Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I visited San Sebastian twice, April 2019 and 2022, just after the end of primeur week in Bordeaux Yes, the easiest way is to take the train from Paris or Bordeaux St. Jean, and 1st class is a must. Like Claudius2 says, you leave Hendaye station, go 100 meters, then go to Basque station, buy a ticke...

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I like to be here, but recently it has been several political threads that may be not that interesting for BWErs outside USA.

It is BordeauxWineEnthusiasts and not PoliticalEnthusiasts imho.

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If I may ask - is this forum about wine or politics??

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Alex,

Chateau de Villeneuve from Saumur Champigny was the favorite producer of the late Didier Dauguneau and is making a powerful Cab Franc. Their 1995 tasted some years ago was an impressive effort with gobs of life and certainly not a weakling.

Light body for this variety, you say.

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Jim,

Old news. You drink too little of it!

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Trotanoy is cheaper than VCC and L'Eglise Clinet and at least tenth of the price for Lafleur, Le Pin, and Petrus. It was in Bx during the harvest in 2006. Here is my assessment of the weather in September/October taken from my website: September started with scorching, sunny, and humid weather, foll...

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barsacpinci, It's a big surprise for me that 2006 Trotanoy was so splendid. 2006 is generally not so good vintage on Right Bank, due to Merlot not being perfectly ripe. I did taste some 2006 St. Emilions and they were hot and fragile. Apparently, they did some magic at Trotanoy. In March 2020 I arra...

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Alex,

".... a quaffable light red Loire made from the same grape." Strongly said, but it's not true.

You obviously haven't ever tasted Cabernet Franc wines from Saumur Champigny.

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I take every day: Vit C 500 mg, Solaray Astragalus root (to support immune system), Solaray Spectra Vitamin with plenty of different vitamins without Vit D and iron, Solaray Magnesium + Calcium Citrate 1:1 with Vit D and K, Solaray Artichoke leaf tablets (to lower blood pressure and clean your liver...

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It all depends at one's immune system. However, I caught it and lost my smell and taste senses for about 3 weeks. Afterward, both came back pretty quickly. It happened in December 2021. I only had mild symptoms without a temperature over 36 degrees C. I've had 5 times Pfizer vaccine and will get nr....

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Thanks guys, for the nice comments. I still wonder what did happen to the bottles from the eighth flight. Either both wines were transported incorrectly, left in no optimal conditions at the wine store, or not ready to drink. At my place, they were stored in the cellar room in the basement of the ho...

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Stuart Pigott is English but lives in Germany and writes about German wines. James Suckling employs him to make travels to Beaujolais and write about wines. He is very fond of Mee Godard's wines and loves Jean-Marc Burgaud's Yes, 95p and up. It's funny how few wine critics find the time to learn to ...

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Tignanello!

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In August 2021, " robertgoulet " encouraged me to try wines from Chateau Thivin in Cote de Brouilly. It turned out to be a great experience, and I started to taste more wines, mostly Morgon and Fleurie producers. It's been an exciting and fun ride. Last Saturday, I organized a tasting of 1...

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Alex, I think there's a typo in your post. As far as I know, Henri Lurton is the owner of Brane Cantenac, not Gonzague Lurton. The latter is the husband of Claire Lurton (Haut Bages Liberal and Durfort Vivens). Brane Cantenac imho never is a blockbuster wine but typically Margaux wine with elegance ...

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I posted my comment on his death two days ago on Facebook (I saw a message from Terres du Vin), and to my big surprise, very few people reacted to my post. No other of my wine friends, bar Dany Rolland responded. Neither Jane Anson, Neal Martin, Jeff Leve, nor others commented on the passing. Hmmm.....

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6% P.V.

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I didn't buy Neal Martin's recent Bordeaux book. Having purchased Jane Anson's fabulous "Inside Bordeaux" book, which is extremely easy to read and has some beautiful maps, I feel I am fully covered with Bordeaux books. I wasted my money on buying Burgundy by Jasper Morris, the latest edit...

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I have both books. Great reading.

The book I have - Stephen Brook's "Bordeaux - people, power and politics" is a hardback edition published in 2001.

