Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I’ll try to join in too, as familial commitments allow.

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I have nowhere the needed experience to have any informed opinion on this, but that won't stop me from saying that I think Richebourg is the bee's knees (based on the 3-4 times I've had a wine from there).

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Good prices on Puligny on Winebid? Color me surprised (and tempted)...

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dhp wrote:I thought the Langoa Barton held its own with the Leoville Barton at the 2016 vintage UGC tasting. Seems like the Barton family knows what it's doing.

Me too. The 16 Langoa was one of the few wines I bought after the UGC.

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So many... a few of my greatest hits: -2005 Les Sans Culottes, St Julien offline, when I first met Arv, Jacques, Tim, Art and former BWEers Ramon, Dale, Chris Botta, Matt Richman -2006 Les Sans Culottes, Pauillac offline, when I first met Ian -Tom in CO’s blind flight at the 86 horizontal at Fabio’s...

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Tonight Neilson Vergers 14. I have been rushing through these drinking one a month. The last four have literally smashed it out of the park. I have two bottles of this case and another one in storage. I can see why Niellon is Jacques’s favourite producer 94-95. Also La Lagune 1985. The bottle was p...

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1982 Meyney A pristine bottle purchased for a song at a small wine ship in Islington in April 2018... just a flat out gorgeous bouquet of cedar, cigar wrapper, leather, with spicy notes of black pepper and even mint. Silky smooth palate, but showing lean so far. Still, really good but no better than...

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Not had the 00 Poujeaux that I recall, but I’ve always had a soft spot for this chateau. I checked to see if I have any, and I only have some 04, 05 and 09 in the cellar.

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I’m gonna have to pop another 2015 Siran soon!

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Greetings, Earthlings!!!

We have come to collect our Orange Leader with the Gold Plated Toilet, who accidentally astral projected into a tv show and never returned.

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Yes, I think the 2000 Magdelaine is Howquitoed for sure — simultaneously young enough yet mature enough to keep both me and Jim happy. A Ying-Yang state. A number of us had a bottle at the Saturday lunch in BWE Denver, they could weigh in too.

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Funny thing is that at one time I liked oxidative whites, but no more. We no longer drink Sherry. I opened the other night an Arbois Vin Jaune (Jura wine) that was a gift from a friend from Besancon. Neither Lucie nor I liked it. I'll pour most of the bottle down the drain unless Lucie wants to use...

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Other than some of those Basque hard to pronounce whites (Txakolina or something) Spanish still whites are another category I find to be dismal. The oxidative ones are an acquired taste, but I find the whites from Rueda to be cheap, floral, easy drinking, satisfying, food friend. They remind me of ...

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This makes me happy. I really enjoyed the 08 on release, but the wine I bought was the 09 landing some splits for $55.

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Nice range of whites there, Arv. For me, I think the white wine world is a target rich environment. I’m bored with most off-dry stuff right now and there’s plenty of stuff in California I find downright awful, but I thoroughly enjoy virtually all whites made in Europe. Sancerre, dry Vouvray, Chablis...

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True that, outright steals were usually because of a mistake by the retailer or liquidation or Ponzi schemes. I got a bunch of wine through the years at Premier Cru, especially pre-2012 or so, that seemed like screaming deals at the time. Remember the frenzy to get the orders in first when PC would ...

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Ok guys please don’t hate or ban this poor country lawyer from Orlando. I try, I really do. I bought some and decided to try my second one after again seeing more references to the Renaissance of Chateau Siran. Oh de Medici, please bring back the old Chateau. This Bouard version is terrible. It rea...

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Yeah, it’s a moving target with inflation and changing personal income. Retrospective valuations provide a healthy context but can be misleading. To wit, as you note 2000 bordeaux futures prices seem pretty darn cheap now for sure, but to me virtually all pre-2005 futures prices seem cheap (and I be...

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An interesting sub-question is which is everyone’s favorite vintage of L. Barton? I have had bad, even terrible luck with 80’s Barton, with 3-4 corked bottles of the 82 and some meh bottles of the 86 and 89 which may have subpar storage. The 85 was really good the one time I had it, though. I’d have...

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I always thought Cal Ripken and his .276 career batting average were overrated by his iron man status, Blanquito, I think that is diminishing the status of Leoville Barton. I think Frank Robinson is more appropriate, a level above Yaz and Ripken but obviously not the Babe or Henry. Works for me.* *...

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jckba wrote:... which would leave Billy Ripken to be the Langoa Barton of the Medoc

Nice report Ian and thanks for sharing.

Lol, nice one JC!

