Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I had a few bottles of the '88 Clinet in honor of my daughter's birth year. Unfortunately, I don't think I have any left.
I thought it was a lovely wine. I think I rated them about a 92.

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Glad to hear it. I had a case of the '94 RS, but haven't had one in a few years. I guess it's time to open another!

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I have been buying some 2010 Barolos and Barbarescos based just in the reviews. Really young Nebbiolo is hard for me to judge, so I am relying on others' expertise, because I know I like these wines when they've got some age on them and I am seizing the opportunity to get some now at attractive pric...

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I have bought from wtso.com several times.
As for the ratings, you have to watch for whose ratings they are. For example, when it's Jonathan Newman, I just ignore the rating.

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What is the story with alcohol levels? Have they all skyrocketed?
I recently opened a bottle of 1982 Gand-Puy-Lacoste, which seemed very elegant and balanced.
We checked the label, which said the alcohol was 12%. 'Nuff said.

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I've been holding on to 2 bottles of the 1986 Pichon Lalande because it's both one of my favorite chateaux and I married my wife in '86. I've been trying to figure out if they're ready to go, because the last time I had the '86 PL (admittedly some years back), it had clearly not yet hit its prime.

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I regret that i was not able to join the festivities, but it certainly sounds like it was a wonderful event. I was very pleased to read that 2000 Leoville Poyferre was so well received. A friend and i organized a 2000 Bordeaux horizontal tasting two summers ago, and the Poyferre was my favorite wine...

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I'm sure I have forgotten some, and this is not in order of preference, but here goes: 1. 1982 Pichon Lalande 2. 1983 Palmer 3. 1949 Figeac 4. 1982 Margaux 5. 1982 Mouton 6. 1991 Dominus 7. 1990 Troplong Mondot 8. 1990 Yquem 9. 1988 Yquem 10.1982 Gruaud Larose 11. 1982 Haut Brion 12. 1986 Leoville B...

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I don't think that the web site owns the copyright in the posts of others, unless there is some agreement by which subscribers/members assign the copyright in their own written expression to the site.

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As I am first and foremost a Bordeaux lover, it's surprising to me that my wine of the year was probably the 1997 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet.
If I must choose only among Bordeaux, it would be the 1985 Cos d'Estournel or the 1988 Lynch Bages.

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My first grade classroom. We heard the principal's voice over the school's PA system speaker tell us the President had been shot and I think we were sent home a little early. My father was already home when I got there. I had never seen my father so upset.

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Marco Rubio will not be our next president. Like the SNL cast of yore, he is among "The Not Ready For Prime Time Players."

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I love Leoville Poyferre.
I've had the 2000 twice in recent years. Last summer we did a horizontal tasting of about 15 2000 Bordeaux, and the Poyferre was my WOTN.
Has anyone had the 2003? I have a half case, but haven't tried it yet.

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I had the 2000 Lascombes recently, and thought it was excellent - probably somewhere between a 91 and 93.
I have lots more, and am glad to have it!

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I bought some of it on futures, way back in '99. I've only had one bottle, but I recall thinking it was excellent.

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Jim-
I remember the 1986. While I liked the 1994 tonight a lot, the 1986 was better.

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My wife bought me a case of this, pre-release, long ago. We had only opened a couple of bottles, the last about 6 years ago, and it hadn't overly impressed me. I decided it probably it either wasn't very good, or (more likely) just wasn't ready, so I avoided opening another one for years. We finally...

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I had never had a Merus Cab, although I had read about them and was impressed with the reviews they have gotten. This past weekend I had the 2006 Merus Cab with friends, and I was surprised to find that I was unimpressed. It has remarkable extraction and depth of ripe fruit, qualities which, in theo...

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Yquem and seared fresh foie gras, for sure. It's one of those combinations that makes you simultaneously feel thrilled and guilty.

Also, a prime dry-aged Porterhouse from Lobel's, cooked over hardwood charcoal, with a 1991 Dominus.

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1976 Chateau Latour, at Le Pre Catalan in Paris, in 1982. I knew nothing about wine. I took a stab at this one, which - I learned after my epiphany - was horribly mismarked in price (in my favor).

