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by Blanquito
Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:19 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2020 BWE WOTY: 2016 LEOVILLE BARTON / 2008 DOM PERIGNON
Replies: 47
Views: 1801

Re: 2020 BWE WOTY: 2016 LEOVILLE BARTON / 2008 DOM PERIGNON

stefan wrote:Congratulations, L-B and Dom. Two worthy winners.
+1.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:07 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

JCNorthway wrote:You need to have a BWE "all things Ridge" gathering in Colorado. You could supply the entire event!
Great idea! As soon as the pandemic is over, let's make it happen.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:57 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

This got me wondering, how much Ridge do I have? I know it's a lot -- turns out, it's much more than I realized! 122 bottles all told. I didn't realize I have a pretty good vertical of Monte Bello even.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:37 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

6 bottles of the 2018 Ridge Geyserville for $32.25 from K&L (after my 15% auction discount).
by Blanquito
Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:28 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

1 bottle of the 2014 Clos de la Roilette Griffe du Marquis
2 bottles of the 2015 Clos de la Roilette Griffe du Marquis
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:17 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684480

Re: President Trump

Dave Wasserman@Redistrict, Dec 11, 2020: “ All 50 states and D.C. have now certified their 2020 election results: Biden 81,282,376 (51.3%) Trump 74,222,576 (46.9%) —That's a 2.4 point margin swing against Trump vs. 2016 and a 15.9% increase in votes cast .” So Biden wins the popular vote by 4.4%, wh...
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:07 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189974

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

2008 Moutard Cuvée des 6 Cepages
Crisp with biscuits, dry and long with linseed and lemon, a touch acrid. Highly expressive nose of lacquer and caraway. Austere yet layered, needs food to shine. Surprisingly good, nice QPR.
by Blanquito
Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Your top ten in ‘20
Replies: 17
Views: 878

Re: Your top ten in ‘20

“Petrus vertical”.

Not two words you really ever see in the same sentence.
by Blanquito
Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

1995 Trotanoy for $175?
by Blanquito
Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189974

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

I drank through most of a case of the 89 La Gurgue in the late 90’s, and it was a great QPR.
by Blanquito
Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684480

Re: President Trump

“ In 2016... the 2,584 counties that Trump won generated just 36% of the country’s economic output, whereas the 472 counties Hillary Clinton carried equated to ~66% of the nation’s economy... This time, Biden’s winning base in 509 counties encompasses fully 71% of America’s economic activity, while ...
by Blanquito
Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

I didn’t even know there was a 2017 vintage in bordeaux!
by Blanquito
Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:35 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684480

Re: President Trump

I'm truly beginning to think we need a divorce. No mas. No more Ted Cruzes and Mitch McConnells and Lindsey Grahams. No mas. No mas.... Those 18 states... See ya.... No more. No more. I’ve felt this way for over 20 years. The chasm is too wide, the GOP too debased. Democratic states should tell the...
by Blanquito
Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:36 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: And your three dream wines are . . .
Replies: 39
Views: 1733

Re: And your three dream wines are . . .

Ummm, Monfortino.
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:14 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Replies: 56
Views: 2810

Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?

I had the 85 Dominus twice in 2019, and while 100% mature, it didn’t seem in decline. At least these bottles.

Of course, much depends on how one likes their wines, and I definitely err of the fully tertiary end of things.
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:18 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Your top ten in ‘20
Replies: 17
Views: 878

Re: Your top ten in ‘20

In no particular order. 1964 C.V.N.E. Rioja Viña Real Reserva Especial 1942 López de Heredia Rioja Viña Bosconia 1978 Ridge York Creek Cabernet 2000 Gaja Sperss 2004 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs 2016 Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumées Clos de la Truffière 2017 PYCM Pernand-Vergelesses Combottes ...
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Replies: 56
Views: 2810

Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?

I’m a big fan of many 80’s Dominus, especially the 85. The 90 is a bit of a let-down through, I concur.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:56 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Replies: 56
Views: 2810

Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?

I had the 91 and 94 Dominus once, in the same line up, and as great as the 91 was, I preferred the 94.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:42 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: And your three dream wines are . . .
Replies: 39
Views: 1733

Re: And your three dream wines are . . .

Arv, I had a bottle of the 74 Martha’s in 2019! It was divine, a top 5 wine experience to be sure. Here’s my note. 1974 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard — 1/16/2019 Incredible showing for this legend. Alive, vibrant, intact, thrilling. Drinking it was like one of those Maxell commer...
by Blanquito
Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: "Super-expensive" wines -- are any worth it?
Replies: 40
Views: 1587

Re: "Super-expensive" wines -- are any worth it?

SF Ed wrote:Its just fermented grape juice
Ban?
by Blanquito
Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:24 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: President Trump
Replies: 5480
Views: 684480

Re: President Trump

I will definitely breathe a sigh of relief at 12:01 PM on Jan. 20th, but I don’t think enough (ie >50%) of the military or police would support martial law if he tried it. Trump probably knows this, otherwise I bet he would call in the troops.
by Blanquito
Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Any BWE love for Beaujolais?
Replies: 38
Views: 1835

Re: Any BWE love for Beaujolais?

Per William Kelly, it looks like Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly are separate appellations in Beaujolais: https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=175469 Given that, the Reverdon Brouilly bottling from Thivin I posted on here is actually a separate wine from the more wide-spread (i...
by Blanquito
Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:15 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?
Replies: 29
Views: 940

Re: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?

