Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

Thanks boys, I’ll be careful. I’m a Mainah! I’ve driven through much worse conditions. But you are right, the number one rule is to not be stupid. Wrapping up the great lobster birthday party, we had 2012 La Fleur de Bouard, 2012 St. Innocent Justice Vineyard, 2012 Domaine de la Janasse, all very lo...

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I cant, I have my nephew’s birthday party this evening here in Maine. Wow this is going to be a big one! I’ll figure it out, the Blue Demon (a/k/a my 278,000 mile 2008 Toyota Corolla) handles pretty well in the snow. Hopefully I won’t have any trouble getting out of New York on Thursday morning. I’l...

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I think I’ll be ok, I’m going to leave early tomorrow morning for NYC.

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Yeah I have my snow tires on, I’m gonna leave early and give myself plenty of time.

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I think Marcus or somebody mentioned this elsewhere.
It is my understanding that some streets are going to be closed off in the Capitol area due to the student anti-gun march, so we might want to keep that in mind as we plan our transportation to the Saturday night restaurant.

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I’m driving from Maine to NYC tomorrow then on to DC Thursday morning.
It’s going to suck.

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I recall that opening paragraph in “A Thousand Days,” when there was like an inch of snow at Kennedy’s inauguration, and it nearly shut down the city. Looks like we are getting six inches or more in the DC area? What is the local weather report in DC for Thursday to Sunday?

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Three of my favorite Bordeauxs in recent years have been du Tertre, Giscours, and Malescot St. Exupery.
Don't give up on that case of 2004 Ian!

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Ah, the legendary 1989 Beaucastel and CabFan... Memories of Chicago '01 return to BWE!

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Interesting observations, Alex, I wonder if the difference is just because of vintage or winemaking?
I'd be curious to hear what you think of the 2004, which I have loved and which sounds like a cross between the 2001 and 2003.

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I rarely do futures but from 2015 I bought 6 bottles of Giscours, 6 bottles of Siran, and 3 bottles each of Rausan Segla, Pape Clement, Smith Haut Lafitte, and Tour St. Christophe. If I am reading the MacArthur's site correctly the 2015 Tour St. Christophe is in stock at MacArthur's. I also bought a...

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I drank through a case of this within two years after release.

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lol, that's funny, Ian, some either get it or they don't.
Man, we used to post much crazier stuff in the old BWE site, I wish we could resurrect that.

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I was doing a little house cleaning and light packing for the trip, I basically have a two-day work week, I was thinking about the great Medocs ahead and started thinking about the primordial conditions that led, through the millennia, to the Gironde estuary. And I recalled my stream of consciousnes...

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Can’t wait!
Hopefully the worst of the latest storm will be gone by Wednesday.

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Ha great report RC. When my father was in his 70s the old textile mill worker who grew up in the Great Depression was initially skeptical about my high priced fancy French wines. It didn't take long for him to acquire a taste for great Bordeaux, though, and it was one of the great joys of my life to...

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Thanks for the report, JC, I will definitely apply the Blanquito Rule to my unopened case.

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Trying to remember what the cabernet/merlot breakdown was in that 1996 Montrose.
I have a case of 2004 Pontet Canet unopened, your note makes me think back to a thread I started once:
"Is Pontet Canet overrated?"

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I like my Sauternes, like my Champagne, as cold as possible.

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Yes. We drank it with her at the Chateau in 2015.

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Looking forward to trying 1998 Pavie at the 20 year mark.
Of course a lot of skeptics thought early on that it would fall apart with age.
Looks like we have a fun little German thing going on Friday night!

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....Which brings me back to a question I asked a while back:

Did we lose a generation or two of Bordeaux because of Robert Parker?

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Mmmmm. Makes me want to go out and get some Geyserville!

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Looking good!

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Broke a several week fast with a nice bottle of this. The last bottle I had sometime in the past year was quite one-dimensional. This one was quite open, I popped and poured, a lovely merlot dominated right banker that was delicious with fried seasoned pork chop. Still young but this will continue t...

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Looking forward to drinking them, Glenn, those 2001 Germans have been stunning. Hey we hope to catch you at a BWE dinner sometime soon, it has been too long!

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And a crazy BWE afternoon on the back deck of some North Carolina dudes, featuring BWEer Rob Dayton on the harp with a guest appearance from a guy named Jean Nicolas from Quebec....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OdWz_uPnI

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Looking good! Now if we can just get the Blanquito Brothers and Omar there we'll be in good shape!

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as I was digging out that La Lagune video I came across this incredible two-part "Jim How interviews Francois Audouse" interview, I just watched it, there is some absolutely incredible stuff in there, I haven't seen this since BWE Bordeaux 2015: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zm...

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We see Maylis in this epic BWE visit to Chateau La Lagune in 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kZaUnaPF8

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Not to forget the contribution of La Lagune's talented cellar master, Maylis de Laborderie, 2017 is her fifth vintage.

Maylis was one of the highlights, among many, of our 2015 BWE Bordeaux trip.

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All faux Lagune bashing aside, everything I’ve read recently makes me wonder if the La Lagune we once knew and loved is no more. This is not to say that the new Lagune isn’t good or even very good (or as some would maintain, even better!), but it sounds like it is different. A New-and-Improved La L...

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Actually, Pavie has changed vinification and style since 2014 vintage. I talked to manager, da Costa last year during primeur, and he told me that they decided to leave the rich, alcoholic and extracted style Pavie had for years and go back to traditional style, Cuvaison was greatly shortened, amou...

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Dispensation granted, Nicola.

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Wow, Marcus, I think you are making the common mistake of confusing me with the internationally renowned and beloved Jimmy "B.H." How. Jimmy "H.B." How doesn't exist.... As for myself, I am simply a kind and benevolent dictator with nothing to prove, just trying to run a humble w...

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WASHINGTON POST HOW ADOPTS NEW MIDDLE NAME DAYS PRIOR TO BWE CONVENTION Washington, D.C. (AP) -- In a stunning announcement, internationally renowned and beloved lawyer and philanthropist Jimmy How announced that he was adopting the middle initials "B.H." in celebration of St. Emilion's C...

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OK Noah I will bring these two 2001 Germany wines and a red Burgundy for Friday night!

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It is that time of year...

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You have met Marcus, Nicola. Noah we have never met, looking forward to it.

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with eight from the great right bank vintage. Indeed, Marcus, but I think most experts included Graves/Pessac in there as well in 1998 along with the Right Bank. I've never had the 1998 Haut Brion, a wine I always wanted to try. And that 1998 La Fleur Petrus is just amazing, I haven't had it in a d...

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