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Have you had the old school classics of rioja, Marcus, stuff from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s? Just wondering, cause Rioja post-1996 or maybe 1998 doesn’t do much for me, but I really love the old school stuff. In terms of deals, I agree burgundy had under-appreciated wines for a long time that only fai...

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As we look to retire the number of Leoville Barton, are we looking at the Tony Oliva/Al Kaline/Rod Carew of Bordeaux, or are we inthe Frank Robinson/Carl Yastrzemski/Cal Ripken range, or are we perhaps even reaching for Hank Aaron/Ken Griffey/Willie Mays? Good question, BD. There’s the Hall and the...

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Pat why did you sell the Gonon? I have tons of it, great stuff. Just had the Iles Feray last night and finished the remainder tonight. I am a big, big fan of Gonon, and I was thrilled to get vintages I had for what they used to cost. But when K&L told me I could get the $150/each I ended up wit...

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Great stuff as always, Ian.

I think BWE should retire Leoville Barton’s number, a wine we all agree is worthy of enjoyment, collection, admiration.

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Of course there is always champagne, the most reliable white wine of all. Stu Great stuff everyone, I have more thoughts to share shortly, but in the meantime, what's your go to bubbly for <$75, Stu et al.? A glass of Cristal Rosé. Stu Oh, maybe you meant a whole bottle, that’s different. Love your...

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JoelD wrote:Any good examples of a Howquito wine?

Many 2002 Bordeaux are in the Howquito zone, especially the Leoville Barton. These will of course hold for a long while still, but Jim and I agree that they'll probably never be "better" in the future, just different.

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Of course there is always champagne, the most reliable white wine of all. Stu Great stuff everyone, I have more thoughts to share shortly, but in the meantime, what's your go to bubbly for <$75, Stu et al.? I used to be able to get vintage Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs for less than $75 (much of it cam...

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I think by the late 90's by and large, Bordeaux and much of Burgundy were well charted territories, and days of really screaming deals were over. To a lesser degree, that was true of Cali Cab as the big names were well established by then. Sure, the occasional winner popped up, but nothing systemati...

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In contrast to "Blanquitoing a wine" (i.e. not touching another bottle for at least 5 years because it's too damn young), to "How a wine" (so named for our fearless leader) is to drink it when it is young and brutish and all its youthful vigor is on full tongue-staining display. ...

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PS. What exactly does it mean to Blanquito a wine? I assume this has something to do with air/decanting I can't take any credit for coining the phrase (and I don't recall who did, but I know Nic was the first to call out the pattern), but when a president is running for re-election, his partisans a...

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Stefan, I do think COV19 is part of the phenomena here, but overall it’s shaping up as the perfect storm... -lockdown is a drag and one of my main inspirations for buying more/new wines — wine gatherings and offlines — are on hold -the increased risk of insolvency for wine retailers combined with no...

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White wine is neglected on this board, but BWE is who I want to hear from on this. What white wines are we drinking, buying, exploring, getting jazzed about these days? I need to get more dry whites and bubbly (http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5404&start=1840), so l...

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Took delivery today of the last shipment of my wine buying career. Update : I've bought no wine since 4/18/20, haven't even been tempted except by Beaujolais (I'm returning my BWE credentials to Jim as I type) . BUT, it is very clear that I will need more dry white and champagne soon*, especially a...

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1990 DRC Richebourg, London 2018 = Viniferous nirvana.

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My greatest score was probably the 86 Gruaud Larose for $22 after a mixed case discount. I bought 6 of these in 1995 for that princely sum. Gonon St Joe probably counts for something as I bought them when they were $35, and sold them when they were $150.

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The Great 2002 Heist at MacArthur's wasn't that long ago, I want to say about 5 years ago? When was that, Patrick... Winona, Stefan, and RobD were there as well, and Marcus cleaned up on it as well. That was March 2016 during a DC BWE Convention. You were at MacArthurs both days, I only made it on ...

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Chateau Vin wrote:
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Also the score of the 1997 Mouton at the Chicago Wine Company for less than $90, that was the first time I met Jim and he told me about that.

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Who was the English gentleman at TCWC, jal? I forgot his good name...

Simon.

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JimHow wrote:An honorable mention score, of course, was the epic 2002 heist at MacArthur's, Patrick and I were literally giggling with joy as the likes of Pichon Baron, Montrose, Calon Segur, etc., were going for like $29-39.

Yeah, that's way up there in my score department.

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Saw the 1989 and 1990 Montrose on the shelf in Rochester, NY in early 1995 for $28 and $44, respectively (not including a 15% case discount). I didn't know why the 1990 was so much more pricey, so I waited, and when I found out a few weeks later (AKA 100 Parker Points), the 1990 was gone! The 1989 w...

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