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I had another bottle of the 2017 PYCM VERGELESSES COMBOTTES Blanc, which I picked up on sale for $42, and I am kicking myself for not buying a case. This is a sensational white burg, it checks all of the boxes for me. I suppose in its relative youth it lacks is some complexity (and if nitpicking, it...

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Setting aside models and the details of day to day polling, I’m feeling good about Biden still for a few simple reasons: -the overall polling has been extraordinarily steady for months, showing Biden with a big lead nationally and a persistent advantage in a good number of key battleground states. -...

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President: general election Fox News — May 17-20, 2020, 1,207 Registered Voters — Biden 48%, Trump 40% — Biden +8% Skeptical? I get it. The election is 5 and a half months away, an eternity in politics. Republicans co-conspirators in the Senate are cooking up all sorts of sham hearings this summer ...

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I just checked wine searcher, and I don't even see any 2005 Magdelaine for sale in the USA at all. You must have cleaned them out!

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OrlandoRobert wrote:A case of 2005 Chateau Magdelaine, to split with a buddy whose name is not Bobby Goulet.

Super jealous! I bought just a few of these as futures ($45 per, sob) as I wasn’t really a Magdelaine guy that far back. But that’s it.

Have you tried the 05?

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A (hopefully relevant) aside, is it just me, is there no perfect alternative to a 750 ml? A 375ml is just usually not enough wine even for 1 person, unless one truly wants just a single (big) glass (and we’ve banned those people from all self-respecting wine boards). Maybe a 500 ml would be useful. ...

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I would have bought some 16 Beychevelle, Marcus, but for the pricing — I bought the 16 Branaire and 16 Langoa Barton instead as they were $35-$40 cheaper... I’ve only had the Beychevelle that one time and it was super impressive but as I noted and recall, it was texturally polished. The fruit and al...

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BTW Patrick, I have had premox issues with Henri Boillot's whites and have not bought any in more than a decade. I don't recall premoxed JM Boillot, maybe there were some at that pool party where we had premoxed bottle after bottle. Also good to hear, Jacques. I bought 4-5 bottles of JM Biollot’s 2...

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Ok, I’m trying really hard to be intellectually dispassionate about the race (like DavidG, I emotionally accepted Trump’s re-election a while ago to protect against any crushing 2016-like surprises to the psyche) ... but I’m getting nervous. PA is too tight to feel at ease and you know the GOP will ...

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I took a flier on a 6-pack of the 2012 Jean-Marc Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Garenne at K&L auctions. I know JM Boillot is not a great producer and there's the premox risk for an 8 year-old white burg, but getting a single vineyard Puligny for $52.50 all-in from a producer I generally...

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Based on the UGC, St. Julien was clearly the sweet spot in 2016 for my palate.

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I took a flier on a 6-pack of the 2012 Jean-Marc Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Garenne at K&L auctions. I know JM Boillot is not a great producer and there's the premox risk for an 8 year-old white burg, but getting a single vineyard Puligny for $52.50 all-in from a producer I generally ...

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Nice note. Makes me wonder what our favorite vintage of calon segur might be. Parker was a big fan of the 88 and while a credible wine, I never really got excited about that vintage. Maybe the 1990?

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Today, according to full-time poll-watcher and Cook-Report journalist, David Wasserman: “ Almost all PA district-level polls show Trump badly underperforming his '16 margins all over the state... We've seen high-quality polls showing Trump running well behind his '16 margins in Bucks, NEPA, Lehigh V...

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Jim’s maps illustrate perfectly why PA is so crucial — even in Trump’s best case scenario, he only wins if he takes PA. If Biden holds PA, there’s no feasible EC map for him even if everything else goes his way . And Biden is +7.5 in PA with a week to go and an apparently record-breaking turnout ele...

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Great notes, gents. Incidentally, I also rated a bottle of the 86 PLL (that Chris Bublitz brought to a dinner in Denver not long ago) 96 points. Spectacular stuff. Here’s my note from that bottle: 1986 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, 12/11/2018 blanquito Spectacular nose from the get...

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My five bottles of the 1999 SI Shea arrive next week!

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Good points all around. I’ve been opening less wine this year as well, COVID and the election makes me yearn more for a dram of scotch truth be told.

Stay healthy everyone!

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900 bottles... that’s like a two year supply at Stefan and Lucie’s, right?

