Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Bill, I’m betting you must have had more bottles of St Innocent than any other producer.

For me, it’s probably Ridge.

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He really made me reconsider the benefits of therapy...

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That’s a great photo of you and Lyle, BD!

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Maybe the last (in-person) BWE Convention ever.

We need to revive the virtual live tastings, but now with video so we can all see each other.

Sob!

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I got a nice chuckle when I saw that video montage Suckling made after he left the Spectator, I Am Here:
https://m.facebook.com/jamessuckling/vi ... 525580164/

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If it makes anyone feel better, Jim and Jacques have a more general aversion to GPL than most of us on this site.

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The main culprit for a Napafied GPL is/was the 09, which showed poorly for a number of us on release (at least). I really disliked the 1982 as well, the other vintages just tasted blah I remember vividly how much I loved that bottle of the 82 GPL in NYC in 2012, the same bottle which you wanted not...

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Thinking about the 82 Talbot I just won, presumably a wine of “first growth quality”. What other wines have attained that exulted status? On the left bank, certainly the 82 Pichon Lalande. I’d add the 82 Gruaud, the 86 Pichon Lalande and Rausan Segla, the 89 Lynch Bages and Pichon Baron, and the 90 ...

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Oh, that 1982 Talbot. At a blind tasting 20+ years ago. The wine I guessed to be 1982 Latour was revealed to be 1982 Talbot. Chris Bublitz Thanks to this outrageous enablement (a wine mistaken blind for the WOTV, the 82 Latour? Come on!), I just won a 3 pack of the 1982 Talbot. I bid on it to bring...

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This thread is getting gross. Not sure when/if I’ll ever eat humus or hummus again!

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The only downside to consolidating was we had wait until a quorum of cases was reached, but they might have plans underway already for a pallet and truck to Denver; I got the impression they arranged this trip semi regularly.

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The main culprit for a Napafied GPL is/was the 09, which showed poorly for a number of us on release (at least).

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Their shipping has gotten nutty at HDH. For a long while, they’ve told us they can’t even ship to Colorado anymore. But we found a work around by having a bunch of wine consolidated into a pallet and shipped direct to a wine storage company in Denver. Ended up like $5 a case to do this. You could as...

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Been trying for days to get through to Chase Travel to cancel my plane ticket and it keeps telling me my call can’t be made at this time. I just finally got through to the automated system and the system told me I can get a call back rather than wait on the line. The estimated call back window was 2...

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tim wrote:As I may be moving to Denver soon, I may take you up on that offer!

Keep us apprised of your movements, Tim! It would be great to have you in Denver.

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Everyone is welcome in Denver to make up for the missed trip. Tom and I have 2 cases of classics already pulled and ready to go.

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Good thing we’re all well stocked up on wine!

The grocery stores in Denver (and presumably most elsewhere) are totally cleaned out.

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The 2009 in my opinion was the most fraudulent; a horrible wine that smelled and tasted like New World syropy, manipulated plonk. Based on my two goes with the 09, I completely agree with this. The best I could say about it was that it was totally Napa-fied. I like some older vintages more than you...

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DavidG wrote:Patrick, you got that exemption for any purchases prior to Mexico cutting a check to pay for the wall, right?

I can't speak to the wall, but rest assured, Mexico is paying for all of my wine buying during the moratorium.

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The 2010 GPL really stank in DC '17. For my mileage... -GPL serially underperformed from 1983-1988, but the 82 and 78 are very good to excellent. WEAK -From 1989-1996, I am a fan with the 1990 and 1995 being the highlights (but the 96 is growing on me). The 1990 might be my favorite GPL of all, it's...

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The 89 GPL is drinking well and remains a good value. After liking the bottle at our big 89 horizontal last year, I snagged a 3 pack for like $85/each.

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Ok, now I’m intrigued, a good GPD, I’ll keep a look out for a bottle.

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OrlandoRobert wrote:2016 GPD is very good and quite the value.

GPL or GPD? If GPD (Grand Puy Ducasse, perennially in the running for worst classified wine in bordeaux) that would be something!

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I went to the UGC 2016 tasting and I bought only 4 chateaux after tasting through so many 2016s:
Langoa Barton
Branaire Ducru
Sociando Mallet and
GPL

All are outstanding values.

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We’ll be right there beside you (in hazmat suits), Jimbo! But seriously, this sure seems like a mountain out of a mole hill. Sure, the infirm should take extra care, but I have zero concerns. My main risk of bodily harm is getting quarantined at Lafite (how cool would that be!!!) while my wife is le...

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4 small steps for JimHow, 4 giant steps for BWE.

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He’s run on the economy. And his handling of the Coronavirus, connected as it is to the economy, will add more doom. Finally, I think a big part of Trump’s coalition is entirely fair weather and they will turn on him (or fail to turn out) once the chips are down.

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I’m 100% guilty of cherry picking polls, it makes me feel better.

I agree that a poll 8 months out is pretty meaningless though.

I think the bigger point is a recession will crush Trump, more than it normally hurts the incumbent.

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JimHow wrote:We saw poll numbers like that in 2016, even late into election season, and Orange Head got the last laugh.
These numbers mean absolutely nothing.

Unless they show Trump ahead, then you’d tout them!

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Monday, March 9
General Election: CNN Biden 53, Trump 43 — Biden +10
General Election: CNN Sanders 52, Trump 45 — Sanders +7

Trump is looking like a distressed asset.

Trump is a paper tiger and the first proof of a recession will sink his chances, to where he’s likely to get crushed in November.

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I didn’t recognize you in that pic at first, Nic. Lyle Lovett indeed!

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Tom brought an 82 Talbot last year to BWE Denver that slayed it. We had the 83 Talbot in the same line up — a very good wine in its own right — and the 82 ran circles around it. So good.

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Great stuff, Nic. Sounds like another epic night in our nation’s capital.

Love some of the wines you all enjoyed. Togni is one of my favorite non-French wines.

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Winebid was my people, for many years, and I got so many great wines and deals there. But first they then started charging sales tax (for Californian and Colorado residents at least), then they raised their premium, then they raised their prices, and in the final coup de grâce, they stopped getting ...

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I think I am still within my limits, I bought at very good prices: 3 x Fourrier Gevrey Chambertin VV 2012 3 x Fourrier Gevrey Cherbaudes 1er Cru 2015 3 x Roumier Chambolle-Musigny 2015 6x Dujac Morey St-Denis 2017 12 x Gerard Duplessis Chablis Montmains 1er Cru 2017 Hmmm, I think you want Burgundy ...

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OrlandoRobert wrote:2008 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Baller.

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All recently won at KL auctions (except the Taluau which was on close out): 3 of the 82 Dominique 6 of the 89 Taluau Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes 3 of the 90 Les Caillloux Brunel Chateauneuf 3 of the 93 Dalle Valle Cabernet 3 of the 95 Dalle Valle Cabernet 2 of the 95 Rampolla Sammarco...

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I tried to talk my wife into coming to DC for the weekend, but she wasn't game, not with 2 little kids, too much hassle for someone who doesn't care about wine.

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One of the Italian wine buyers at Chambers St Wines told me in January that the 2016 Piedmonts are the best he and the rest of the staff had ever tasted. Better than the 89s and 90s, I asked? Best. Ever. What about the 71s and 74s? Best. Ever. Holy moly! This from a store that champions traditionall...

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I had a bad month in February. Somehow I ended up buying 14 bottles. :( In my defense, these were all won with very lowball bids at KL auction, stuff I’d never normally ever get close to winning in a non-COVID-19, Wall Street-correction week when everyone was running for financial cover. Must be str...

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