Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Blanquito

Of my USA red wines only, Ridge is 44%, as I have 29 bottles of Ridge Chardonnay, Rose or dessert wine. I am not a fan of most American red wines, though I count myself a St Innocent man (and there are several other Oregon pinot noirs I quite happily buy, cellar and drink), and I really enjoy many ...

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Produttori it is! Ding, ding, ding! I was a little surprised I have that much Produttori and most of it is not ready for prime time ! The bulk of it are riservas from 2004-2009. Produttori del Barbaresco Moccagatta Riserva 1970 - 1 bottle Produttori del Barbaresco Ovello Riserva 1995 - 3 bottles Pro...

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Ok Blanquito, I'll try Chateau Gloria for your no 2. Nic Leoville Barton? Good guesses, both of those wines are in my top 30. My top 2 is not a bordeaux, nor is it a French wine, but it is a European red wine. From a producer that is a board darling on berserkers. They make only reds from a number ...

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Good stuff, Nic. Do you have some favorite Bojo producers? The usual suspects like Lapierre and Foillard? What about Roilette, had there wines much before?

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Tres apropos! We were just talking 80's Beychevelle in cellar trivia thread. Sounds like you got a good one.

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Wow Blanquito, based on the percentages you gave Ridge is well over half of your U.S. holdings! Not too into your native U.S. wines outside of them apparently. Their range helps, as you point out they do everything from one of the best U.S. Cabs to Zinfandel and Chardonnay. Of my USA red wines only...

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I am a huge, huge fan of Beychevelle, Marcus. Like most of Bordeaux, it's gone more modern since at least 2009 to be sure, but it is still very classy. I have been fortunate enough to taste the 59, 64, 66, 70, 75, 78, 82, 83, 85, 85, 88, 89, 90, 95, 96, 00, 05, 09 and 16, and I would put it in my to...

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You guys are good, got most of my top 5. Ridge is indeed my top producer, by quite a bit. But like Jadot, Ridge makes so many wines (including really good chardonnay and dessert wines, and a decent rose!) at reasonable prices, and have been doing it for so long, it's easy to accumulate. Here's my to...

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I currently have 2638 bottles, from 421 different producers. 13 of my top producers are Bordeaux. Any guesses on my top 3? Not as easy as I would have guessed, looking at the totals. Harder to guess when you have so many bottles. I know everyone will guess this, but is Magdelaine one of the top thr...

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marcs wrote: LOL, ok you've got the right region but I wouldn't go that low. What would be the good taste, defensible, actually good version of Louis Latour?

Has to be Jadot then, right?

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I have a bunch of stuff still to be inventoried from spring shipping season that will change my figures -- for one thing, per the tasting note I put up last week, I think Chevillon is going to vault from a low-mid level holding up to one of my most common holdings. But as of now, I have 888 bottles...

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Will I be banned if I admit that a Bordeaux does not come in as my number one? Sociando is number 3 in my collection. The first two I’ll leave for you all to guess. I’m guessing that only the boys from the “other” wine board will come close on this one. #1 Baudry #2 Levet Honorable mention for top ...

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I currently have 2638 bottles, from 421 different producers. 13 of my top 20 producers are Bordeaux. Any guesses on my top 3? Not as easy as I would have thought to guess, looking at my spreadsheet, in that my top 2 aren’t bordeaux. For context : Red Bordeaux - 45.9% of my cellar Italy - 13.2% USA -...

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I have a bunch of stuff still to be inventoried from spring shipping season that will change my figures -- for one thing, per the tasting note I put up last week, I think Chevillon is going to vault from a low-mid level holding up to one of my most common holdings. But as of now, I have 888 bottles...

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Will I be banned if I admit that a Bordeaux does not come in as my number one? Sociando is number 3 in my collection. The first two I’ll leave for you all to guess. I’m guessing that only the boys from the “other” wine board will come close on this one. #1 Baudry #2 Levet Honorable mention for top ...

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Or 2014 Calon Segur

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Barde Haut

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With a bit over three and a half thousand bottles and 30 years of buying I probably have enough wine to last, so I will only need to buy white wines.. For some reason, this part made me happy. I can’t recall if I knew your cellar count before, and that it’s about a 1000 bottles more than mine makes...

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The 78 Domaine de Chevalier rouge and 78 Haut Bailly are both really great, so that’s a good sign for Graves in that year, Bill.

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stefan wrote:The blanquito lies in wait for the unsuspecting prey, ready to pounce at the slightness show of weakness.