I have almost 2500 bottles and that’s like a 11-12 year supply in my household if we keep plowing through at the same rate (which is unlikely I guess as I am about to start my 50s)

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Personally, I am going to be watching FL and NC more closely than anywhere on election night. I understand the skepticism the Biden can win these states, but he has small but significantly bigger leads in both states than Hillary did this close to the election -- Hillary had a 55% chance of winning ...

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Pennsylvania is absolutely ground zero and it is uncomfortably tight. But even in 2016, Hillary wins PA if not for the Comey Letter. Hillary wins PA if not for so many late deciders picking Trump*, Hillary wins PA if the African American turnout was even decent, Hillary wins PA if she bothered to ca...

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So even if we are sure the polls will tighten (which I’m not, not with COVID case skyrocketing and 1/3 of the likely electorate having already voted), that still only gives him a 25% chance of winning given that the polls would have to be wrong again in his favor (by no means a given — the polls und...

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Love the logic, simplicity, and (of course) the takeaway in this Tweet by Nate Silver today: “One way to think about Trump's chances: if the polls move toward Trump in the closing days rather than Biden (50/50 chance) *and* there's a polling error in Trump's favor (50/50 chance) then he's 50/50 to w...

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How about more (I have 6 bottles already) of the 2014 Leoville Barton at $68? A buy?

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That post claims that the electorate is evenly divided, which if true would result in a roughly 50-50 chance of victory for both candidates (ignoring the realities of the Electoral College), but that’s why we poll! And the polls show that the electorate is not evenly divided, not even close. And giv...

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All 538 is doing is calculating the odds of victory in the election based on the polls at a given date as those odds applied in prior elections, therefore assuming that the same relationships between polls and election outcomes that applied in past elections apply today. The Monte Carlo simulation a...

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Whomever wrote this seems to be making a sophomoric conflation of margin of victory and probability of victory.

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And +1 to everything Arv said (ie B&B is frustrating, ChambersSt is amazing for old, perfectly stored italian wines).

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Enjoying a 2004 Sori Paitin Barbaresco tonight. Not a profound Nebbiolo by any means, but a thoroughly enjoyable one. Probably mid modern by Piedmontese standards given that there’s some evident fruit on display, but still has lots of dry structure on the finish. This was like $30 when I bought.

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Four weeks to go from today. Nate from 538 says that Orange has a 17 in 100 shot at winning. That's like 83 out of 100 for Joe. Thank goodness, we are safe, then. Let's just cruise to victory.... Breathing a sigh of relief, based on what Nate, with his sideways Tigers cap, says.... Because he's an ...

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stefan wrote:>>
I need our ace enablers here at BWE to help me justify this to myself.
>>

You have got to be kidding. We enablers save ourselves for doubtful purchases.

Genius... as usual.

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Good to hear some love for the Domaine de Chevalier. I found the 15 and 16, while clearly very well made, lacked some soul having a slick, polished feel.

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I was quite impressed with Jim’s bottle of the 2014 Calon Segur a few years ago in SanFran.

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2010 Riffault Boucards Sancerre... bright, crisp, long, refreshing, the perfect foil to baked char and blackened Brussel sprouts. Straight forward and simply delicious.

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You know what's crazy, honest to goodness. It's like 7pm... And I'm already bored by this story.... I'm sipping on a 2016 Branaire Ducru.... I've seen Orange walking to the helicopter, I've seen his little clip. He's almost certainly going to be fine. Like 98.9% chance. But you know what? I just us...

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With the caveat that I’ve only tried vintages from the 80’s from this producer, I think you’d really love these wines, Robert. I’m going to try a vintage from the 90’s soon, I’ll report back.

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I am of the general opinion that many wines from 2000 are showing at least a little better than their 1995 or 1996 counterparts at present.

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1986 Joël Taluau Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes Gosh, my palate sure has changed through the years. I probably wouldn’t have liked this even 5 years ago, but tonight with a steak, I am digging this (the low price doesn’t hurt). Super green, capsicum-filled bouquet redolent with green be...

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Unless Biden is clearly ahead or has outright won by late on election night, I foresee utter chaos and nefariousness ensuing that is likely to tear what’s left of our country apart.

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JimHow wrote:Trump was jaw-droppingly out of control.

So much. Even after 4+ years of Trump’s insanity, I was stunned at what a train wreck he was, especially in the first half hour. Biden faded towards the end, but given what he had to work with, he came out looking well I think.

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