Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

Interesting article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/styl ... -rich.html

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Same here, see you soon Jean-Fred!

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Nice. Let's face it, this is just a great Bordeaux estate, that produces great quality year after year at very reasonable prices. A former BWE wine of the year. The point that you made yesterday is a good one: This wine costs a fraction of a lot of second labels, but consistently blows them away yea...

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Have started reading it and am enjoying. Your writing style is very Hemingway, which of course I consider the ultimate compliment. Short, concise sentences.

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Looks great, I'm gonna read it over the weekend. I gotta get to Burgundy at some point.

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You guys are animals.

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Well done gentlemen. Very well done indeed.

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I ordered one of two 1983 Lafites that were in stock at MacArthur’s a couple months ago but then I got an email saying somebody had come in the store and bought them both off the shelf.

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I’ve been following Amy Klobuchar for years but a couple years ago Marcs told me the word was that she was abusive to her staff. That always stuck in the back of my mind. And then these reports came out about her weird behavior with her staff. That eating the salad with a comb story seems pretty wei...

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Those are two pretty good wines.

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The Purple Baron is pretty hard to beat.

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And of course, the famous MacArthur's 2002 Heist. We wuz there. Remember how giddy we were. I'll never forget, after that long lunch, we went back into the store to buy a couple of the German half bottles that Rob Dayton brought to lunch, and the guy said to Winona... "We just released some 200...

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2002 Pichon Baron and Leoville Barton are beauties. I've gotta sit down with the '02 Cos some time and really examine it. Hound's Haut Bailly that he brought to my house was stunning. I've been thrilled by Montrose, Lagrange, Smith Haut Lafitte, d'Issan, Lafite, Haut Brion, Sociando, Malescot, Calon...

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Oh I totally agree, CV.
I'm most concerned about how these issues affect those most in need.
in the US I particularly fear for the welfare of the poor, immigrants, females, the elderly, etc.
I'm just curious how Brexit will affect an average white male like me.

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I would like to know, if I were a 60 year old white male citizen of the UK, what would be the top 5 ways that Brexit would directly negatively affect my life. I ask because, as a 60 year old white male in the US, I feel that the election of Orange Head has in absolutely no way directly negatively af...

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Not exactly making me want to go out and buy some La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou.
Sounds like a supermarket wine to me.

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Ha, I will let Jimmy L.B. How know that when next I see him.

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I really have my eye on the 2016 Dame de Montrose, it seems to be getting rave reviews and the price is not crazy.

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AKR: What did you think of Orange Head's CPAC speech?
I watched the first 40 minutes or so.
I couldn't decide whether it was brilliant or clown-like.
Both, I guess.

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I wish I could afford to drink the Ducru first label.
I have one bottle, the 1995, in my cellar, plus a couple half bottles of the 2000.
I have never drunk La Croix since I was so disappointed by the '96.

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I predict NH will end up having the best prices in the country.
Prices really seem to have increased.
As Gerry M has explained before, NH doesn't increase prices based on reviews.

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Well done, Hound. Very well done indeed.

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... for the vintage particularly.

That's only because you don't believe me when I tell you that 2002L is one of the top vintages in the past 20 years.

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I think so... I think I might have one or two off: 2001: Chicago 2002: Napa 2003: NYC 2004: Chicago 2005: Bordeaux 2006: Sonoma 2007: Washington, DC 2008: Chicago 2009: Miami 2010: Washington, DC 2011: San Fransisco 2012: Washington, DC 2013: Dallas 2014: Washington, DC 2015: Bordeaux 2016: Washingt...

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I truly am enjoying this discussion, I find it very interesting, you all are obviously very knowledgeable and passionate on the subject.
I've been following it on a much more superficial level from this side of the pond.
And I appreciate the effort to respond without personal insults.

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Ha you read my mind, Jacques, I was going to say the same thing: I don’t drink enough Pichon Lalande.

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All very interesting Mark, but I think that when you stick in words like “if you listen to Comte, Britain will cease to exist,” I think that’s some of the type of language that makes it personal and invites some of the bad feelings that have developed in this thread. I certainly don’t think that is ...

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Ha, indeed, Jacques, it was the Brane Cantenac, I believe.
It was in a pretty bad place that night.

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You know I love you, Comte, I’ve read every word, including passages that were deleted. I have enjoyed Mark’s contributions here as well over the years. I’ve actually enjoyed this discussion — very informative — except for the acerbic stuff. No need for it to get personal, everybody is entitled to t...

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I like your spirit, CV, you have been a great BWEer.

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No need to be calling each other names, I think there are enough insults coming from both sides.
Any more and I'll delete the thread.
Thanks.

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He feels that, at $7, Yellow Tail is an "incredible value":

https://www.foodandwine.com/articles/th ... tralia-now

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Robert Parker speaks very highly of Yellow Tail.

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Wow, Zachy's is selling 2016 Beychevelle on prearrival for $135 right now.
I have a feeling I'm gonna be doing all my buying in NH.

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So it sounds like 2015 Burgundy is better than 2016 Burgundy.

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anything but Bordeaux

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Indeed, I intend to buy that any many others.
How is Burgundy in 2016?

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What 2016s have you received? What 2016s are you hoping to get your hands on? The only 2016 I've tried so far has been the Tour Saint-Christophe. It did not disappoint. Indeed, it was exactly what I expected, even better, based on what I've read here and elsewhere about the vintage. It seems like su...

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