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Congratulations!

Cote de Brouilly from Thivin?

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Conor, I don't know what to make of Oliver Styles' article in Wine-Searcher about 2022 vintage. For me, it's an accusation towards Bordeaux winemakers for using some winemaking tweaks like adding tartaric to the wine to correct pH levels. It's strictly defined by rules on how much you can add to it....

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Very interesting one with a lot of valuable information about changes at several chateaux. I can't deny that I don't always agree with her ratings which I think in several cases are too conservative. We are so many "Parker's" alike wine critics now, so maybe it is a good idea to collect al...

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Ian, Excellent wine for sure! My TNs on this wine: "Tasted in March 2017. This vintage at Figeac has a great reputation among wine-freaks and it was confirmed with aplomb when tasted. Sensual, classy, fruity and aromatic nose of cherries and raspberries, and similarly sensual on the palate, lon...

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Great write-up Alex.

Totally agree.

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AlexR,

I would have said both Caroline and Ludovic represent.........

Caroline should have as much recognition for the quality rise.

Ian,

I wish you would stop your inadequate comments about FC. I don't believe you ever tasted just one vintage of it.

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PghMike - exactly! Tasted in July last year. My first "meeting" with this wine as I didn't taste it en primeur because of Covid 19 restrictions. 50% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot. This wine was certainly worth the wait! An awesome thrill from start to end. In the be...

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PghMike,

Try to taste 2019 LCHB over two hours and you will see how it develops. I experienced a fantastic show-up when I tasted it last year.

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Imho, one of the top wines in 2019 vintage. 100p for me. 2020 is almost as flamboyant as 2019 but not quite as sensual. 2022 then hit all the boxes and more!

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Ha, ha. Good one dstgolf.

Credibility? So the posters at CellarTracker are ignorants, fools, or someone who can't taste.

Never Parker at FC, as Jean-Luc Thunevin has been a consultant at FC for many years.

Check the facts next time please!

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Fleur Cardinale is the closest neighbor to Valandraud, with similar soil conditions.

It's certainly one of the most improved properties since the 2016 vintage.

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20230419_111652.jpg JimH, Based on CellarTracker reviews, it's a "controversial" vintage. Your bottle was cooked during the transport, or the wine merchant who sold you this wine had not provided good storage. Caroline Decoster joined the team at FC in January 2012, so she wasn't responsi...

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Alex,

Thread drift.

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Ian,

You repeat yourself too many times.

Male points here, male points there, give me a break

She makes beautiful wines, basta. Ask Jeff Leve if you don't believe me.

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Comte Flaneur, You are mixing things, I am afraid. Nicolas Fabre is sort of technical director, he's not a consultant. Michel Rolland wasn't consulting Corbin, it was one of his disciples Jean Michel Fort. Actually, Anabelle doesn't need an oenologist to help her as she is a fully qualified oenologi...

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I do agree with WK but want to add that 2022 is far more consistent on the Left Bank than on Right one. Yes, some winemakers overdone their wines and it is strange because you only needed a gentle vinification. I find no comparison to 2018 but i am more eager to compare it to 2020 with more concentr...

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Alex was with me tasting 2022s and it was me as well organizing almost all the visits.

Report will be published in a month. App 300 tasted wines incl. all 1.FGs bar Latour.

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Ian,

I don't understand you at all.

Btw, where is ABV on the wines from 2020 vintage you recently tasted?

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Ian, It's not nice to write about Olivier Bernard that he was bulshitting you. He's imho one of the most honest and charismatic wine personalities in Bordeaux and I've known him since 1984. Others, Some of the posters on BWW feel free too much to do scathing attacks on several wine personalities, an...

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I had DB 1970 and 1971 during vertical in November last year. 1970 was better than 1971, and I rewarded 1970 with 95p and 1971 with 93p. 1070 is a Left Bank year, and 1971 is a Right Bank year. TNs are available on my website.

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Comte Flaneur,

I will do my best.

Expect to taste some 250-300 2022s and 50+ 2020s when in Bordeaux next month.

