Five bottles just delivered from Flickinger, now safely stored in the cellar.
They appear pristine, with spinning capsules....
I'll be drinking well when I am 125 years old....
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages, the greatest wine ever produced....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 298
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4888
- Views: 1559668
Re: So what have you bought lately?
12 x 2020 La Lagune
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2000 Sociando Mallet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 317
Re: 2000 Sociando Mallet
I enjoyed 7 of the 12 bottles I drank from my case of 2000 Sociando. I wasn't as off-put by the greenness as some, this is a trait of the 2000 Pichon Lalande that many seem to find a positive rather than a negative.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 458
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
The best showing I've ever had of 1996 Lafite was with you, Mr. Vino, when you, Mrs. Vino and others came to Maine. I poured two half bottles into a decanter and decanted about three hours before you guys arrived. It was singing.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 458
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Agreed, Nicola. 1996 is a Cabernet lover's dream. 2016 is a more balanced.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 458
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Cellartracker values mine at $958, that is indeed off the high.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
- Replies: 18
- Views: 458
Re: ‘Best of the best’ first growths dinner
Oh yeah. Sadly I only have 3 bottles of 1996 Lafite left. I remember when my buddy Steve and I drove from Maine to Springfield, Mass., I think it used to be called the Big Y, they must have had 20 cases of the stuff out back there, I bought ten bottles for myself and I think I bought 3 bottles for J...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 525
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
I can't impress enough, and I'm going to press this issue, I'd really like to see us do a BWE dinner at this venue at least every quarter. I thought the food was excellent but more importantly the restaurant ownership was so sweet, they were as nice as I've dealt with in my quarter century fine dini...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 525
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
1986 Gruaud Larose is one of the ultimate BWE wines, Stefan brought two bottles to the very first convention in Chicago in 2001. It was memorable then, and memorable now. The 1982 and 1986 Gruauds are both in my top ten favorite Bordeaux wines ever.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 693721
Re: President Trump
Go Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. I still can only chuckle when I remember the red faced Orange Man after midnight during the last election, calling for a stop of the count in Michigan, knowing what was coming. Yes, Orange Man, you won Michigan if we don’t count the votes in Detroit ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 254
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Indeed you have, GBF, you have always been a big advocate for La Lagune. I've always liked it but to me it seems to be reaching even greater heights.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 693721
Re: President Trump
She’s going to have her work cut out for her. The American political landscape is strewn with the failures of governors who were super stars in their respective states, wrote their political biographies, thought their message was going to appeal nationally, etc. See most recently the douche from Flo...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 525
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
The occasional field mouse seems to make its way into my cellar, those little pricks can nibble at shit impressively as well but my Pichon Lalandes seem to be safe and sound. Those 22 bottles of 2016 Lafite on the other hand, I'm going to take a closer look....
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 254
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Ha, I literally got an email from Hedonism today for the first time since I bought a couple of our London wines there. They were actually very nice, I would have no qualms about buying some La Lagune from them.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 254
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
So I got one of those silver box frommages.com deliveries from the mother country yesterday, the ones that must stink up the FedEx delivery truck, that's why they get rid of it before 11am, brilliant! I'm sipping this wine with a cheese called Saint Nectaire Auvergne. Life is good.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 254
Re: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
Lol... This is a Comte Flaneur de Boulevardier kind of wine!!
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 254
2020 Chateau La Lagune revisited: This wine is absolutely gorgeous....
So before deciding to buy a full case I decided to try another bottle just to confirm whether I liked this wine as much as I thought I did the first time. Wow! This wine for my taste is just brilliant. The fruit is just so pure and ripe but the class and terroir of the estate just keeps everything r...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Troplong Mondot
- Replies: 9
- Views: 374
Re: 2020 Troplong Mondot
I really enjoyed the 2019 Beausejour Becot, bought a couple extra bottles. I'm anxious to get some 19 and 20 Tropling Mondot in my cellar. Some are ranking the 2020 at 100 points.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
- Replies: 17
- Views: 525
Re: Dinner at Bistro Lepic in Georgetown with BWE friends…
lol, by the end of the night Winona was telling us that the rat had developed a taste for Pichon Lalande….
My brothers and I had those very same strato sets, including the ‘27 Yankees. The 1978 Giscours was the Jumpin Joe Dugan of the night for me.
It was great to see you and everyone else Marcs!
My brothers and I had those very same strato sets, including the ‘27 Yankees. The 1978 Giscours was the Jumpin Joe Dugan of the night for me.
It was great to see you and everyone else Marcs!