Good questions, Joel. To be honest, the large Zalto decanter was a pure indulgence purchase, snatched up in Vienna when buying the stems. I don’t think functionally it really is any better than a $35 decanter on Amazon, but it was just so beautiful I had to have it, especially at half-off what they ...
by Blanquito
Mon Dec 07, 2020 7:36 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?
Replies: 29
Views: 940

Re: My favorite wine glasses: Motel plastic cups. What's yours?

My favorite stems are the Zalto Bordeaux for nearly all reds, the Gabriel Glas Gold for whites, Zalto White for bubblies and desserts (it’s too small for whites but perfect for fizz and small-pour stickies). I love Zalto, they quickly made nearly all my other stems obsolete (including 2 Riedel Somme...
by Blanquito
Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:40 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Replies: 1979
Views: 189974

Re: What are we drinking in lockdown?

One of my recent K&L bojo purchases, the 2014 Stephane Aviron Cote du Py Vieilles Vignes . This my kinda Gamay, showing an earthy, minerally profile rather than the fruitiness many Beaujolais do. Bright, lean, savory, lemony palate impact with a tangy cherry-juice laced finish. Nothing profound,...
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Replies: 56
Views: 2810

Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?

SF Ed wrote:1967 d'Yquem in 2002 with Francois in Paris

SF Ed
Better than the ‘59 in Denver, Ed? Wow.
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?
Replies: 56
Views: 2810

Re: You can only name one: What's the greatest wine you tasted?

Gosh, so many to choose from...

I hate to say it, but the 1990 DRC Richebourg edges out the 86 Mouton and the 82 Haut Brion.
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Château du Tertre
Replies: 5
Views: 270

Re: 2000 Château du Tertre

Comte Flaneur wrote:There was I thinking Alex was going to say this wine is already over the hill!
:lol: :lol:
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Château du Tertre
Replies: 5
Views: 270

Re: 2000 Château du Tertre

A perennial sleeper. I’be always been a big fan of the 00 version, and as you note Alex, prices remain quite reasonable. 2019 du Tertre futures have caught my eye, but I have resisted buying so far.
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: What is your epiphany wine?
Replies: 19
Views: 949

Re: What is your epiphany wine?

First, several bottles of the 1975 Lascombes that my dad opened at Thanksgivings in the early 1990’s. I don’t know what I’d think of them now, but in my early 20’s these were magical old wines with that aromatic complexity and suave palate only fully mature wines attain. It started me on a Margaux k...
by Blanquito
Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:28 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2020 BWE WOTY
Replies: 51
Views: 1919

Re: 2020 BWE WOTY

2002 Leoville Barton +1. This is the sort of wine that I probably would have never tried if not for BWE. This wine (and vintage) had basically zero buzz from the “pros”, who instead usually steered us towards bigger, louder stuff. And most of all, it is a seriously good wine, far better than I expe...
by Blanquito
Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?
Replies: 37
Views: 1711

Re: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?

No day is complete without a classic quote from Claude Levi-Strauss!
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The 1982 La Dominique has been uncorked!
Replies: 11
Views: 322

Re: The 1982 La Dominique has been uncorked!

Love this wine, thanks for the update. Been great for decades. 94 pts is right about where I score good bottles of this, which is very high in my system (such as it is).
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

My 2019 prices come from K&L, where you get a 15% discount if you use store credit (from auction sales) on their inventory rather than taking cash. K&L also doesn’t charge sales tax on non-CA residents.

So unless you have wine you want to sell, most folks can’t get this pricing from them.
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:16 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2018 Haut Brisson: Superb!
Replies: 8
Views: 290

Re: 2018 Haut Brisson: Superb!

The 2019 Haut Brisson also getting some love:
https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1480684&s ... archRank=9
by Blanquito
Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548261

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Bravo on the 70 Magdelaine, Ian. Great stuff that wine, as you know...

Inspired by BWE, I just bought a 6-pack of the 2019 d'Issan for $45.90 all-in.

Still considering other 2019s, but I might wait until a few more of them have been tasted by the laity.
by Blanquito
Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?
Replies: 37
Views: 1711

Re: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?

Joel, K&L allows you to cancel with a full refund if the tariffs are still in effect when the wine arrives. K&L rarely has the lowest prices, but they are rock solid. You can also buy futures as single bottles from them if you like, no need to buy in volume. Also, K&L ships everywhere st...
by Blanquito
Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?
Replies: 37
Views: 1711

Re: Do we know yet what 2019 Bordeaux is really like?

I have recently seen a few single malts being sold with a drop or two of another malt added, rendering them officially ‘blends’ which are not subject to the tariffs. E.g.: “2007 Below Bhainidh (Mortlach) K&L Exclusive Single Hogshead Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (Pre-Arrival) Another stunning deal...
by Blanquito
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Changing palates as you age.
Replies: 21
Views: 739

Re: Changing palates as you age.

If only I were cheerful and sunny, all wine would taste good! <rolls eyes>
by Blanquito
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:24 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Changing palates as you age.
Replies: 21
Views: 739

Re: Changing palates as you age.

JimHow wrote:I'm 62, emotionally I feel young.
I like classic Bordeaux, fleshy right bank Bordeaux, opulent Cali Zin.
I love life. I love it all.
I hate life, I love none of it.