Arrive at Bordeaux in 2.5 week time.

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Ian aka Comte Flaneur,

https://www.greatbordeauxwines.com/vint ... -in-bottle

Please scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Italian bistro???

Where are ceps and truffles, and pasta?

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I'm baffled that the big guys at Southfold tasting didn't quite find out of Carmes Haut Brion 2019. It's probably not quite liked by English tasters and I think they hadn't had in the glass for two hours as I had it last year. Why, because it starts with a big attack of luscious and high-quality fru...

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I purchased 1989 Lynch Bages primeur for app. 35 $ taking the present value of this currency. 1982, half the price of 1989, was as excellent as Mouton R 1982 in September 2021. 1985 whose price is between 1989 and 1982, is rumored to be great. These are old-styled wines. 2005 which I also have, was ...

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JimHow,

On his website, last news are from 2012.

I doubt he's much in wine tastings anymore.

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JimHow,

My travels to Copenhagen?? I live in Copenhagen!

The last time I met him was in May 2005 during the otherworldy tasting of 65 vintages of Chateau Yquem.

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David G, The tasting took place at a well-known restaurant in the center of Copenhagen. It has some of Denmark's best wine sommeliers. If some wines were tainted, oxidized, and corked, we would have been told. By saying questionable provenance, I meant improper storage. No wine among these 26 came d...

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https://www.greatbordeauxwines.com/chat ... eaucaillou

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Ian, I agree with you. I didn't buy one single red wine in 2003 vintage but a considerable amount of sweet wines Reds in 2003 are not worthy of anything, but I had better examples of Montrose, Cos, and Ducru Beaucaillou than you. Other wines have roasted/burned character with licorice taste dominati...

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2004 is a kind of Jekyll and Hyde vintage imho. From the start it was marked by big, unresolved and not always ripe tannins. Both from barrel and after bottling. Many chateau owners told me in following years that these tannins will eventually soften. For some properties it happened and for others d...

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Comte Flaneur, One word would do wonder - "superb"! Musigny 151, 2013 P. Comtesse was the first vintage made by Nicolas Glumineau in the cellar without some equipment which arrived too late. It's all C. Sauvignon and production was vert small. I've tasted it and it is a nice effort for the...

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stefan,

Yes she did. You never know if the wine is good, quite good, pretty good, damn good or thrillingly good. Very good indeed line is too neutral and not saying much.

That's why I like comments from Jeff Leve.

Anyone has read the article about 2020 vintage from Vinous (Neal Martin)?

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Typical English phrase from Jancis Robinson - "....looking very good indeed". With English language being so rich in synonyms like, excellent, glorious, thrilling, stunning, remarkable, fabulous, etc, I hear far too often this "looking very good indeed". I don't want to be sarcas...

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It's pretty normal with wines tasting better on the day two or three. I often experience that. Oxygen influence?

White Bordeaux when tasting oxidated or even corked, will according to my experience often recover in the carafe after 30-45 minutes.

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Doesn't surprise me.

Young generation of Quie family has made better and better wines since 2016 vintage at Croizet Bages and at their other property, Rauzan Gassies.

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Thanks Musigny 151. One important thing - due to covid I tasted 2019s from barrel only at my home in Copenhagen, none in Bordeaux. Then I got sent bottled wines again to Copenhagen from November 2021 to March 2022 and they were as excellent as from barrel. On Tuesday this week, Grand Cercle was in C...

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Ian,

Where did I write best ever??

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Jim,

If you purchase Carmes Haut Brion 2019 you will be in wine heaven!!

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Ian, Haven't I?? From my website: BORDEAUX HAS DONE A HATTRICK! AFTER EPIC 2018 & 2019 VINTAGES, 2020 IS AN EXCELLENT ONE JUDGED FROM BARREL TASTINGS AND HEREAFTER CONFIRMED AFTER BOTTLING! THE IMMEDIATE VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED - IT'S TRULY AN EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE EVERYWHERE IN BORDEAUX 2019 Bordeaux

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