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by Blanquito
Sun May 21, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The Wine Buying Gods are Cruel and Capricious
Replies: 15
Views: 1119

The Wine Buying Gods are Cruel and Capricious

(Wine Buying Freeze) Pride goeth before the Fall...
by Blanquito
Sun May 14, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

robert goulet wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 10:15 pm Blanquito...

I have the '79 HB ...I promised to pop with Orlando Bobby...Swing down sometime!!
Nice! I'll bring a '75 Haut Bailly.
by Blanquito
Sun May 14, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

Have you long been a Haut Bailly fan, DG? It seemed like an under the radar chateau until kinda recently, despite making consistently great wines since the 60’s or longer. The 79 is one of those largely unheralded gems.
by Blanquito
Sun May 14, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

Happy to expand this to all wines... My top producers in order (irrespective of white, red, desert or all of the above, with 30 bottles or more) : 1. Ridge (by far.. nearly all red, but a few chardonnay and stickies) 2. Produttori de Barbaresco (nearly all riservas) 3. Magdelaine 4. Huet 5. Sociando...
by Blanquito
Sun May 14, 2023 2:48 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

Hey Blanquito, what were the 16 bottles of GPL you offloaded over the last two years? Sales or drinking? Specifically curious as to whether you have been drinking a lot of 1995 and 2005 GPL as I have a good number of those and wondering about your view of where those are on the maturation curve… I ...
by Blanquito
Sun May 14, 2023 1:21 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Under $40 (US) bordeaux that's still classic?
Replies: 5
Views: 573

Re: Under $40 (US) bordeaux that's still classic?

Many of the usual QPR suspects still seem reasonably traditional. I’m seeing you get can recent releases of Gloria, Sociando Mallet, Ferriere, d’Armailhac, and Branaire Ducru at or just above $40. du Tertre can be had for around that price too, but while not spoofilated, they are not really traditio...
by Blanquito
Sat May 13, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Ooo La-Las
Replies: 4
Views: 349

Re: Ooo La-Las

Ian puts the balls in baller.
by Blanquito
Sat May 13, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

This was a good exercise as I had never done it. 1) Domaine de Chevalier 2) Grand Puy Lacoste 3) Sociando Mallet I also looked at non-Bordeaux: Italy = Produttori del Barbaresco Spain = Lopez de Heredia Red Burgundy = Domaine de Pavelot California = Montelena Germany = tie: Christoffel/JJ Prum Whit...
by Blanquito
Fri May 12, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

Re: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!

That looks like only about 700 bottles of Bordeaux? Aren’t you running a bit short? If there’s some kind of catastrophic apocalyptic event and you are trapped in your wine cellar with only wine to drink you might run out of Bordeaux before you die…better rectify that! I am pleased to announce I hav...
by Blanquito
Fri May 12, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL is [no longer] my largest BDX holding!
Replies: 58
Views: 2759

UPDATE: "a return to sanity", GPL is no longer my largest BDX holding!

UPDATE: "a return to sanity", GPL is no longer my largest BDX holding. After an extensive cellar rationalization over the last couple of years (mostly achieved by selling off certain 'frauds' and fruit bombs), here are my current Bordeaux holdings (all chateau with at least 10 bottles): M...
by Blanquito
Wed May 10, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Cheval Blanc paves the way for 22 en primeur sales
Replies: 9
Views: 568

Re: Cheval Blanc paves the way for 22 en primeur sales

2022 futures? Really? Does anyone (outside of the business, naturally) still care? We are all sheep. I know the wine press constantly beats the futures drum, but that’s just because they are part (bought snd sold) of the idiot-loop industry. We should spend a whole year on BWE only talking about rea...
by Blanquito
Tue May 09, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.
Replies: 11
Views: 917

Re: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.

A local shop has some pristine looking 95 PLL for $143 each + sales tax…. Tempting.
by Blanquito
Tue May 09, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.
Replies: 11
Views: 917

Re: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.

