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Blanquito

More data points: I sold my 02 Cos despite its great release pricing as it was just too modern and international for me to get excited about. But I’ve really enjoyed the 95 and 96 in the past, though both needed another Blanquito or 3 when I last had them (over 5 years ago). And I thought Ian’s bott...

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One of my favorite white wines, as Tom can attest, and usually a good value. The 2001 is still drinking well.

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Never had a Pedesclaux...

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1983 Gruaud Larose with filet mignon and homemade saffron egg noodles... fully mature, perhaps just off its long peak, but still sensational. Smoke, leather, cranberries, cedar, bell pepper, and mint highlight it’s lovely bouquet. Quite intense on the palate with high acids, some savory fruit, a su...

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I have long admired the rieslings from Alsace, especially Trimbach and Weinbach gets an honorable mention. Trimbach is my favorite. But the dry rieslings of the Wachau have really come on strong in my pecking order.

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Why oh why is white Burgundy so special, so hard to replicate? Sub-question related to Bill's post: is there any dry white wine made outside of France that is special? For me, yes the rieslings of Austria and Germany, but it that it? I like some Californian and Oregon whites, but are they special? M...

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Remember that excellent bottle of the 99 Peby Faugeres Ramon brought to an offline in 2007, Arv? You brought the 00 Figeac, someone brought a sexy beast of the 00 Monbousquet, Dale brought some 70 s Corbin, I brought an Angelus I think. Anyway, I recently say some quite reasonably priced on auction,...

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Jim, you’ve said you think Pence is worse than Trump, and he may well be, but for me it’s Barr. That guy is the Joseph Goebbels of the Trump administration. Beyond his policies, his speeches stoking the culture wars, calling the “struggle” between secular forces and the Christian Right a war between...

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Heck, by current standards, Eisenhower was one of the great democrat presidents. And Nixon would have been too but for the whole abuse of power and racist thang.* *I’m sure there have been racist Democrats who occupied the Oval Office, but the Ds haven’t run and governed that way probably since the ...

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It’s hard to remember after the Access Hollywood tape, the debates, and then the Comey criminality, but just 6 weeks before the election, polls had Clinton v Trump effectively tied: “ In the set of pre-debate polls, Clinton was barely ahead. Out of 67 polls, she led in 34, trailed in 29 and was tied...

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More analysis of the advantage Biden has in the polls: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/31/politics/biden-maintains-strong-position/index.html?__twitter_impression=true My premise has been all along that (1) if democracy isn’t broken (meaning all forms of stealing and suppressing the vote don’t stop ...

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1983 Gruaud Larose with filet mignon and homemade saffron egg noodles... fully mature, perhaps just off its long peak, but still sensational. Smoke, leather, cranberries, cedar, bell pepper, and mint highlight it’s lovely bouquet. Quite intense on the palate with high acids, some savory fruit, a sur...

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I’m not really a fan of the 01 Beau, either. But the 99 is smoking good.

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White burg prices are insanity right now. I got the 16 J Carillon Puligny single vineyards in the $80’s, but the cheapest now for the 17 and 18s seems to be like $115-$120. Same seems to be true for Niellon and PYCM. WTF? These were expensive to begin with, why the run up? Tariffs?

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What I DIDN’T buy from yesterday’s HDH auction - 2 old Bordeaux, 1 Soldera, 1 White Burgundy, very good stuff but not trophies. I bid “only” 120-150% of the estimate. Most of them went for over 200%. Too many rich people at home with nothing to do but pay more for wine. Stu I’ve bid at HDH auctions...

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I still think the most likely outcome is a fairly normal vote occurs in Nov, Trump loses but by less than the polls suggest not due to bad polling but due to voter suppression and other such tactics (Barr declaring a criminal investigation into Biden in October when Trump realizes he’s going to lose...

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What worries me more than anything else is that his approval rating is barely down. Yes, this worries me for the future of our country more than almost anything else. Lucifer himself could be revealed to be the GOP president and he’d still reliably get a low 40’s approval rating. You can hear the C...

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Some more hopeful poll summaries: “Live telephone polls released in May: Monmouth - Biden +9, CNN - Biden +5, Fox - Biden +8, Q-Pac - Biden +11, ABC/WaPo - Biden +10... a very clear signal as to where the race is now...” Hard to argue against Trump being in trouble. It’s crazy that our president is ...

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Was 2000 the last vintage when futures made any general sense (there’s always exceptions)? Or did even those basically arrive on the shelf at futures pricing? I recall getting a few deals on 2000 en futuro, but pretty much only on those wines which Parker subsequently rated notably higher in a secon...

