Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

Can it really be true that global warming has had a factor in alcohol levels rising so significantly in just one generation?
If so we are surely doomed at a very rapid pace, are we not?

JimHow

Poll:

Have alcohol levels in wine risen since 1980 MORE because of:

A. Robert Parker's influence.

B. Global warming.

C. Both.

D. Neither.

JimHow

I'm optimistic that my "ancient" bottles of 1918 Haut Brion and 1958 Lynch Bages are not fakes. Whether they are anything other than undrinkable swill remains to be seen. Both will be uncorked this year, the Haut Brion in celebration of its 100th year birthday, the Lynch in celebration of ...

JimHow

The 2003 Duhart was great in its youth, it was on the cover of WS.
But I haven't had it in years.

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No it was Ducru I believe.

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I believe Branaire was a strong second to the Mouton that evening David.

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I'll bet 1982 Branaire was the wine of the night.

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Just like when Big Bill bombed the pharmacy on the day that Monica testified before the grand jury.

JimHow

Very well done indeed, your Benevolent Dictator is proud of you.

JimHow

Yeah, I think there have been some good and some bad. Those 2003s we had early on with Patrick were delicious. Sociando, Leoville Barton, the early Duhart, were great. GPL was a disaster from Day One. The great enigma, of course, was Pontet Canet. It was like a big Mouton at the outset, but it seems...

JimHow

I listened to Trump tonight for about 5 whole minutes, the most I've listened to him at any one time since he was elected.
Boy, he really is suffering from some level of dementia, no?
He has really slipped mentally since his campaign speeches.

JimHow

I agree with everything you say Ryan but I've never bought into this whole "drinking-two-glasses-of-red-wine-a-day-is-good-for-you" theory.
But I agree, live life now.

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Nor me.

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I believe it.
Alcohol in any amount is not good for you.

JimHow

The 1998 Pavie we had in DC gives me some hope for the future.

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Roger.

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Ah I did not notice that. My bad.

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PALLET

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noun
a straw mattress.
a crude or makeshift bed.

JimHow

I think that's a pretty good assessment Jon.

JimHow

Robert Parker was around from, what, the late 1970s to about 2012ish. During that time the wine world in general and Bordeaux in particular changed dramatically. Were the net changes for the better? Did the wines become higher in alcohol, more extracted, less balanced, more "Parkerized"? O...

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So I was on the NH liquor store site this evening, and I saw the below advertisement concerning expanding your "palette." Now, normally, I wouldn't consider this a big deal. But I see the term "palette" used over and over again to describe "palate." Not just here but on...

JimHow

I've had the 1982 Figeac about 4 times over the years, most recently last month at the DC convention.
It is one of my top 10 greatest wines, and last month did not disappoint.

JimHow

Some of my favorite 1982s over the years:

GPL
Calon Segur
Lagrange
Beychevelle
Talbot
La Dominique
Lynch Bages
Sociando Mallet
Branaire Ducru
Leoville Barton
Figeac
Pichon Lalande
Gruaud Larose

JimHow

I am a proud Bordeaux wine enthusiast, but occasionally I mix it up a little, like today's delivery of 2010 Guigal d'Ampuls.

JimHow

I am a Bordeaux wine enthusiast.

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Very well done, Hound. Very well done indeed.

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The 2005 Haut Bergey is not a significant wine.
2012 is better.
Haut Bergey should be consumed upon release, certainly within its first ten years.

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Read you loud and clear from BWE Home Base.
Over.

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It has been an eternity since I last drank the 1995 Rauzan Segla but my recollection was that it had tannins of steel.

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MacArthur's has it for $34.99, does that sound reasonable?

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For a while this was out there on the market at a low price, but it seems to have been gobbled up.

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It is 17 years old from an elegant vintage.
Time to drink up. It's not going to get any better.
When I'm in my seventies my collection of 14/15/16 will be ready to go.

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Indeed, KWP, from my very limited experience with the '14 and '15 it has lived up to the hype. And you can't go wrong with the price.

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I'm sure it was great danzur. It's interesting, that lone first experience with that wine nearly a decade ago has kept me from buying any more of it since, maybe it is time for me to splurge on a bottle.

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Thanks for the report danzur. I had that wine once, when it was young. I thought it was too perfect, too clean, too much of what-Parker-is-looking-for-in-a-wine. I thought it lacked personality, very well made but boring. Give me a green streak or something funky to mix it up a little, give it a lit...

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Too bad about the Calon Segur, I still remember a bottle I had with AKR, Gio and PappaDoc down in Chinatown years ago, it was a stunner.

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We'll sell his work in quartos.

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I'd say 5-15 years Antoine. The wildcard is the high alcohol.
I have 2 more in my cellar and just ordered 3 more as part of another order.

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The 2015 Tour St. Christophe is another excellent, serious wine that is another great bargain at its $20-something price range. I still can't believe I got a case of the 2016 on sale at Zachy's for $23 per bottle. I'm buying another half dozen bottles of the 2015 at $29 from MacArthur's, in stock. I...

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This is really good.

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