Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

rjsussex

thanks Jono!

rjsussex

Jono - what would 09 be like for Barb/Barolo?

Thanks

Richard

rjsussex

Sorry to cause such a flurry and I dare say there's not much difference (but am making sure my first purchase here in the UK is the SV blend!) Many thanks for the expert answers. (I emailed Aldo Vacca myself yesterday before reading your kind posts and he confirmed that 9.110 is the cut-off. Typo fo...

rjsussex

Yours for £26,000. (In bond.)

Seriously. Have just been offered it - as an investment sure-fire as Asia etc get into DRC.

Gulp.

Richard

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Apologies if I've missed a note but has anyone tasted the later bottling of this wine, the one with the Riserva/Cru juice blended in after the decision was taken not to bottle the Riservas separately? And how do punters know which bottling they're buying? Love their Langhe 07 which is much feted on ...

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I like left-bank 01s at least as much as 02s but the style is very different - more succulent. Montrose 01 is one of the best wines in my cellar, Barton is at least as good as the 03 (tasted side by side not long ago) and Pontet delicious - probably better than the 04.

Best

Richard

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thanks Jono but I thought both of the Rinaldis were ultra-traditional?

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I joined this board partly because of its bullish take on 02 Medocs and I nominated Poyferre 02 for BWE wine of the year - but I have to sound a slight note of disagreement today: for one, I found Armaillhac too lean/green/dull and a recent bottle of St Pierre was dry and unbalanced. Side by side I ...

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A friend in the trade tells me that Galloni has picked out Francesco Rinaldi's Brunate as the star of Barolo 06...

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Richard

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Anda bit more showing off: Latour 61 and 49.

Richard

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And I love the 04 (and the almost as good 03). Jancis posted a report on an enormous vertical tasting. Full of praise. The only 09 I've bought. Suggest BWE adopts it as its mascot-claret. Is there a better sited, better value wine from the left bank? (And yet you hear rumblings from some about it be...

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Many thanks to all for really useful and expert answers. Am tasting Marcarini Brunate 99 with one of its UK importers in a week or so and will post.

Richard

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UK query: what are Advils and do they work?

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Jono

Who are your favourite Barolo growers (at fair prices!)? I've been told to go for Marcarini...

And do ou rate Kyle Phillips as an Italian authority?

Thanks

Richard

rjsussex

Gruaud 06 a beauty.

Richard

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I bought 2 bottles of Palmer '61 in 1981 for (wait for it) £57 each, drank one with 2 friends and sold the other a few years later (fool! dolt!) for (and you can guess how well pleased with myself I was - idiot!) £195. And the wine was - well, here is the note (now in my unpublished/unpublishable no...

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I was resolutely decided against buying anything but have just succumbed to 2 cs of Sociando Mallet as the price (£245 in bond) was way below market (c£310 in bond): at c£26 a bottle all-in and delivered it's cheaper than things like Ormes de Pez etc. Very positive tasting-notes, including from Jono...

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Chris - the poem I mean won't be in any of Auden's published volumes (as I expect you realised!)

R

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Who was it who said that if it's above 90 points you can't buy it and if it's below 90 points you can't sell it?

Richard

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Kate Moss' riding crop, um...

Am reminded of the 2 line poem that Auden used to claim (in his cups - but when wasn't he?) was the shortest rude poem in the languge (couldn't possibly divulge it in these august pages)

Richard

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Durfort 06 was about £17.50 when it opened...

Richard

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Thanks Jono - I agree that at the current price SM 09 looks like one of the few serious values...

Thanks Robert - I doubt Alter Ego is still cheaper than Durfort?

Richard

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Jono (or anyone) - did you taste Soc Mallet 09?

Thanks

Richard

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forgot to add - a second bottle of the Cantemerle, to celebrate the purchase of the third case, was singing far less well and I didn't discover why till sipping the remains the following day: very slightly corky, not enough to notice at the time but obvious the next day!

R

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Checking on these from my cellar, over a few days: - Glana: this was cheap but today I find it rather over-extracted (I gather the 09 is as well, if Decanter are to be believed) - Gloria: again good value but, as before, I find it a bit diffuse and commercial though an undeniably jolly glass at the ...

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I think I read that Hortevie is now with the Bories of Ducru?

Richard

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what a ludicrous set of ratings! thanks for posting - i didn't realise Jefford was so unreliable (tell us more about him?!)

Richard

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Forgot to add a note on the alleged greedy prices of Brunello. The best and most expensive wine in this round up is the Fuligni Brunello 04, still (despite some very big scores) around in UK for c£35. This is world-class wine. What does £35 get you from an equivalently good claret vintage, 05? Answe...

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Moulin de la Rose - tiny much parcellated St Julien made up of prime St Julien vines through the commune, I think mostly near the Gironde. Owned by Guy Delon, cousin of the Las Cases Delons. A favourite of veteran British writer Clive Coates but, till the 06 vintage, never I think sold to the UK en ...

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Very exciting for an old git like me, who thought claret and burgundy were all there was to life, to fall in love with the wild loveliness of well made 100% Sangiovese from Montalcino. Have been obsessively buying, tasting, reading. Lively debates about whether the zone has expanded too fast (quadru...

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As the 06 bore on this board you'll expect me to answer Jim's question with 'yes'. So 'yes'. And as the Durfort bore on this board I have to differ with respect with Robert: I love the Durfort 06. Also: Dom de Chev, Gruaud, Lagrange, Gloria, Cantemerle and the little known Moulin de la Rose. Richard

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The LP 02 is just about ready, I think - a beauty. I think Moulin Riche is the best value of all the seconds - the 05 and 2000 are great and even the 03 was good.

Best

Richard

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Thanks Ramon - as one of the Brits you mean I'm increasingly besotted with Montalcinos: the better priced Brunellos and the Rossos from such as Lisini, Salvioni (thanks Ian!), Manfredi and Pertimali. Have just compared 04 and 07 Fuligni - the 07 is another great buy. Have just ordered some Pian dell...

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I've got both the 01 and the 04 PC and my vote is with the 01, quite lovely when last sampled. I agree with Jim about a touch of greenery on the 04. But I haven't compared them.

Richard

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Hi Jono - do you sell Salvioni? Is the 08 Rosso as good as the 07?

Thanks

Richard

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Thanks Ian! The Salvioni Rosso 07 is superb - another piercingly pure wine with chalky tannins that soften over the evening - this is certainly Brunello standard and worth the £26. Glad I got the last case.

Richard

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I've been behind 06s on this board for some time - check out Dom de Chev, Gruaud, Lagrange, Durfort, Gloria, Cantemerle.

Left bank 06s seem to me to have the best qualities of 04 and 02 combined, and better than those vintages - both of which (especially 04) I like very much.

Richard

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Many thanks - I too bought cases of the Pavelot 02 when it was released - a bottle a few months ago (I think I posted a note) was just beginning to unfurl but I agree about keeping. Guillemot and Lebreuil are Savigny growers to watch now that Pavelot is more expensive. Bize seems to me too expensive...

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agree with Gary re the 2000 - became positively unpleasant very quickly after its first flush of youth

Richard

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Vitanza Brunello 04? Anyone know it?

Thanks

Richard

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