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jal, My only encounter with Loire was in 1998 when my friend and I went to Angers after tasting wines in Bordeaux for one week. It was a fabulously maleric ride from Angers in the west along Loire Valley, and we ended in the eastern part, Pouilly Fume, while visiting Didier Dauguneau and tasting his...

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Musigny151, Very interesting article but it's nothing new. I think negociants have been crying a lot since 2009 vintage. Yes, some chateaux pushed the price too high up, but at the same time some were underpriced in recent years, like f.i. Beausejour D.L, and Carmes Haut Brion. I purchased both Beau...

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OK. Must have had one or two bad days.

Will try to improve.

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Totally agree with Alex.

Btw, this wine beats many Cru Classes in upper class when Farr Vintners Southwold tasting takes place year after year.

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Alex,

No hard feelings.

I'm not criticizing your blog; I disagree with you only on 2022 TNs, but that's life and different tasting buds.

Izak

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Alex, Since you almost never comment on my articles from primeur week in Bordeaux, I must comment on your writing. Honestly, I get very little from it, and good, very good, and very good plus ranking is, for me, totally anachronic. It's tough to compare your notes to mine since you often use some un...

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Alex,

Still, you use a point scale from the time when men were apes. I miss references to change of the owner, change of vinification, etc.

I chose a different path, trying to put as much info as possible in my tasting notes.

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Interesting views, Alex.

I agree with you on some wines, but think that you are holding back a little concerning Haut Marbuzet, Phelan Segur and Meyney. "Superb/excellent" comes to my mind. Lafite imho was as fabulous as Mouton Rothschild.

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Hi Alex, You were born in 1953, which is a spectacular Bordeaux vintage, when the bottle has perfect provenance, and you obviously hadn't tasted any on the day. But it's a choice of course how to celebrate your birthday. I chose differently, and In December 2016, when I celebrated my 70th birthday, ...

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Ian, Thanks a lot for the comments. Izak do you think these wines will be accessible in the youth or is it a long haul vintage? - difficult to say. I think both and the majority of wines will hold for many years. Also if you had to rank the 2022 vintage against other recent vintages like 2020, 2019,...

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Nicklasss,

Beausejour Duffau, Meyney, Phelan Segur, Haut Marbuzet and La Lagune.

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dstgolf, Damn, God knows how many hours I have used for the correction! Thank you for pointing it out. For me, sappy is like Collins English Dictionary says: 1. abounding in sap, as a plant · 2. full of vitality and energy or equivalent to "juicy". Thesaurus.com has a different opinion on ...

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Thanks a lot to BWE for these many insightful comments concerning my report on vintage 2022.

It's a real pleasure to see how nice my work is appreciated.

(The above sentences can be an irony).

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Stefan,

This with 2 x Semillon is now corrected. Thanks for letting me know about the mistake.

May I ask you, which wine did I rate so highly? Corbin? Beausejour DL? You weren't there when I tasted it. I stay 100% by my TNs.

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This report took its time, but I've just finished writing it. I checked it several times using Grammarly to eliminate grammar mistakes, misspellings, etc. :D I know that for some members of BWE, this report will not cause any desire to learn more about the latest Bx vintage because of purchasing sto...

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Hi Jacques, Completely agree with you. Here are my tasting notes of 2001 vintage from the vertical of Trotanoy in 2020 - https://www.greatbordeauxwines.com/chateau-profiles/pomerol/trotanoy Tasted in March 2020. I acquired this vintage together with 2004 and 2008 from a very reliable wine shop in mi...

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Claudius2, I wrote incorrectly the sentence "too many smilar wines"...... It should have been in this wine - "According to my taste, there weren't too many similar wines in 2020 vintage". 2020 has finer and grained tannin, and the fruit is more vibrant and energetic, than in 2009...

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Claudius2, Imho, 2020 doesn't resemble 2009 vintage. Different kind of tannin. I am pretty sure that 2020 will age problem-free after tasting around 75 wines from this vintage last month in Bordeaux. Both banks were equally successful for me. Too many similar wines - not for my taste. If you want to...

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geerath,

Thanks for the info.

To counter the hyperbole, you have to taste 2022 Bordeaux.

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