I’ve always liked some 95s, most notably the PLL, GPL, Cos, Sociando, Ducru. Surprisingly I’m less enamored with 95 RB though on the whole I think that bank is stronger.
by Blanquito
Mon May 08, 2023 11:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.
Replies: 11
Views: 917

Re: Haut Brion 1995 paired with the finest lamb I have tasted.

Stefan brought a 95 HB to the 2016 DC Convention, and I recall how excellent it was even 7 years ago.
by Blanquito
Mon May 08, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The 2010 Fleur Cardinale has been uncorked, and other ramblings....
Replies: 40
Views: 4726

Re: The 2010 Fleur Cardinale has been uncorked, and other ramblings....

Glad to hear Fleur Cardinale is being taken a new direction. After trying unfortunately numerous bottles of the 03 and 05 FC -- which were amongst the most revolting Bordeaux I've ever tried, and it sounds like the 2010 is still in that same modern over-the-top boozy style of the 03 and 05 -- I utte...
by Blanquito
Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Again, the glorious 2016 vintage
Replies: 8
Views: 690

Re: Again, the glorious 2016 vintage

Infanticide alert!
by Blanquito
Thu May 04, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548018

Re: So what have you bought lately?

All purchases within the last couple months that I just got around to inputting into my CT today: 1x 1970 Latour 1x 1983 VCC 1x 1983 Trotanoy 1x 1990 Gruaud Larose 3x 2000 La Fleur Petrus 2x 2000 Lynch Bages 2x 2005 Calon 1x 2000 Montrose 1x 2005 Leoville Poyferre 1x 2016 L'Evangile 1x 2006 L'Evang...
by Blanquito
Thu May 04, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

P.S. I think Gilman’s perspective is particularly germane, given his well documented aversion to globby Bordeaux. And of course, he’s tasted the 05s in far more depth and breadth than most of us have.
by Blanquito
Thu May 04, 2023 4:15 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Don’t take a bunch of amateurs’ opinions, here’s Gilman on the 05 vintage… “ Of the recent, highly-praised vintages in Bordeaux- 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2010, only the 2005 vintage stands out for me as a truly great vintage on the Gironde, with the others masquerading power and overripe fruit as if it ...
by Blanquito
Thu May 04, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

I’m still mostly waiting on my 05s (big surprise there), but from what I’ve tried I think, more than most vintages, the 05 vintage served as a Rorschach test of a chateau’s style — big, extracted, designer consultant-designed, Parkerized wines (of which there were many in that period) made notably b...
by Blanquito
Thu May 04, 2023 12:34 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Yeah, put me in the 05-DCC-sucks camp too. It sucked (for me) irrespective of DDC's glorious past. The 09 was pretty awful too.

And I put my money where my mouth (palate) is, selling off all of my post-02 DDC rouge a few years ago (a bunch of 05, a few 06s, and a brace of 09s).
by Blanquito
Wed May 03, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Ognik, if you have any 00 DDC rouge left you want to unload, PM me!
by Blanquito
Wed May 03, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Curious of your impressions on the '19, Mark. I was thoroughly impressed with the '20 at the UGC, enough that I bought some of the '19 and tried a bottle after it arrived in March. Here are my thoughts on the '19: Popped and poured into a decanter, given an hour to breathe… Very floral bouquet with ...
by Blanquito
Wed May 03, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548018

Re: So what have you bought lately?

IMG_4525.jpeg Two my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each. I’m happy for you. Isn’t that nice being out of the wine buying freeze? Freedom (and some La Co...
by Blanquito
Wed May 03, 2023 12:45 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Along side the Canon, PLL, and Magdelaine, DDC is probably my favorite red Bordeaux from 1970-1989.

So, it’s really nice to see how good it still was in 2000. I will look to backfill this from the 95-02 vintages.
by Blanquito
Wed May 03, 2023 12:04 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548018

Re: So what have you bought lately?

