Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

The best 1996 Bordeaux was...

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12 x 2014 Pichon Baron.

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Glenda Jackson on Brexit:

https://www.npr.org/sections/performing-arts/

I had a chance to meet her in NYC a couple weeks ago, what a thrill, I last saw her 40 years ago in the summer of '79 in London as Cleopatra....

JimHow

indeed, felix, you'd think Ducru + 1996 might be something special but I have drunk through an entire case now and I just don't recall being wowed by a single one. The last bottle I had was with MichaelP in NYC a couple years ago and it was ehhh.

JimHow

The ‘96 Ducru is a mediocre wine.

JimHow

Enjoyable reads, as always.
Doesn't sound like a vintage of the millenium.

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Are the 2016s arriving down your way RC?

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It means it needs another 5 years, BH2K, as Blanquito often likes his wines on the older side.
To double blanquito or triple blanquito a wine means to hold it for 10 or 15 years respectively, etc.
To "how" a wine means to drink it young, as I, JimHow, often like to drink my wines young.

JimHow

This wine is flat out brilliant. I've had it a number of times, this may have been the best yet. The greenness has toned down but still defines the wine. At age 19 it is still youthful but it is debatable whether it needs to be blanquitoed. That would be a matter of style preference. It has an earth...

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Seems like Tour Saint-Christophe made it again in 2018! A future BWE WOTY?

Nic

I'm telling you, Nicola, this is a property to stock up on.

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And my lawyer buddies even wrote a song about me, life is good. I'm very fortunate to have so many friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GhPrv7fZsM&fbclid=IwAR3vxhrwmC1Dgi1cBuUoLP4Kw6NIlL3dL3kDJfmyBi_te7W3qjjB6fmhQHM The 2012 Barde Haut needs at least one blanquito. I just don't think it is ...

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I'll be trying two manslaughter cases and this Alaska murder case in the coming months. My practice has really exploded exponentially in the past decade, from local, to statewide, now national. This case will be possibly the biggest challenge of my career. More good news: The Blue Demon hit 300,000 ...

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Sipping on a 2012 Barde Haut, I like it, but I wonder if I liked it better in its infancy. Celebrating my being retained on the Alaska murder case. I'm going to Alaska! Do we have any BWEers up there? https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/04/17/mills-signs-warrant-to-send-auburn-man-to-alaska-to-face-murd...

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Karl Rove: "Mr. Sanders is a real contender." https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-could-win-this-time-11555541440?mod=hp_opin_pos1 I agree! If Hillary, Debbie, Chelsea, et al hadn't cheated him out of the nimination in 2016, he probably would be in office today, far from perfect, n...

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Good question, David. I've visited Notre Dame and been amazed as much as anyone. I know the basics of its history, but not great detail. How much of the existing structure is 800 years old. If it is rebuilt, is it really Notre Dame? This past weekend Gio brought out empty bottles of '89 Haut Brion, ...

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Will do, JC, I intend to monitor the NH system closely.
As you know, sometimes they don't always have everything posted in their online inventory. (Although, it is usually pretty accurate.)

If you hear of any more good Italian sales at Zachy's let me know.

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I have tears in my eyes.

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I recall really enjoying the 2006 Clos Fourtet, so much so that I bought another bottle which I've had sitting down in the cellar.
I don't recall anything about its ageworthiness.

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John Kapon was there, but I don’t remember Rudy K.
Although that was the height of the Rudy K era, wasn’t it?

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I agree.

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It was great to see JC and Ceil again, two great BWEers who definitely have the "BWE attitude." It is something you either have or you don't, you can't teach it. And I got to Uber back into the city with Jacques and Jill, two of the sweetest people I have ever met. I've been really lucky t...

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Will do, Emil. The best deals in NH are usually in the summer when they have their 15% off sales.
I'll keep you posted.

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Gio was busy in the kitchen most of the night. He has this new hip restaurant, Maria, in New Rochelle. It was packed. The food and service were outstanding. I highly recommend it. Indeed, as BD, I hereby order all BWEers to visit it anytime you are in the vicinity of the Big Apple. By the end of the...

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Another great BWE event last night, thank you to all for such a fun time. As JC said, there was no time to take notes as we were talking so much. What a great time. All of the wines were in a really good place. Gio just kept bringing out one course after another. The 1989 Lynch, as usual, took about...

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Fleur Cardinale has become one of the great names of Bordeaux.
I'm not familiar with the other names.

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That property just seems to hit the spot for me year after year.

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I howed a beautiful 2013 Beunello Il Poggione last night from the mixed case that I got from Zachy's after JC alerted me to their sale.
Really nice fruit, very friendly, welcoming, and smooth for a Brunello in such infancy. No rough edges.
Rating: 93 points.

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They don't make them at all anymore, do they?

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You will How one of them and Blanquito the rest.

JimHow

Thanks, Jim. I greatly appreciate the openness and welcoming nature of the group. I don't have many 80s and 90s backfills in the cellar anymore (I'm a young guy - 32!), but I have a ton of 2014s-2016s to contribute as science experiments, if they're wanted. Sounds good to me, tiesface, you know you...

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Yeah, that was one of the epic four-day periods in the history of BWE.
That 1989 Petrus was one of the greatest wines I have ever tasted.
And that '59 d'Yquem was as sensuous a wine as I've ever experienced.

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Indeed Danny, quite a family we have here, the overall BWE experience, online and off, is very special.
We shall see you guys in the future!

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I love these BWE pictures, where nobody deserves any thanks more than anybody else, where EVERYbody deserves thanks for participating, whether they travel from thousands of miles away, or from continents away, or whether they contribute fancy wines or not so fancy wines, or whether they even attend ...

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....And for those who couldn't make it as well, but continue to support this site. It doesn't matter what wines you bring. As a fine young man from Canada once said here: "BWE is about the people." These conventions are truly an uplifting experience every year. I just don't see this level ...

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We'd love to have you, tiesface!
It's a very friendly group.

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One of the great moments in BWE history, Nicola invokes the lyrics of Paul McCartney singing to John Lennon....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkzgAJbfme8

What a night!

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Ah I see what you’ve done, very well done indeed.

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Julia with Brendan, Ian, and Patrick.

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Julia, Stuart, Kathy.

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Nalan, Michael, and Ted at the end of the night.

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