Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

stefan

Yeah, we focus too much on the famous names. You seek out and find some wonderful not so famous wines. How do you do it?

stefan

Branaire Ducru.

stefan

Thanks, all. And keep the NW nameless!

stefan

That would be fun, Bill.

stefan

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Bill, I feel like Cantemerle is underpriced maybe because it is a large estate and that it is only labeled as a Haut Medoc, just so close to the border of Margaux.
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Yup. Some of the best values in Bordeaux are wines that are only entitled to the Haut-Medoc Appellation.

stefan

After I expressed frustration in dealing with university bureaucracy after retiring on August 31, Lucie suggested that we have a retirement dinner with our daughter T, her husband Judd, and son Rye downstairs at Chez Panisse. As usual, food was excellent at our favorite American restaurant. We start...

stefan

I won two lots at an auction:
7 1995 Branaire Ducru
1 1996 Branaire Ducru
2 1989 Calon Segur
2 2000 Calon Segur
$830.25 all in

12 2009 Echezeaux J.C. Boisset
$1599 all in

stefan

@Stuart:

2 Eileen. (Too many women to keep count.)

stefan

I threw in the 97 Mouton at the end of packing wines for the trip, thinking that it would serve as a luncheon claret on Saturday, but we drank both Moutons at dinner. I was surprised that it complemented the 98 Mouton rather than being overshadowed by it.

stefan

Coutet is a long time favorite for Lucie and me. I particularly like young Coutet with apple tart.

stefan

You are fortunate not to be TCA sensitive, Jim. This bottle was badly corked. Even you not being very sensitive, the flavors would be very muted for you in comparison to those from an uninfected bottle. Your reaction to the corked bottle after it has been around a week shows that this is one f***ing...

stefan

Right, Bill. The nine automatic plus 3.

stefan

1 2022 Mt. Jefferson Cuvée Pinot Noir $40 1 2021 Jessie Vineyard Pinot Noir $60 2 2021 Marjorie Vineyard Pinot Noir @ $64 1 2021 Paul Gerrie Vineyard Pinot Noir $64 1 2021 Eileen Vineyard Pinot Noir $64 1 2021 Louise Vineyard Pinot Noir $64 2 2021 Seven Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir @ $48 1 2021 Eola ...

stefan

It was a great week for Lucie and me. Traveling with Jacques & Jill. Visiting BD Jim for the first time and hanging out there. Seeing the view from Cadillac Mountain--a view unlike any others we have seen. Eating Maine lobstah. Drinking fine wines. But mostly it is about the friends we have met ...

stefan

The 1er Cru Carillon and Niellon white Burgundies were great with the excellent lobster rolls. I think the Burgs were Referts and Clos St Jean, maybe both from 2017. After the trip to the coast and the filling lunch, none of us wanted a big dinner. We stopped at a supermarket on the way back to Chez...

stefan

Great day yesterday. For brunch Jacques made scrambled eggs with mushrooms to go along with smoked salmon and cream cheese. We drank some Krug #171 while the prep was going on before having our first bad experience: a terribly corked bottle of 2002 Chezeaux Chambertin. The next PN, 2012 St Innocent ...

stefan

It was a great night at Jim's pad. The weather was perfect for having lobster on the deck. Our first BWE visit to Maine has a great start. Wines last night were Krug #168, 2008 La Grande Dame, 2017 Francois Carrillon Puligny 1er Les Perrieres, 2012 Jadot Corton Charlemagne, 2018 Niellon Les Vergers,...

stefan

Agents stefan, Lucie, J, & J housed and ready for engagement with General How.

stefan

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Hey, according to my spreadsheet tally, if I stopped buy wine today and drink (and sell) on average as much wine as I have over the last decade, I have only 8 years of wine left!
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No problem.
1. Buy more wine.
2. Do not sell any more wine.

Today's purchase:
6 Krug 171 @$157

stefan

Great holiday weekend, Joel.

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DRC is a “thing”, in my (very limited) experience it merits every bit of the hype.
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As opposed to, for example, Leroy.

stefan

No, CV. We have one house in CS and another in Eugene in addition to our lake house. Our domicile in the near term will continue to be CS.

stefan

They have not yet thrown me out of my nice office, Patrick. Probably they will within a year, though, and give me a cubby hole. A problem I am working on now is that I am cut off from viewing my grants and other accounts. I contact x, who says "not what we do; contact y", and then y refers...

stefan

Congratulations, Jim! Yesterday Lucie and I went on Medicare B because I retired on August 31. We have been on A for 16 years but used it only for some home visits Lucie had after her knee replacement. I will be happy that BC/BS (a really terrible company) will no longer be our primary insurer. To c...

stefan

Happy anniversary, Lisa and Howard! Next year ya'll will be half way to catching Lucie and me.

stefan

4 2021 Goodfellow Heritage #17 PN @ $60 4 2021 Goodfellow Heritage #18 PN @ $60 4 2021 Goodfellow Heritage #19 PN @ $60 3 2021 Goodfellow Pumphouse Block PN @ $48 3 2021 Goodfellow House Block PN @ $48 3 2021 Goodfellow Long Acre PN @ $48 3 2015 Goodfellow Bishop Creek PN @ $40 2 2000 Montrose @ $18...

stefan

I would not have. But then I avoid cult St Emilion.

stefan

OK; I'll bite: Why would you pay $300+ for 1998 Magdelaine?

stefan

I had no variation in bottles from my case of 1996 Sociando Mallet.

stefan

Lucie calls him Vivek Ramaswarmy.

stefan

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[Coutet] maybe with some lobster before the summer is over.
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Sounds yummy!

stefan

Wow! That is a long list, Jim; thanks.

stefan

Right you are, Ian, as usual. The 2014 Pape Clement is concentrated modern but not spoofilated. Both Lucie and I like it. We agreed that it was too big for the cheese soufflé. I more or less expected that would be the case, but Lucie likes Graves with cheese soufflé and I wanted to try a 2014. My bi...

stefan

>> I can’t believe you don’t already have any 2014 TWTSNBN. >> Yes; bad mistake on my part. I have only 22 different vintages of it now; 2016 being the only one after 2010. But I also should rebuy those that we had but are now out of, such as 61,62,64,66,70,75,78,89,90,92,93,99. Well, maybe not the ...

stefan

On another, but not totally unrelated, matter: What do you think about the impending impeachment trial for Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of the (one time great state) Texas?

stefan

Thanks, David. Of those I have only Giscours and Rauzan Segla. Tonight Lucie and I will drink 2014 Pape Clement, which I fear will be spoofilated.

stefan

Brings up the question: What 2014 Bordeaux should I look for?

stefan

At Twin Liquors' Dollar Sale 4 2014 Clinet @67.17 3 2013 Dom Perignon @228.24 1 2009 Cristal @229.81 4 2017 Berthelemot Chassagne Morgeot @59.79 We needed fizzies and whites for drinking in Texas. The Clinet was the only reasonable Bdx choice and everybody keeps telling me that 2014 is a BWE vintage...

stefan

>> I declined to donate money towards stadium expansion when the alumni association came calling. >> Good for you! Unfortunately, one of my NSF grants has to pay something for the stadium every year. I was scared to death that Jerry Jones was going to draft J.F.F. Fortunately, he listened to his son...

stefan

I toyed with opening a 2014 Rauzan Segla tonight but decided not to drink such a young wine. I opened 2002 Calon Segur instead.

stefan

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And also having no state taxes lends prudence towards putting money in MM rather than T-bills.
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No state income tax in Texas, CV. For me having instant access to the funds is important, and in my Merrill Edge account I can only do that with MM.

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