Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

stefan

Oops! I did not win as many as I thought. I lost on

6 1998 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Laurene
and
1 2001 Rieussec + 1 2001 Suduiraut + 1 1983 Doisy Vedrines + 1 1987 Maitre d'Estournel Blanc.

Oh, well, that gives me an excuse to buy more on Berserkers Day.

stefan

Looks like you had a great BWE get together.

Interesting that Nic has a multicolored beard. I remember when he was too young to grow hair on his face.

stefan

While waiting for my doctor to finish a colonoscopy before doing my endoscopy (I hope he washed his hands in between) I discovered that I had won a few lots at an auction: 6 2017 Vaudesir, L. Michel $381.30 6 1998 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir Laurene $227.55 6 2014 Chateau Haut Bailly $409.59 3 2009 L...

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What is the risk exposure if you buy with MC or VISA CC and ask for quick shipping? Unless the published agreements have changed since the PC debacle, I think the risk is nil. These days I only buy online with a CC even if I pay a premium for using a CC instead of a check just because of the protect...

stefan

Happy Half a Century Birthday, Nic!

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I am amazed by some of the wines that did not make your top 100.

stefan

We will visit Maine in 2049. Will you save a bottle to share with us? Or take it to That Great Tasting Room in The Sky if we don't hang around that long?

stefan

Great line up of wine and people!

It is always fun to have a taste off between the great 1982 Latour and 1982 Mouton, while 1990 Lafite shows that Pauillac is not all about power.

stefan

Here is an interesting footnote on the bottle of the 1986 Pichon Lalande we drank on Xmas day. I corked the 2/3 of the bottle that we did not drink and put it into cold storage. Yesterday I tasted it. It was somewhat oxidized, of course, but I got nary a hint of taint. I poured a glass for stefanJr ...

stefan

Thanks, BD. Just the excuse I needed to resume buying wine. I have nary a bottle of 2019 and should plan to get some for drinking when I am 100+.

stefan

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Some have posed that it was a non tca bacteria in the cellar that vintage that was the issue
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Hmm. That would explain our puzzlement. Previous bottles of the 96 have been fine.

stefan

This year was too hectic for me to keep a journal of our holidays, but I thought I would share the dinner experience we had on December 25 with stefanJr and family. We began in the late afternoon with 2004 Winston Churchill. Pol Roger Champagnes have been family favorites for a long time. We don't d...

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Welcome back, BD!

stefan

I have never seen La Fortuna Giobi Brunello di Montalcino in the USA. Maybe Canada gets the entire allocation for North America.

stefan

1983 Lafite (2 halves, 4 bottles, 1 magnum)
1990 Yquem (2 bottles, 6 halves)
1982 Cos d"Estournel (3)
1986 Pichon Lalande (6)
1982 Prieure Lichine (1 magnum)
2009 Canon (12)
2016 Giscours (12)

Lucie's Xmas presents for 2023, 2024, and 2025.

stefan

We've drunk three 2005s recently, all of which were good or better: Coufran, Pedescleaux, and D'Armailhac. I was surprised at how good Pedescleaux is. D'Armailhac is fuller and but not better overall for drinking now. Best to drink Pedescleaux now and hold D'Armailhac a bit longer.

stefan

Welcome back, Andy. Good to have you back.

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I HATE wax closures.

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Sounds like I might not like it much, David. Strange that Dominique Lafon would make a buttery Chardonnay. Maybe he is no longer consulting for Evening Land.

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4 2021 Patricia Green Marine Sedimentary PN

This was on WTSO this morning for $24!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all BWEers from stefan, Lucie, and family. We'll have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with various sparkling wines and Oregon PN.

stefan

Yeah, 2005 Bordeaux from top estates are really slow to come around. Still, I would have expected that Barton would be showing more now.

stefan

4 1975 Pichon Lalande

stefan

I loved the 7 SpringsPinot Noir from St. Innocent; not so much from Evening Land. I never tasted a 7 Springs Chardonnay. How are they compared to other Oregon Chardonnays?

3 2005 Pedesclaux

stefan

5 2005 D'Armailhac
1 1970 Ducru-Beaucaillou
1 2005 Grand-Puy-Lacoste

stefan

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Sadly had to make choices when selling wine and recently consigned a bunch of 88 PLL and 88 LLC to KL. Now that I read here, perhaps a mistake.
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Yes, you should have sold them to me. Then you could have continued to drink them if you visited Oregon.

stefan

Absolutely, David!

stefan

@DavidK: You set a record for me: 35 different wines posted on BWE and I have not tasted any of them in any vintage!

stefan

Great report as usual, Ian! It suggests that 1998 left bank wines are underrated, possibly because the 1998 vintage on the right bank was arguably the best of all time.

stefan

Same shape, Jon. Not worse than many other OR PN bottles, but larger than desirable. There are few Burgundy bottles that cause me problems.

stefan

Yesterday after tasting at St. Innocent I bought 9 2019 Momtazi PN 9 2019 Freedom Hill PN 9 2019 Temperance Hill PN 9 2018 Shea PN 12 2022 Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc I thought to store them in two empty Lanbo wine refrigerators, but the bottles don't fit! I might write Mark a nasty letter about the bo...

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Each morning I read EVERY new post on BWE before I look at the news even if I am not posting much of late.

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I agree with Joel. The best bottles of 1978 Comtesse have an ethereal bouquet that is to die for. 1983 is also excellent.

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Mine are the same as Stuart's, and his comments are spot on. I considered vintages 1960-2004 as I have drunk too few wines from vintages before or after that period to include them.

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1970 Leoville Las Cases
1988 La Tour Blanche (2)
1978 Lynch Bages
1985 du Tertre

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10 1996 Nameless Wine ($504.30 all in)

stefan

Not funky, Joel, but nice overtones.

stefan

Last night with Judd's grill of hanger steak, mushrooms and vegetables we drank an oldish and a youngish St Julien. The 1988 Gruaud Larose is in perfect shape and has tertiary overtones of hay, sage, and alfalfa. The tannins are soft but enough for the steak, and the red fruit is flavorful even on t...

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I think so, Jon. WineSearcherPro does not show availability anywhere.

stefan

I agree, Mr. Vino. This wine has turned out much better than I expected....

which is to say that it is OK to use it to use in a stew made for a mongrel cur.

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