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Troplong Mondot
- Replies: 9
- Views: 374
Re: 2020 Troplong Mondot
Thanks for the report Mike, I need to try one. I'm one who enjoyed the 2010 Tropling Mondot, in spite of / because of the alcohol that came in at about 22% I think. It was like dating a stripper. I think I'll pick up a bottle or two of the 2019 and 2020. I think NH has the 2016 for like $130ish.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Old Burgundy Dinner with small group of friends
- Replies: 1
- Views: 140
Re: Old Burgundy Dinner with small group of friends
I think Tommy brought that '83 Drouhin to a dinner at Black Salt a few years ago and it was beautifully a point then as I recall.
Thanks for the report BP, sounds quite sublime.
Thanks for the report BP, sounds quite sublime.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2014 Montrose uncorked
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Re: 2014 Montrose uncorked
We suspected 2014 would be a great match for an estate that has been firing on all cylinders for over 30 years, I am not surprised by this note. I had the 2014 La Dame a few months back and it was a beauty. I'm heading back to Manhattan early this week, not quite sure what day I'll be coming back no...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
I've not had this wine a lot over the years, Ian, it was a revelation to spend some time focused on it and examine it's nuances. I too am going to be looking to buy more, especially from 2019 and 2020.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Points, scores, and ratings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 387
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Points, scores, and ratings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 387
Re: Points, scores, and ratings
But where do "Mmm doggie" and "Baby doll" come in....
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Northern Rhone night at Cabotte
- Replies: 2
- Views: 130
Re: Northern Rhone night at Cabotte
Time to get back to London and/or Paris/Bordeaux in the late spring. Alex or anyone, any travel advice about visiting France in the coming months, I'm assuming during the summer olympics is not good, looks like that runs from about July 26 to August 11th, any concerns before or after? I'm guessing i...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
I found this very 2016, firm and structured but balanced, it reminded me a little of the 2016 Sociando Mallet, there is nothing wrong with drinking it at age 8, it has developed some nice nuances and goes very well with the steak, and will continue to develop and provide St. Estephe notes of berries...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Curious what The Freak thinks about that, the dichotomy between 13.5% in 2016 and 14.5% in 2019. Concerns... Founded? Unfounded?
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:09 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
For one thing, we have 13.5% in 2016, not 14.5% as in 2019.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Mmm, well now, 2019 better than 2016(?), let's hold your horses there a bit, little filly....
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
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- Views: 283
Re: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Mmm oh yes, this should be really nice with the steak. Just entering a long drinking window, as they say....
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
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- Views: 283
The 2016 Phelan Segur has been uncorked and other ramblings....
In the mood for a 2016 tonight after a wild week of wine purchases!!
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4888
- Views: 1559668
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Scary. No we didn’t feel anything up here as far as I’m aware. I guess some people felt it in Portland. I did hear something and thought it might be snow falling from the roof.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
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- Views: 1559668
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Lol... Done, but now I need a generator, we had a big storm the last couple days.
The good news though is best viewing of the eclipse is going to be in the Great state of Maine.
The good news though is best viewing of the eclipse is going to be in the Great state of Maine.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 599
Re: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
Well, Stefan, you guys talked me into it, I just bought five bottles of a certain northern Medoc by the name of 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages....
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4888
- Views: 1559668
Re: So what have you bought lately?
5 x 1989 Chateau Lynch Bages.
You talked me into it, Nicola.
I am mad. I am a madman.
You talked me into it, Nicola.
I am mad. I am a madman.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 599
Re: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
I don’t mind saying that it has crossed my mind, Nicola, to start buying older vintages like normal people, but I think I have enough wine in the cellar for now….!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 599
Re: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
Thank you, JF.... My current Lafite inventory: 3 x 1996 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1 x 2002 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2 x 2004 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 22 x 2016 Chateau Lafite Rothschild 6 x 2019 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Total Lafites in cellar: 34 If you had told me 24 years ago when we started t...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Points, scores, and ratings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 387
Re: Points, scores, and ratings
It can be subtle. For me I don't take my scores too seriously, they are usually an emotional assessment after I've consumed a critical amount of a particular wine. I have no idea how the experts taste and spit dozens of samples one after another and come up with scores. I'm a Bordeaux wine ENTHUSIAS...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
- Replies: 23
- Views: 599
Re: Sixteen more bottles of 2016 Chateau Lafite have been secured….
The most exciting purchase of my career! Lafite has always held a mystique for me, to me it is the ultimate. Probably the biggest disappointment in our pandemic trip cancellation .