur's last week he said the boat was about two weeks away.
I've been buying out the last of the 2014 Medocs from NH.

JimHow

I agree on the 04 Clerc.
I have one bottle left from a full case.
In the early days it was a pretty rough wine but in recent years it has smoothed out into a beautiful Pauillac.

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Indeed. I convinced them to give me a 15% discount even though they weren't on sale this month.

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The recent prices I’ve paid for 2014s have been great:

Lynch, $91
Baron, $99
Lalonde, $99
Ducru: $116
Clerc, $52

I got a case or nearly a case of each.
It’s my kind of vintage!

JimHow

I have to say, I lean towards GBF in this discussion.
If 2014 Ducru is "modern," give me modern!

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I think this wine may even age as well as George McCrae has 40 years later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL7PH_XU2vw

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Made a rare visit over to cellartracker, I see the first label gets consistently very high marks, like wine of the vintage stuff.
This 2014 is a beauty!

JimHow

Maybe a little TF but for my taste this is a profound wine.
Loved it. Been thinking about it all day.
It’s going to live a long time but the fruit of the wine and character of the vintage are a great combination here.
I’m gonna get more.

JimHow

Lol, as usual Hound you've got me laughing out loud here at my desk.

JimHow

I enjoyed that Ducru a lot, I have two bottles left and I'm gonna buy a couple more when they go on sale in NH this summer.

JimHow

I know some might think it is insanity to uncork this wine, but I have been chomping at the bit. I know Comte thinks the modern Ducrus are too... modern... but damn I just disagree. At least in this stellar 2014 vintage. Sure, this 13% beauty benefits from modern wine making techniques. And at the v...

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I think this bottle weighs about eight pounds.

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Wowza.

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Mmm '89 GPL.
Believe it or not, I half liked that wine in Denver.
I got those last three Mikulskis we were gonna go back in and purchase Nic!

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That's correct, they had three bottles left that weren't listed on the website.

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It might actually be instructive to pull together a dinner of younger BDX to calibrate on how these compare.

That's really not a terrible idea.
Maybe the theme for next year's Friday night dinner:
YOUNG BORDEAUX.

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Just bought the last three bottles of that 2014 Mikulski Meurseault Poruzots from MacArthur's, I will hold them until any BWEers come up for lobster.

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I’m kicking myself a little JC, I bought the Clerc Milon based on your recent note. They had 14 bottles, I should have bought at least one more to taste ITNOS. Now I have this sealed owc that I can’t break otherwise they will all be gone within 18 months.

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As I mentioned in another thread.... Nicola and I were in MacArthur's this past Saturday afternoon. We were talking to Phil Bernstein, the Bordeaux guy there. we were talking about the state of Bordeaux. At one point Nicola was holding an overpriced 2015 GPL in his hand. "Now there is a wine th...

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We missed you there, JeanFred!

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I like it!

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Yeah they were all 2014s, a typo there.
I'll save one of the Lalandes for you Patrick!

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