IMG_4525.jpeg
Too my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.
by Blanquito
Tue May 02, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

Re: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

I predict Hugo will claim nothing has changed… except that they’re fully biodynamic now (it’s all the mystic powers of a bull’s horn I guess).
by Blanquito
Tue May 02, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548018

Re: So what have you bought lately?

jckba wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 2:18 pm A buddy served the 99 Anderson’s Conn Valley PN blind last Friday and it showed well amongst a field of much higher priced burgs.
Drank them up ages ago, but the mid-90's Conn Valley pinots were all terrific, I thought. Impressed they held up this long.
by Blanquito
Mon May 01, 2023 12:43 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)
Replies: 22
Views: 1540

2000 Domaine de Chevalier (rouge)

Enchanting bouquet, delicate, expressive, a little sweet and cedary with a whiff of Gravesy char, floral with minty notes and a touch of fresh herbs. 94-95 pt bouquet. Lighter bodied, tangy and bright on the palate, but with plenty of grip and persistence. Savory-sappy and a little sour, so refreshi...
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:20 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The BWE Spring 2023 Great Wine Buying Freeze Contest (a la Seinfeld): who can hold out the longest?
Replies: 74
Views: 8070

Re: The BWE Spring 2023 Great Wine Buying Freeze Contest (a la Seinfeld): who can hold out the longest?

Yeah, sometimes life puts these little tests on the path for you… someone in front of you drops a $20 bill… the fishmonger calls on you when it wasn’t your turn… a family isn’t seated together on a flight with you in the middle… the local shop is selling the latest Bordeaux vintage at the same prici...
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4868
Views: 1548018

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Not that we really care beyond the trivia value, but was it the 2016 vintage where Giscours got in trouble for chaptalization?
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:03 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Nothing in this revisit of 2014 Calon Segur moves me from my 100 point rating (plus, a rendezvous with Barry Scheck).
Replies: 22
Views: 1494

Re: Nothing in this revisit of 2014 Calon Segur moves me from my 100 point rating (plus, a rendezvous with Barry Scheck)

I tasted the Calon and the Montrose one after the other at a Zachys in-store tasting in 2017 (https://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7522) and they were both excellent which prompted me to double up :mrgreen: IMG_0722.jpeg And not to worry, I think we will be able to try th...
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:02 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Nothing in this revisit of 2014 Calon Segur moves me from my 100 point rating (plus, a rendezvous with Barry Scheck).
Replies: 22
Views: 1494

Re: Nothing in this revisit of 2014 Calon Segur moves me from my 100 point rating (plus, a rendezvous with Barry Scheck)

JimHow wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 1:55 pm The 2014 Calon Segur is a profound wine. I have had it twice now and rated it 100 points each time.
I was thoroughly wowed by the 2014 Calon Segur you opened for me and Chris B. one Wednesday night on the Dock of the Bay.
by Blanquito
Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:58 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The BWE Spring 2023 Great Wine Buying Freeze Contest (a la Seinfeld): who can hold out the longest?
Replies: 74
Views: 8070

Re: The BWE Spring 2023 Great Wine Buying Freeze Contest (a la Seinfeld): who can hold out the longest?

2019 d’Issan $45, 2019 Beychevelle $65… on the shelf… at the local Costco… what’s a Bordeaux lover to do?
by Blanquito
Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Trip to Barcelona, Rioja, Basque Region. Long
Replies: 14
Views: 1567

Re: Trip to Barcelona, Rioja, Basque Region. Long

Sounds great, thanks for the report, which I read with keen interest as our family vacation for this summer was supposed to head to the same areas. However, we got serious sticker shock when looking at airfares and hotels there for June, so we’ve tabled the trip for a future date. Come on Pat. If y...
by Blanquito
Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Trip to Barcelona, Rioja, Basque Region. Long
Replies: 14
Views: 1567

Re: Trip to Barcelona, Rioja, Basque Region. Long

Sounds great, thanks for the report, which I read with keen interest as our family vacation for this summer was supposed to head to the same areas. However, we got serious sticker shock when looking at airfares and hotels there for June, so we’ve tabled the trip for a future date.