Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

jckba

I often think that Lagrange goes the safe way, and the winemaker uses the formula "You never risk anything". It is a correctly made wine that is rarely exciting, but I would like to know if some more adventurous winemaker could bring this property up in quality. I disagree with the above ...

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s*d*r wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:32 pm It might not be who you think.

I bought it approximately 1990 from "The Wine Connection" in Pound Ridge, New York.

RIP Max

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I had 2020 Cos labory (yes, we don’t talk about it much) the other day, and I liked it. Costco has it for 32 bucks and am planning to pick up some. It showed nice typicity of Pauillac and I find it well balanced. On a different note, I got the 2020 Duhart, and the AbV is listed ad 12.5! Now that we...

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Thanks for posting the link as this tasting always provides a useful cumulative view of the wines at this early stage.

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JimHow wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:16 am Hard to see how Leoville Barton beats this. Stunning. Rating: 95 points.

You should do a side by side and pretty insane that the Langoa has been in the Barton family for 200 years!

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… or crossing the pond.

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Nice picks aa those all showed for the better for me at this past Monday’s UGC save for the GPL which was also a no show in NYC.

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What do these run in your respective markets?

As for me, I am partial to good growers at this general price point such as Laherte Freres or Marc Hebrart or Savart.

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10F14730-5929-4CFB-B4B0-109695407761.jpeg From about a month ago, the 2009 was open for business with lovely aromas of dark, ripe, blackberry fruits, leather and tobacco that carried through on the silky, savory palate. 93 whereas the 2010 is still sporting its spearmint and oak cloak and really ju...

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Wasting no time I see and I remember liking it at last years UGC tasting so looking forward to your note to see how it performs at this stage as I too wet my toes with a double 6pack purchase. And considering that current wholesale costs are ranging between $28.90 and $35, the $23.39/per btl price w...

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IMG_0163.jpeg Put the 09 up against the 10 last summer and the 09 was expressive and ready to go with its ripe blackberry profile that was rich and generous whereas the 10 was somewhat closed by comparison but did have a more complex flavor profile. 09 > 10 at this stage for my country palate. With...

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Nick, tasted through the 2021s on show today here in NYC and while some wines definitely fared better than others; this was largely a restaurant styled vintage save for the whites. Wines I liked included DdC, Haut Bailly, SHL, Beychevelle, Gruaud, Leoville Barton, Lagrange, Lynch Bages, Brane Canten...

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While fresh and classically styled with lower in AbVs, the wines largely lacked in both depth and character with many verging on dilute, so if I think I would be inclined to say it was closer to 2013 in style than 2014. My 2 cents.

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Nice impressions Nick and I get to taste through the 21s today in NYC.

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Yeah, one of the first years I attended the UGC I went out with industry folk afterwards and let’s just say it was too much (UGC + dinner wines), but otherwise, how did you find the wines from ‘21?

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I have a love and hate relationship with Malescot due to their oak usage and when overdone; I find it overtly distracting but with no mention of oak in your note, it makes me think the 2016 might have escaped that fate.

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Looks like a fun evening north of the border!

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Nice note and to me DdC really represents a tremendous value play in the current market as it trades at a significant discount to its quality as well as the more illustrious Pessac properties (thinking SHL or Haut Bailly).

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: You got to put your money where your mouth is

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It's been awhile since I've ordered from Zachys, I always got good service from them. There seems to be a glitch in the website right now. Just click on any Zachys website link from any of their emails and you sidestep that dump birthdate check which does not permit you to enter their site and shop...

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FYI the sale applied to mostly in stock wines such as this 2020 Sociando, I placed my order yesterday and received a ‘Your Order is Ready for Pickup!’ email today. Also picked up 4 2019 Rieussec’s in that funky looking bottle for $54/per earlier this morning. PS and I have no Zachys affiliation My i...

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And still available with coupon code ‘MIDWINTER40’ which takes an additional 40% off their sale price of $38.99/per.

