Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I am continually blown away by BWEers. Nicola for his amazing tasting skills (I am terrible at double-blind tasting) and Ian for his patient hosting and generosity. Impressive!

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I'm hopeful that I'll be in London next spring. If so, a dinner with Ian (and any other BWEers) will definitely be in order!

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I'd probably go with Mugnier, but the Roumier is pretty good too so I voted for that.

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Great lineup! Sounds like lots of fun.

I like the idea of having big events like this during the day. I do not sleep well or feel great the day after big wine events - I am an earlybird. What a drag it is getting old.

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Great report, Alex!

I am a big fan of aged Tempier, especially La Miguoa. Pradeaux is a great Bandol rose.

And I like the report on Cassis. I was there a number of years ago and the port is beautiful. I'm hoping to visit again in late September.

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What a great evening! Here we are: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9h8wswLCeMTHrUUHow6UMH4jmK2P0Q7B3iXeLaI35U7SpAEDrq29I1vBVx5ZmqIIwNtY6GhDIjhC6GKYkp91ThNfa-JcoXlFvzvyxq_xSynmQ8c6nq8seRfWLI4P11iqUnd3LErjiFO6fcvQvahhI1_es2eKsxWhuaNJY5fVW918ixOZO_cY3-SZDZMaN22EUKWjhCgheUd55cnFoctqvOnCjBV2yP-KHjxnj89...

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Test taken with negative results and looking forward to seeing everyone this evening!

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Cheese it is!

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Haut Brion

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As for wine, I'm thinking a 1983 Montrose and a 1986 Gruaud Larose.

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Sounds good to me!

Let me know if we can bring anything (like cheese or dessert).

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This looks like a good time to begin drinking the fancier 2002s. Have you drunk any of the 2002 Firsts yet? I've drunk three of them. The Latour is the best of the lot and surprisingly approachable. I think it will hold for a long time but its already drinking well. Haut Brion is also approachable ...

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Decanted about 2 hours before serving. Fully mature and while the tannins are big, they are refined and resolving. Classical lean mouthfeel, very 2002. Not particularly large or long but tastes like Las Cases. Will hold for a while. I enjoy wines like this. They taste like Bordeaux. It reminded me o...

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Look at a chart of the money supply from early 2020 on and you will have your answer. This. I don't think these prices will keep going up at this rate, but I don't think they are going to drop much either. Too much money chasing limited assets. As money is now increasingly worth less (inflation), p...

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Lisa and I are in!

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Congrats on your Dad's 93rd B-day! The 1982 Talbot is an exceptional wine. Try the 1986 Talbot if you get the chance - very similar and one of my "aha" wines back in the day. My Mom turns 93 on March 24th - any of us with parents that old and still in good shape (which my Mom is) should co...

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How were the 1998s? Last time I had them the Haut Brion was approachable and rich but would improve with time and the LMHB was a monster with enormous potential but at least a decade from reaching its peak and would likely be at its best when its 40 years old or more.

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BWE and Haut Brion - a great pairing. We had a very broad Haut Brion BWE main event in Dallas one year that was excellent but didn't have all those older top vintages. My impression that evening was that Haut Brion was approachable young, aged gracefully, and that it had a consistent profile regardl...

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Sounds like a great evening! I look forward to more BWE events as the plague (hopefully) continues to recede.

I haven't had the 1990 Montrose in a while, but I've had truly great bottles. Same with the 1990 Las Cases. Yum.

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I love Selosse - just too expensive for me these days (along with being difficult to find). Back in the day (15-20 years ago), our default high end restaurant wine pairing in France was a bottle of Selosse Substance with a half bottle of a good Premier Cru Burgundy (like a d'Angerville Clos des Ducs...

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Here's the problem. A good amount of counterfeit wine gets identified (like Tim demonstrated). But once it is identified, what do you do? If you identify counterfeit wine immediately after purchase and come after the vendor, they will usually refund the money in exchange for the wine and an NDA. Tha...

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I just decanted a 2003 Leoville Barton to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the founding of BWE. It is a great wine in a great place. Loads of purple fruit without any of the candied sur maturite so common in 2003. Tannins are large and provide the structure to the wine, but starting to come aroun...

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1998 Right Bank and Graves are awesome. My biggest problem is that I've drunk most of mine. Most of you know how obsessed I am with 1964s, and when 1998 came around early in my wine fandom, I immediately saw the weather parallels and bought a bunch. Just like 1964, 1998 was a great year across BDX u...

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I like the 2000 Lynch Bages a lot. I think it has room for improvement, but it is delicious now.

As I've posted before, when the time is right, I have a 3L of 2000 Lynch Bages with BWE's name on it.

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Wow! I haven't had many 1961s, but the few I have had have been very good, fully mature with ripe fruit and great linearity.

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I still have a couple of bottles of this. Not an encouraging or surprising note.

I can't say I am a fan of 1995. I've been drinking them for 20+ years and not only have most of them not come around, they also don't have the stuffing for the long haul. Disappointing.

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Happy New Year, Jim! Glad you made it.

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MichaelP and Nalan came over on Xmas Eve for some roast goose and we drank some decent stuff. We started with a NV Hugues Godmé Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs - somewhat disappointing without the fruit or length I'd like but everyone else liked it more. Michael blinded us on a couple of Bordeaux...

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MichaelP and Nalan came over on Xmas Eve for some roast goose and we drank some decent stuff. We started with a NV Hugues Godmé Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs - somewhat disappointing without the fruit or length I'd like but everyone else liked it more. Michael blinded us on a couple of Bordeaux...

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I like Madiran - its made of Tannat, one of my favorite grapes.

Montus is the good stuff - I drank a lot of 90's Montus back in the day. Perfect/classic pairing with cassoulet.

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Here is what I would recommend: Stay in Healdsburg. Lots of ability to eat and drink well without driving in the evening. I've never been to SingleThread but have heard great things. Sonoma is kind of like Napa - the city with the name of the county is the largest town but not particularly beautiful...

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1989 Beaucastel. Was the bottle in the baked shipment to the US or not?

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Lisa and I are in!

BTW, the 19th of February is a Saturday night (but we could make Friday or Saturday).

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2020 Dos Minas Torrontes. If you want summer in a bottle, try some Torrontes from Salta, Argentina. Hugely floral, crisp, simple. I love Torrontes.

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My favorite Cote Rotie producer is/was Gentaz, but that's not really fair (he stopped making wine in the early 90s). Also the wines now on the secondary market are stupid expensive (like thousands a bottle). I also like Jamet a lot, but the pricing is very high. On the more practical/affordable fron...

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Cabfan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:27 am I have a few great pictures but after 20 minutes my attempts at uploading photos is an epic fail. Anyone have some tips?

Upload them somewhere else (like Arv linked to a Google Photos album) and then post the link. That's the easiest/quickest way to let us see your photos.

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Thanks for the notes, Arv. I agree with nearly everything you said. The only major difference I would have is on the 1955 Las Cases. It had some VA but once that blew off, it was really nice with ripe fruit and while tasting aged was vibrant and delicious to me. This was a very fun evening with a lo...

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Piperade will not care if we open wines in advance.

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I've been in communication with cabfan and he knows that Victoria can now come since JoelD dropped out.

Lisa has confirmed with Piperade that we will be 14 people.

I look forward to seeing folks this Saturday!

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I'm planning on bringing some old stuff. I've got a few 1964s waiting to be opened.

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