Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

jmccready

Why would you risk your reputation by drinking a Cali fizz from a can and talk about it? What were you drinking
when you posted this ?

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Remoissenet had a great Givry. They can be light and satisfying or more full and take age nicely. One of Burgundys better values. A lot of selenium in the soil there, which gave me a reason to open more than one bottle a night back in the late 80's and early 90's with salmon. The protective effect o...

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1996 Château Pedesclaux - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (6/10/2013) Dark center with garnet rim, up nose of dark fruits, light cedar and currants. Medium weight in body but as the wine evolves in glass great flavors that build on the palate. A real terroir-like wine that only claret gives. Long...

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Give us a post like this weekly and I will cancel my wine magazines. JM

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Great producer and bottle(s) year after year. Can be compared to Rhones but Cal all the way to me. Haven't had one in a while but
all vintages in the past were excellent . Again, Bob L. or one of his delegates have continued to be great. JM

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Can't recall a premox Chablis and I drink a few of them. They meet a lot of "needs" in a combination of a lively yet serious nature, the perfect reflective/hedonistic glass on a hot low country summer or a cool New England fall. The producers that have kept the true racy nature of this app...

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Great post. Why I like this site. JM

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My first guess would be the vintage but I haven't had enough Cal cabs from 09 to say. It was a cool growing season by one report which confirms your comment about modest vintage ratings for 09. If an average vintage in Cal regarding Cabs gives elegance and structure then I will take it. Will be in N...

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Nice to find a Napa cab with the great fruit of a prestigious site but not at all jammy-classic claret structure. Should be a BWE style but I don't dismiss more fruity Cal cabs. This winery has generally been tops to me, but there are surely different opinions out there. The vintage or winemaking/vi...

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With a second as prestigious as yours I will try them more often and report. Hope you keep us posted too. If not on specific wines
at least a general look at the region/country. These seem to meet a lot of needs for generous wines that are not overly complicated. JM

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Never thought I would be posting a Portuguese red as I have only had 2 the last 5 years. But what a pleasing wine. Lively red berry fruits in nose with light currants. Oh yes, a 2008 vintage and 14.5% but it doesn't show unless you read the label and then look for it. Round and easy on the palate wi...

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1996 Château Labégorce - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (4/28/2013) Dark center, amber rim. Smells of light cedar, dried red fruits, a tad dusty, hints of blueberries after time in glass. Straight- that is to say medium weight, dry tobacco hints on palate, not a classy Margaux but decent with typ...

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What a great Burgundy tasting and a great lineup of vintages, with the '88 the only weak link. But you did a great job of describing the best the 88 had to offer. Nice to see the 85's still giving class, and oh those 99s. Reading your notes over and over. Morey has always had a structured minerality...

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Excellent. I have been to Burgundy quite a bit and visited numerous domaines but I never had the pull to taste this many producers. Nice to hear some of the 11's showed well. I stay away form most average vintages now as your other post on the 06's suggest. But the best vintages from the better prod...

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Or maybe it was Pearsons, not Skinflints, in DC that is. JM

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Bring it to BWE 2014 and we will all give you our opinions, after it is open of course. JM

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I will obey our BD's order to attend 2014 DC. Only financial ruin or health issues could keep me away, and maybe those two babies won't even hold me back. Actually will be in DC Oct. 2013 for a Chaine de Rotisseurs weekend so twice in a year to a great city. Haven't been there in quite a while. Can'...

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I'm not missing the next one. Period. JM

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Yes Ed, but how do you feel this morning? Or make that afternoon when you finally hit the floor. Just kidding, I would
gladly pay the price to be there. JM

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Very helpfull, thanks JM

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I second Alex-what a great lineup uf wines.P.R. and great Burgundies,etc.Great! JM

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Your overall take on the vintage? JM

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Is there enough air to wine contact with the quarter size method to really make a difference? Apparently so for older wines but a 4 to 6 hour wait instead of basic decanting? I have had great results with basic decanting at the moment of consumption with fellow knowledgeable wine friends, but for th...

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Cellar Tracker goofed I guess. Maybe will post directly to BWE in future.

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2008 Château Blason D'Issan - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (4/3/2013) Dark reddish purple. Aromatic nose of subtle red and blue fruit with faint Oakville mint. Structure and weight all 08. Again, like 04 and maybe 06? At least more restrained than the 05, o9. Only one wine, I know.Second label ...

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Great notes on the 98. I just posted on 2008, clearly much younger than your 98 which has developed.

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Haven't tasted many 08s so interested in the weight/style of the vintage, albeit through one wine. Dark pruple, red and black currants in nose, a bit perfumey and plummy , but singular and no real earthy or interesting notes. The palate followed- simple fruity flavors with almost no complexity devel...

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You hear very little today about finesse in todays modern style. While I think riper, healthier grapes (all the great vintages of the past were the ripest) have yielded better wines, it is important that these current wines develop this traditional characteristic. Cellar time will only do this of co...

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I agree Alex. Just like to throw that comment in once in a while to heckle those who have given up on Burgundy. Will be tasting an "08 Clerc Milon later today. Haven't had many o8s. Does it fall somewhere between 04 and 05in weight? Will post my modest impressions later. But it is only one wine...

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Great notes, an escape from Bordeaux/Parker argument, although the discussion has merit. Has there ever been a Bordeaux made
that can stand up to a great Burgundy? Jim

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Caution Stefan, Lucie might be drinking the 2010's with her new boyfriend.(i.e. slow down the buying of new vintages.) JM

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Look forward to your comments on the SHL if you pop one soon. JM

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2004 Château Latour à Pomerol - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol (2/24/2013) Dark crimson with amber rim. Heady nose, classic cedar and currants. Mouthfilling and velvety, but firm tannins pucker the richness. The vintage keeps the rich fruit tendency of this property in check. But a decent bu...

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I have probably consumed more wines form this village that any other in Burgundy. Good notes on an average vintage at best, but they do grow on you after being in the glass a while. The price can be good on Givrys,but too much oak can really ruin the nice fruit that is a trademark here. From a great...

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What are your thoughts on Faiveley whites? Had very few but none stood out. JM

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I wish my wine notes were this concise and informative. JM

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Jim's latest post is spot on in my view. There is a lot of choices today, and I am afraid that most consumer preferences are not tilted toward inexpensive claret, at least on this side of the pond. The other countries Jim mentions are a big part of the story-many choices for the consumer. But I am r...

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Great post. It is most interesting that I consider Bordeaux the greatest wine producing region for rouge in the world, yet I could drink red Burgundies the rest of my life, and not want anything more. OK, so a well aged 1 thru 5er claret twice a month. Or three times a month. Great terroirs, whether...

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The lack of quality in ïnexpensive Bordeaux is a big reason California, and other new world wine regions, took off. But part of this quality gap had to do with the new world climates yielding ripe grapes, hence a plumper,fruitier style that most new worlders preferred. If $30 and under claret is now...

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