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I love Camembert, but my wife always threatens to evict me when I bring some home.

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You guys are nuts!

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Embarrassed to admit that I have been going a little nuts: 4 * 2008 Chevillon Les St Georges 8 * 1999 Leoville Barton 3 * 2009 Vincent Girardin Chassagne-Montrachet Clos du Cailleret 6 * 2015 Drouhin Chambolle Musigny Premier Cru 2* 2016 Bertheau Chambolle Musigny 4 * 2015 Boyer-Martenot Meursault ...

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Well, that 12 Momtazi from half bottle was delicious. It settled down a bit with some air, but remained an inverse mullet over the evening: party upfront, business in back. As CV said, this is a gloriously aromatic wine, and while not close to full maturity yet it doesn’t require another blanquito (...

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I’d be more than happy to drink Charmail if incarcerated.

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For whatever reasons, about 90% of my SI experiences have been Shea and Momtazi, and at this point I’m cozy with them. I’ve mostly had 99, 02, 05, 07 and 08 SI vintages through the years. Whatever their general rep in Oregon, I’m a fan of the 05, and to a somewhat lesser degree, 07 SIs. The 99s and ...

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2012 St Innocent Momtazi Pinot Noir Holy mackerel, this is good. I am enjoying it as I type, popped and poured, and it's gloriously fruity on the nose and attack. There are great pomegranate acids on the finish and this lingers on with intensity and a touch of bitterness. There's plenty of cherry fr...

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Nice to hear Blanquito...I have the '79...looking forward to it...interesting vintage, massive crop, I believe largest since '34...wines reported as a bit dilute. There is always a solid wine in every supposed poor vintage...In face last week we had the '91 Mouton...a nice classic styled old school...

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We all learned a lesson of sorts from Premier Cru about the risks of prearrivals. I for one am buying much less wine at present in part because shipping season is over and there seems a real risk that (many?) wine retailers could go bankrupt before the cool weather returns in late October. If enough...

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Two of the better fully mature wines I’ve had were the ‘66 Haut Bailly that Chris B brought to Denver 2019 and the 1979 Haut Bailly which I’ve had twice at offlines in NYC. I really loved both of these vintages.

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Yes, Joe’s acuity is a real concern, though I’m unlike to take Turd Blossom’s opinion on it at face value.

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Jim this might brighten your day:

A new poll of likely voters in Maine’s Senate election shows Gideon at 51%, Collins at 42%!

Only bad part is it’s from a pollster I’ve never heard of.

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What was the old website’s url?

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Yeah we were trying to find that the other day, we thought Marcus had it but all that stuff from "the first BWE site" appears to be gone forever. Blanquito thinks it can be accessed but I'm not so sure.... There is some legendary stuff in those lost BWE archives. I have copied all of the ...

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Cantemerle is surely one of BWE’s inner circle wines, along with Sociando, Lagune, Pontet Canet and a few others.

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I’ve met John 3 times at Dale’s house, and he seems sincere. He might be wrong subjectively or objectively even, but I didn’t get the sense at all that he’d do something like write off a whole vintage just to get attention (“stunt” scoring could be a different story). I discussed the 2009 and 2010 v...

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I've had very few 2010s and bought very few as well, so I am more of an interested bystander. I have had quite a few 2009s and I enjoy them a lot, but a number of have been marked with heat and booze, even from traditional estates. Maybe that integrates with time, but it was really the first time I'...

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The status of 2005 Bordeaux probably needs its own thread. That said, these are clearly not ready except at the cru bourgeois level where some are now showing well. But even if closed down, we can still get a strong sense of the vintage signature. For me, the PROS of the 05s are that while these are...

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I agree, turnout is absolutely key and Hillary lost not because Trump mobilized some major bloc of new MAGA voters but because she had a serious problem motivating her electorate to turnout. But 2020 ain’t 2016, and no one can pretend Trump is something he isn’t at this point. I think Trump himself ...

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Looks like another Republican held Senate could be in play: South Carolina, May 23-26, 591 RV, Harrison 42%, Graham 42% — Tie That’s 11 GOP-held senate seats that are either in the margin of error, tied or have the Dems ahead. Look, we’ll all be shocked if McConnell or Graham or even Perdue actually...

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3 bottles of 2006 Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart for $100 each. I’ve not had this cuvée before but it gets rave reviews and $100 is the cheapest price on the planet, so I took a flier. If anyone else is interested, I got these at K&L where a “limited amount” is available via “...

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