Like a little white jungle cat, am I! Let no Magdelaine go un-stalked, un-hunted, un-won.

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I’ve bought no wine of any kind for 2 weeks, and I feel fine.

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... ridiculous how good Bordeaux used to be and what a pale imitation the last fifteen vintages of left bank Bordeaux have become... I remember them tasting like all along. And for me, no left bank wine from 2000 on has that combination of bouquet, texture, structure and elegance. Amen, brother. We...

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Get write up, Jacques. The Pierre Peters sounds grand, not sure I’ve had the 02 of the cuvee. I’m of the general opinion though that the 02 champagnes are ready to go, at peak or in some cases, just past peak. One except I’ve had recently is the 02 PH Rare, which is great now but seems to have a lot...

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Comte Flaneur wrote:1998 Pape Clement Rouge - this bottle is a little clipped and not as good as the last one; full frontal scorched earth and piped tobacco on the front, clipped and lacking on the back.

Sounds a lot like the 96 too.

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Approachable, delicious, soft, low-ish acids... seems to sum up Talbot pretty nicely since 2000.

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Mark, have you reached out to Francois? He might have that kind of wine.

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This would be tons of fun to attend, especially if the two bobbies were in attendance! It also makes me wonder which chateau I'd most like to have a pristine 40-50 year vertical of. Obviously, we'd all prefer a chateau that has been making good wine for that time period. Picking a first growth or Ch...

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Couple days ago opened a 2006 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese “Rotlay”. Really quite disappointing for a special bottling - too sweet and heavy and a bit flat. I have really liked this in other vintages but this Rotlay seemed to be lacking in acidity - perhaps the grapes were pic...

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2009 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu Finished this up in day 2... Serious yum. Great dry extract, big nearly searing acids, and lots of fruit (enough for have an offdry palate impact), giving a terrific sweet-tart tango on the tongue. The attack is meyer lemon, the finish is candied ginger, wi...

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I won the 3 bottles of the 2011 Vaucrains from K&L in March. Gilman went 95-points gaga over the 2011 Vaucrains (and Tanzer 94 pts), which I admit made the bidding easier to rationalize. Otherwise, I probably would have assumed that 2011 wasn't a vintage worth splurging for.

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Marcus, enjoyed the notes. This made me think back to our thread this past December, where you sounded unexcited about buying more Chevillon at $70-$80 even for one of the higher end cuvees: Chevillon is very good, back when they were consistently in the $40-60 range they were one of the great Burgu...

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I’ve always wondered how these uber modern wines are perceived in France. Are they made for export basically?

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Great, fun note Mark-cum-Goulet. Sounds just dreadful. Back in my grad school days, I used to like Fontenil and Fombrauge for a cheap fix (plus the modernist style extremes weren’t that bad yet in 1998-2000). While we’re on our Rolland kick, have any of you tried his “Winemakers Collection”? I had i...

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I guess the main arc of my thinking is this: everything had to go right for Trump in 2016 (Comey, the Russian disinformation campaign, the slight downturn in the economy in 2016, running against a historically unpopular opponent, benefiting from Democrat fatigue after 8 years of Obama, enjoying an o...

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Cracked an 03 Sociando tonight: Nice cabernet nose of mint, cassis, cedar. Pleasant attack of grapey and sweet-tart fruits, integrated structure with a rounded mouthfeel, good finish with a bit of tannic grip. In a nice place, not green at all by my standards. Nice sweetness and glycerin on the pala...

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JimHow wrote:... I now have exactly 900 bottles in my cellar.

Punter. That would last Stefan only 6 months, maybe 9 months in a quiet stretch.

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If we open 160 bottles a year from my cellar (so not including wine purchased while on vacation or off wine lists), I’ve got 18 years worth of wine even if I never buy another bottle to lay down. Everything I hear and see is that most wine lovers start drinking less in their 50s and really slow down...

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stefan wrote:LOL, Jim. It reminds me of a joke about lawyers, but no doubt you have heard it so I won't repeat it here.

It involves a bottom sucker, no doubt.

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I think Patrick means that his old wine buying career has ended and he is ready to start a new one. Lol. I just turned 49. The cellar is full. The lockdown has been a “sobering” time. Wine hunting is now a chore instead of a fun pastime. Most of my past wine outlets have nothing worth buying anymor...

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Bottle variation does seem to be an issue here, not surprising given the size of their operation. But more generally, can one posit that if you don’t like the 96, then you just don’t like Sociando? I’m not sure I fully agree with that, but there’s probably some truth. For me, the 90 is easily the be...

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