Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I feel like myself again! My COVID buying freeze was a drag. I wasn’t going to buy the Cos, but when I found out the last Lynch had just been sold, the shop keep mentioned that they were down to 2 Cos. I couldn’t resist. But really, I blame you, Ian! I wouldn’t have bought the Giscours even at $50 b...

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Agent Blanquito reporting... Adding today to my 7 bottles of 2016 Pichon Baron and 3 bottles of the 2016 Lynch Bages: -2 bottles of 2016 Cos d’Estournel ($130 on sale) -6 bottles of 2016 Giscours ($50 just the normal price at this shop) These prices were just too keen to pass up and if I don’t like ...

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3 bottles of the 2016 Lynch Bages, still on sale.

In 2 days, I increased my holdings of 2016 Bordeaux by 45%.

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Like many on the wine boards, Southern Rhône used to be a big part of my cellar and consumption, but it’s dried up to virtually nothing. Part of it was a palate shift on my part, but most of it was caused by the well-known shift to ever higher octane wines the region, egged on by the critics.* I sti...

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brodway wrote:Blanquito...

are you referring to the Faury St. Joseph VV? never had one but see its available at a retailer in upstate NY

Yes, that’s the one. Overall I prefer Levet more than faury for sure, but the 15 and 16 Faury VV were/are like $36 which is a great deal.

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Enjoying the 2009 Blanc tonight from half bottle. Richer than is the norm here in 2009, I think, but has the stuff to stand up to the fruit and sweetness. Really nice stuff.

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JimHow wrote:Yeah that Palmer price is a little disappointing, I was hoping that we’d see 2004-like pricing of first growths for under $200, but that’s not gonna happen.

Me too. Sigh.

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brodway wrote:My notes say i paid under $18 a bottle all in....remember getting it from an unconventional source, possibly a newsletter, but don't remember which one...would be a buyer of more should i come across any other vintages

That’s a serious deal. The Syrahs are usually ~$40.

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Indeed, BobbyG, I'm planning on buying another dozen bottles of the 2016 Lacoste-Borie. I was very impressed with my first encounter with this wine. It was a delicious Pauillac true to its terroir. It is $28.89 when it is on sale in NH, a great QPR. Damn, Jim this is some high praise. You should tr...

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stefan wrote:Oh, then I must have been lucky, Tom. None of my 1982 Canon have been corked.

Me too, I’ve had the 82 Canon 7-8 times in the last decades, with no corked bottles.

My back luck 82 has been the Leoville Barton, so many corked bottles.

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Faury is making some lovely, serious Syrah at very reasonable prices (for the moment). The 2015 and 2016 Fauvy VV’s are delicious wines with terrific depth.

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Jay Winton wrote:Anyone Remember the Specials?? This town is like a Ghost town.

Love the Specials! And the Toasters!

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Had another nice Brunello recently, the 2010 Lisini. Too young, but very promising.

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I still think the 16 Branaire could be the steal of the 2016 vintage.

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For me, Wind Gap in general is one of the great, unheralded wine operations in California. As much as I like their reds, I often enjoy the whites even more. Good to hear the 2014 is up to snuff.

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I plan to open a 99 Peby Faugeres on Saturday.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1JWzyvv8A

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Was the recent chaptalisation obvious at all, Ian?

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I bought the 2006 and 2013 Chavaroche in the low $40s just a few year ago.

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We can thank Mr. Robert Alfert Jr for the current pricing of Levet!

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Favorite vintage of Cantemerle all time?

Mine might be the 82.

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Loved the 05 d’Armailhac in 2015, last time I had it. The phrase “best ever”crossed my mind at the time...

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Tonight with fresh fettuccine with mushrooms I drank more 2016 St Innocent Justice Pinot Noir. I just cannot keep my hands off this wine. I know it will be even more fantastic in 15 years, but it is so good now that the bottles jump at me when I enter my wine room. I am down to 13 bottles. Got to b...

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stefan wrote:How will you explain to your daughter when she comes of age that you passed on the Lynch-Bages?

That it’s a lowly 5th Growth with pretensions of greatness on which it never delivered? (running for cover now!)

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Apropos of our recent comments: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/trump-nixon.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage I know Krugman is not everyone’s favorite here, but for me this sum up things nicely as they now stand: Trump is no Nixon, and the Republican Party lost the...

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Another success in 2016. Jim is on a roll.

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2009 Huet Petillant Reserve. First things first: champagne suffers no contenders. But this is really nice. Lots of white cherries to go with plenty of grip and verve. So easy to drink, delicious. 92 pts.

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stefan wrote:My State Farm agent says that wine is covered under the contents provision of my homeowners policy.

Mine too.

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I’ve always really loved the 2000 Grand Veneur Les Origines. I’ve had 6-7 bottles since 2005 and it never shut down. And like you, I find it so much better than the 2001 version of this wine.

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My self control is in tatters!

Exhibit A: seven bottles of the 2016 Pichon Baron, coming fast on the heals of my champagne splurge.

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I feel so ashamed.

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I grabbed all of the Baron they had (7 bottles), $107 a bottle including tax... I chickened out on the buying the Lynch at the same time (they have 6 bottles of the Lynch)...

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This is very helpful! It may seem hard to believe, but I was truly torn if I should just get something like 3 of each or if I should go big!

I will call when they open to find out how much they have.

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Sounds great.

The 99 Clape Cornas that SF Ed brought to Denver was one of my favorite wines of 2019.

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DavidG wrote:Seriously, I would clean them out at that price.

I should see how much they have. The 16 Lynch is also on sale for $100.

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I know, too good to be true. But it is now on sale, marked down from $160, in their temp controlled room, has the anti-counterfeit stickers on the capsules, bottkes look pristine, etc.

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I’m seeing this locally for $100 + 8.5% sales tax. It was my favorite wine at the 2016 UGC, in part because it was somehow both old school and up-to-the-minute at the same time. And 2016 is my daughter’s birthyear. But I don’t own any. How much should I buy? I’m thinking 6, to lay down for my daught...

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Thanks for posting this, Jacques. Mattis’ remarks probably won’t make much (any?) difference, but reading this means a lot to me. Who knows, maybe people in the military are listening and are that much less likely to back a coup d’etat?

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JimHow wrote:Joe up by 11 points in new Monmouth poll:

https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-instit ... US_060320/

Even I'm starting to get excited.
Can we have the election next Tuesday?

As they say in Chicago, let’s vote early and vote often!

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