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I think this is something more as the only reason to have a fire sale and sell things below wholesale cost is if you are in a cash crunch. What I wouldn’t give for a look underneath the hood.

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Sure was and picked up a cases of 2020 Sociando Mallet for $23.39/per, 2020 Branaire Ducru for $29.99/per 2020 Lagrange for $35.99/per and I ended up breaking my own second wine rule with a purchase of the 2020 Le Petit Mouton for $119.99/per.

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^now that’s a pretty sweet new arrivals picture.

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The Canon was one of my wines of the UGC for the 2019 vintage and I went out and bought a case but won’t likely broach that case for another 10-15 years so no help from me here.

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Love the Bruno Clair wines but unfortunately the value proposition has been slowly disappearing as their pricing has been steadily going up year over year at least here in the US.

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Nice recap Joel of the multiple Bdx themes that seem to have appeared with some definitive favorites of mine in there.

PS the ‘98 Pavie was actually Perse’s 1st vintage at Pavie and it’s just he hadn’t yet fully gotten into his groove of completely obliterating the terroir.

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2 comments:

2 2019 Margaux’s.

And having 2 Montrose entries out of 5 possible choices seems a little biased, so I’d replace one of them with something like a Canon or one of the Pichon’s.

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Ian, I like the idea of an executive committee / board moderators for both WOTY selection as well as the running of the site, after all, I think a shared responsibility approach is the right move.

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Yeah, it’s going to be tough to outdo Joel or Ian but here are my top wines on the year judging by my camera roll and arranged by vintage. 1908 d’Oliveiras Boal (not the oldest Madeira of the year but had those old church smells in spades) 1966 Beychevelle 1966 Pichon Lalande (tie, I don’t own or dr...

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I think 2019 Montrose is the choice that should meet in the middle of what most want. We can always do a 2020 next year once more people have had time to try them and weigh in. I like Montrose so this is going to be a tough one to rebut so I might start out by saying that the ‘14, ‘16, ‘19 and ‘20 ...

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Bellvue Mondotte is Gerard Perse made just like Pavie and in 2005 both received the magical 3 digit score from Parker’s Richter scale, so why don’t you instead try to sell or consign them as they do have value to others. And then you can plug the dollars into something that won’t make you cringe whe...

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Maybe cook with it

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I stopped buying and holding so I wouldn’t be the one to ask about this. I did taste through some of the Martinelli lineup (chards, pinots and zins) several months ago with the brand rep and my Skurnik rep and those wines are still heavy handed in nature so if you have an aversion to oak, I would te...

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I hear you too David yet we seem to go from years where we do go by the newest vintage coming to market like in 2006 -> 03 Pontet Canet, 2008 -> protest vote, 2011 -> 2008 Leoville Poyferre, 2012 -> 09 Giscours, 2015 -> 12 LLC, 2017 -> 14 Calon Segur, 2018 -> 15 Brane Cantenac, 2019 -> 16 Tour Saint...

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That’s interesting as I would categorize them in exactly the opposite way. I find Turley wines enjoyable in their youth as they are high octane, ripe, juicy black fruited and peppery nuanced that can pair well with BBQ. The several times I have aged them I have ended up with pruney / raisany messes ...

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I am going to restate my yearly diatribe in that I think the BWE WOTY should come from the most recent Bordeaux vintage that has come to market and in this case that means the 2020 vintage b/c otherwise I have trouble deciding from what vintage or decade one should be allowed to pick from. As such, ...

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Alex, while in Argentina, seek out a bottle of either red or white from Bodega Chacra. It is the Patagonian project of Piero Incisa della Rocchetta (the grandson of Sassicaia's creator), Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays and the latter which is made in collaboration with none-other than Jean-Marc Roulot. ...

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Nice report Ian from down under (which I think also applies to NZ). A nice varied selection of fine Medoc’s and it just seems to me that there just are so many wines from the aughts which are simply unyielding in their current state (I think of my 2005 Leoville Barton experience recently) and it rea...

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