Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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How do people obtain Ygrec? Is it for chateau visitors, or some other process (reward for distributors etc.)? I remember a lifetime ago that Mike Jessen - president of Zachys auctions - told me he only tripped over it when inspecting collections. And of course, very thoughtful comments on the wines...

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How do people obtain Ygrec? Is it for chateau visitors, or some other process (reward for distributors etc.)? I remember a lifetime ago that Mike Jessen - president of Zachys auctions - told me he only tripped over it when inspecting collections. And of course, very thoughtful comments on the wines.

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Are those the same 1990 Rauzan Segla's you poured for us a few years ago in Napa? That was a lovely example.

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wow. I think I have a magnum of the 2010 to denote the kids arrival, but doubt I have any other years nowadays.

I think this is one of these wines where they must have started estate bottling approx 1990 or so; never really hear of old vintages.

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It seems like the US market is more fond of Gloria than Saint Pierre, even when the latter is classified, and perhaps more of an 'estate' wine.

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Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 6:54 pm Jeff I purchased the 2009s at a good price after sampling a sensational 1990 Marcoux VV earlier last year. What a wine that was…

A lifetime ago I tried that 1990 too, very memorable wine. Did they just bottling their grapes around then, or am I conflating them with some other grower?

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***Date is now Sat June 10***

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Among the Libournaisse, try Grand Corbin Despagne and Larmande . In Pomerol I might suggest Bonalgue , but that can be hard to find, given only a couple thousand cases are made, and the Benelux seems to get a good portion. MacArthurs/Bassins used to be one of the few merchants who could source the l...

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2022 futures? Really? Does anyone (outside of the business, naturally) still care? We are all sheep. I know the wine press constantly beats the futures drum, but that’s just because they are part (bought snd sold) of the idiot-loop industry. We should spend a whole year on BWE only talking about re...

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very nice picture

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By pure coincidence, I had a couple glasses of the 2013 Provenance CS [Rutherford] last night. Beckstoffer Georges III grapes, super ripe/full throttle Napa that hit 15.2% abv. Somewhat newer producer with management that came from Duckhorn I think, and owned by a private family. It didn't taste hot...

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I thought I read/heard somewhere that the old Martinelli 'Jackass Hill' Zins were able to hit 17% abv naturally, although not sure what kind of yeasts can keep working at that concentration. I've only tried it once, but they were crazy potent/full throttle/powerful.

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Sounds like a great bottle, and a most worthy occasion to open it for.

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PghMike wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 1:44 am I've loved Edmund Fitzgerald from a very young age. Never tire of listening to it.

Has there ever been any resolution to the cause of the loss?

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I'm thinking of pulling together some kind of offline for Saturday June 10, at our place in Sacramento. Maybe mixed grill, small plates, cheeses etc. It's certainly time to get the grill cleaned up, as well as the outdoor areas. Open casting call for wines that will intrigue and/or delight. Any inte...

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nice picture and color. Not sure I've had one of these in any year.

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I think the title of this thread should be amended to include the addendum of "....different wines in different sizes than what I paid for". I'm not impressed by a vendor who switches out a prepaid rarity, in a special format, for a widely (Costco!) available wine (no matter how good it is...

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nice. I have a 2005 in the 'drink soon' racks.

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That's the whole scam of futures, if the wines drop in price you'll get everything. And if they garnered 100 pts or what not, then it's a whole bunch of heartache chasing them. Look at the Sherry Lehman thread on WB, so it's not just dodgy retailers (like Premier Cru, Rare LLC, Carolina etc.) that a...

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Alzheimer's is the long (cruel) kiss goodnight. I'm sorry to hear about this; it's an amazing thing their spouse is doing.

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When I was 13 years old and my voice was cracking as I was emerging into the strapping adult that I am today, my parents bought my two younger brothers and I a tape recorder for Christmas. With the possible exception of the 1976 Strat-o-Matic series, it may be the best Christmas gift they ever gave...

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Hosanna could be a hard wine to find, but it's hard to have any sympathy for Wally's not procuring the other wines in the market place. Yes, it will cost (and hurt) them. But that's a very full priced retailer, and should be accountable. I've never had issues with them, but I don't think I've ordere...

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PXL_20230422_003504420~2.jpg PXL_20230422_023207326.jpg It's time to finish up the 2000 Sansonnet [St Emilion] which remains medium bodied, well balanced, and a good expression of a mature flavor profile. However it doesn't scream St Emilion to me. The nose has some espresso/coffee types of flavors...

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Cardinale is sort of this, from within the the Jess Jackson empire.

It's pretty darn good, but has become - like all Napa flagships - very costly.

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Fans of the property might take a look at the book

http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... f=4&t=9180

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2005 seems to be such a lovely vintage for consumption today.

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I've only had a few vintages but that was my general impression too.

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PXL_20230414_002859905~2.jpg 2010 Ch. de Malleret [Haut Medoc] I have been reading David Peppercorn's 2nd edition book on Bordeaux, which is now 30+ years old, but remains a fine resource for all kinds of information on estates. As I read the section on de Malleret, I realized I had one of these in...

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My life observation is that the big regulated US financial services providers (SIFIs) are predictable and tend to follow their own policies closely. One doesn't see strange cowboy behavior, especially as institutions get larger. Smaller sized financials, and foreign ones, do more strange stuff. Most...

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For me, one way to think about 'precise' is comparable to using spices in cooking. To wit, some recipes call for each contributing flavor to be added whole to the recipe - a bay leaf, pepper corns, a stick of cinnamon, whole garlic and so on. Other recipes work better when everything is toasted/grou...

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I think he's working on the SBF crypto one first.

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I think I'm personally ok with the cost of capital getting normalized a little, i.e. finding its true market market clearing level rather than a manipulated interest rate. That might mean estates/trade who have been sitting on vast piles of Bordeaux assuming it's an iron law of physics that prices m...

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I think we lump too many years into the category of 'off vintage'; it seems to have encompassed the non drinkable (years where some estate won't release grand vin) to the lighter years, to the merely non collector/investment grade.

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Some history and background on Haut Brion and its various estates, from this recent podcast. https://www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/B08K59B64P Scroll down, it's the first one (when sorted by most recent to oldest). It's also on many other podcasting networks; I use Google's. Two interesting items I learned ...

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Interesting notes and thanks for sharing. It seems like its always a little harder to get (communal) verticals organized for right bank estates, unless there is someone playing anchorman who can fill in years from their own racks.

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PXL_20230409_222345724~2.jpg This 2005 Ch. de Fonbel [St Emilion] remains a very balanced, restrained example of St Emilion that ought to appeal to oenophiles preferring a less noisy Right Bank. 13.5% abv, with a bouquet of incense, sandalwood, leading into a palate that is right up the middle in f...

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marcs wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:20 pm
AKR wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:25 pm In all my years I still have never tried a Belair
I’ll send you a 2004 if you want. I bought a case at $20/bottle way back when and doesn’t feel like I’ll ever drink through them

That's very gracious, but hold onto it til I meet the DMV crowd in person!

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In all my years I still have never tried a Belair

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They had a little section in the Somm 3 movie.

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Great pictures!

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