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I think that the Montelena Estate Cab takes quite a while to reach its peak. I own every vintage from 1990 forward, but haven't drunk any post-1999 yet.
I agree that most of the vintages from the '90s are great. (The exceptions being '93 and '98, which are merely very good.)

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As it happens, I just had the 1992 Montelena Estate Cab this week. It was excellent. It still looks very young, and tastes young and pretty primary (although not tannic) at first. But after 15 minutes of air, it developed some nice secondary flavors and a more velvety mouthfeel. It is not as earthy ...

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The 1986 Sociando is also a lovely wine.

I noticed last weekend that i have a couple bottles of eachnof the 1989 and 1990. Does anyone have any comment to offer on those?

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Has anyone tried the 2000 Leoville Poyferre recently? It was served at a party I attended two years ago (along with some otherworldly, but still way too young, '01 Yquem) and I thought it was spectacular - in the 95-97 point range. I had it again this past summer at a 2000 Bordeaux horizontal, and o...

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1993 was a vintage in which one needed to cherry pick, so that despite its less-than-great reputation, there were some lovely wines produced.
I recently had the 1993 l'Angelus, which i loved, and earlier this year had the 1993 Haut Brion, which i also thought was wonderful.

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I served the '08 St. Innocent Momtazi Pinot Noir for Thanksgiving and loved it!

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I've gotta give this some thought, but the 1983 Palmer and 2000 Leoville Poyferre were pretty high on my list.

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I am down to my last bottle of the '90 Figeac, which i've always liked.
But at a wine dinner back in 2001, i had the 1982 (excellent) and the 1949, which is one the the greatest Bordeaux i have ever had.

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Jim- I'm not exactly a McCain fan, but when crazy Michelle Bachmann and some of her nasty GOP colleagues in the House went after Huma Abedin in a positively McCarthyesque way, with some trumped up nonsense about how she was affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and should be investigated because sh...

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This post is killing me.
I had bought several half bottles of the '90 Troplong Mondot way back when, and drank all but one a long time ago.
I loved it so much, that i didn't want to drink that last half bottle. Sounds like i "saved" it for too long.
Darn!

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I will bypass the heated discussions that have occupied most of the posts over the last couple of days, and will focus only on JimHow's predictions re 2016. (By the way, when i woke up Wed. morning to see one of the morning news shows showing a Wisconsin paper stating that Paul Ryan was now the fron...

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While I still think that it's likely that whoever wins Ohio will win the election, it occurs to me that there are other possibilities. I expect Obama to win PA, WI, NV, MI and MN. He also has a good chance of winning NH and Iowa. If he wins those states, he could break the 270 mark if he wins Colora...

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Obama started the debate looking stronger than Romney. By the end, they were both irritating me by offering canned speechifying in lieu of real responses to the foreign policy questions being posed (and which were supposed to be the subject of the debate). All in all, i suppose i give the edge to Ob...

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I was wondering how the Chenin Blancs from the Loire could have been neglected, but then I saw that David G remembered those wonderful wines. Everything from the dry whites to the demi-secs to the great dessert wines from Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley have the potential to be among the best white...

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I think I said long ago that whoever wins Ohio will win the election, and I still think that's the case. I agree, though, that a couple of weeks ago it looked like Obama couldn't lose the election, but his performance in the first debate was so awful that the whole electoral landscape has changed. O...

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Romney's anti-environment jab was small-minded and dangerous, as was his statement about how he'd stand up to Putin. He again demonstrated that he has no grasp of the subtleties of statesmanship in foreign affairs. The beginning of his speech was well-delivered, for Romney, but his finish was poor. ...

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I love the 1990 Leoville Barton. I bought 5 or 6 bottles back in '94 for a song. I didn't try it until the last few years, but i thought it was an excellent wine and should be long-lived.

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I agree with Jim. The '89 is the best LB i've ever had. The '82 is also superb, and i have a personal fondness for the '88, which i bought because it was my daughter's birth year and have always found it to be beautifully soft and wonderfully enjoyable.

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Le Vieux Donjon is probably my favorite CdP. I just bought some of the 2010.

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I enjoy Brunellos a lot, even though there's no question that Bordeaux is my first love in wine. I tend to have them with Italian food, where the acidity of the tomatoes (as in Osso Buco or various pasta sauces) are a good platform for the more acidic Brunellos to shine.

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