Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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What? Ouch.

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No Perse, no de Bouärd, no Rolland, no garage wines,... only Vauthier? More Vauthier! Tonight, a second bottle of the 2015 Le Petit Vauthier is something very special, bordering a superb creature. Dark red, a superb (did i wrote SUPERB) nose, with (watch out!) red berries, rasberries, blackcurrants,...

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Life is weird sometimes. Me too been sick like Hell, the next day of the infamous zin night in Chicago.

The next day, at the Shedd aquarium, i was greener than all their seaweeds…

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger… 23 years later, still enjoying Ridge Zins!

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I'm sad to announce that these nice persons who invaded the US Capitol will be free soon...

Can Jesse body slam Trump in a debate?

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This one is even better.

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Bringing that one back, focusing on favorite.

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DavidG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:39 pm Flawed poll. No option for “none of the above.” I dont have a least favorite Bordeaux commune. I am a Bordeaux Wine Enthusiast.

DavidG for President of the USA!

This is a perfect answer from a politician (trying to please everyone, but at the end, we don’t believe it).

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Yes, it important to point out that « least favorite » doens’t mean « don’t like », and at the end, i just want to generate interesting discussion on that restrained topic. Everyone have good reasons to chose either one or the other. And of course,i prefer Saint Émilion wines to many merlot wines fr...

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For me, it is like when i tasted a Saint Émilion, the wine « got it or not ». Yes there are stellar wines for me, and some that seems to never make it for me. But i did not tasted everything in every vintages, different time of the years at all time of the day or night… at 5,10 or 35 yo. But i did n...

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So which one is your least favorite? Clearly for me, Saint Émilion.

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Was it better than the 2006 we had 8 days ago?

I think Saint Émilion canne glorious, but on average,it is probably my least favorite Bordeaux aoc…

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By the way, i’m really sad and shocked to report that tasting, but hey, i report what i have tasted frankly.

It was my first Larcis Ducasse… encounter of the 4th type!

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Maybe some bottles were off, or my nose/ taste being faulty… Something revelative : among 7 tasters, each one needs to rank his favorite 3 + one wine with a special mention, and the 2008 La Dom had only 1 or the 28 votes… normaly, when all wines are good, the voting is spreaded all over… not this ti...

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The catastrophic Saint Émilion tasting Last Thursday, group tasting where we opened a few Saint Émilion... drank over a period of 3-4 hours. 2000 Château la Serre: one of the better wine of the group. Nice nose of brown sugar, creamy blackberries, blueberries and dead leaves. In mouth, aged fruits, ...

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La Lagune being not far from Margaux, i thought the 2015 is a very solid wine.

Did not had the 2020, but the only 2020 i had was very fruity too, it was the Le Gay at the 2021 UGC inMontréal. Itvwas a mistake and Le Gay presented it 2020 to the tasters, instead of the 2021.

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1 bottle of 2022 Envinate Benje Red Ycoden-Daute-Isora (100% listan noir grape from Canary Islands)

1 bottle of 2019 Domaine de Montille Monthélie

And my lucky day…

3 bottles of 2020 Olga Raffault Les Barnabés Chinon

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You’re right JayLives, Bordeaux red wines are the best at any price level. That Château du Temple looks excellent, especially a in the great 2016 vintage. Here, i really like the inexpensive 2016 Allées de Cantemerle. And i’m hearingvthat the 2016 Château Haut Queyrus Médoc could be like your du Tem...

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I’m totally charmed and impressed! I will look formore Piedmont wines!

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AT my brother’s place in Laval. Good dinner last night. A very good Lanson rosé to start, was very convenient, with red currants, strawberries, light pâtisserie, good body and lot of bubbles. Very good. Tn: 90. 2020 Brancaia Il Blu : decanted more than 3 hours. Majority of merlot, with sangiovese an...

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Yes Alex, a dry white from Bordeaux that I liked! But yes, good ripeness of the fruit, bringing an exotic side.

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For that level, basic Bordeaux? I think so.

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Looking to recreate 2003 NYC BWE convention for BWE 25 yo celebration?

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3 bottles of 2019 Bordeaux to end the February without alcohol challenge? Priceless!

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Bordeaux blanc. Affordable. Based onboth sauvignon.

Nice color. On the nose, rich, pineapple, mango, Flowers, honey, and something like sweet wheat. In mouth, pineapple flavors, mixed with white peaches, some light pit bitterness, medium acidity. Well made. Tn: 88.

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Nice!

Jim, did you had a great 2019, that is light on it feet?

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JimHow the original BWE founder… can you believe it?

For my part, a disastrous Saint Émilion tasting tonight…

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Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you, dear BWE!
Happy birthday to you!

An incredible achievement for a non sponsored site.
Friendly, generous, loveable people is the secret.

Started from a sparkle from Jim.

Long life to BWE.

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Jim, I did not had the 2019 Lafon-Rochet.

I was talking about 2019 red Bordeaux in général.

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Nice report on another 2019, the Lafon-Rochet. I have a tough time assessing when the 2019 will be at their peak, being kinda big ripe tannic slightly high alcohol wines…

I really liked the 2016. I had the 2020 as well, that was very young, but with a more flowery style.

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Feel better soon Stefan and Lucie.

I guess it depends which variant you got vs losing (or not) smell and taste.

A friend released his first full cd last night, with a premiere show. 250 people crowded together, and I feel a bit attacked this morning…

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Very nice wine, typical Médoc. Very convincing, like all 2016 I had. Nice nose of blackcurrants, violet flowers, licorice, black olive, and dark chocolate oak. This Very classical in mouth. Medium body, blackberries and blackcurrants attack, no sweetness but good concentrated blue fruit flavors. Flo...

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Nice Jim! Clearly some great stuff there.

My cellar is smaller with max 170 bottles I guess, as I don’t have more room. Like you, mostly Bordeaux, but oldest being 2008, so a young cellar.

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And what about 2014 VCC? I guess you need some.

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Interesting report Bill. I feel like this is why i need to lower my purchases of newer vintage : if a 2004 Pichon Lalande can still get better after 20 yo, when will it be fully ready? When the 2019 will be ready?

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Thanks for the report. This is available here, i might buy some soon.

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JimHow wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:17 pm Thanks for the report, Nikola, I’ll be curious to hear how you think the 2020 La Lagune matches up against the 2019.

I'll try to find the 2020 Jim, to compare. Alcohol level on the 2020?

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"Purple rain..."

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Influence by Jim, who is trying lot of 2019 lately, we did a dinner with AlexH last night and opened three 2019. Taittinger NV Champagne : very nice NV. Nice color, rich and creamy, with lot of ripe white flesh fruits (pears, yellow apples), pâtisserie, starfruit. Lot of bubbles, great mouth feel, s...

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Well...

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DavidG wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:29 pm Ian, what is an “infusion” vintage?

Probably a British expression for gentle extraction like in tea... but longer infusion than tea to have some concentration.

I prefer an "infusion" vintage than a "transfusion" vintage : bleed the grape a maximum to make more wine?

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