Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Winona Chief

Ramon_NYC wrote:Lot's of '89 being mentioned so far.

The NYC '89 tasting has shown how great a vintage is when all the wines we had, imho, were good-to-terrific.

My vote for 2009 BWE Wine of the Year = "The 1989 Vintage"

I agree with Ramon - 1989 Vintage Bordeaux

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

Talbot for sure. I also like Rausan Segla.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

I really like Chateauneuf and Hermitage with with venison.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

I've had plenty of premoxed white Burgundies (like over 50% of my 1996s). Not buying much white Burgundy anymore. I've also had some premoxed Loire Chenin Blancs and even a few Alsatian Rieslings - all of which had that tell-tale blue-slate grey color on the wine end of corks. No premox problems on ...

Winona Chief

I have always liked 1970 Ducru Beaucaillou. If your bottle is in good shape it should be be a very nice wine. If it were my bottle, I would probably do as stefan suggests. I would not decant in advance (big risk of losing its potentially wonderful aroma). If you choose to decant for sediment, do so ...

Winona Chief

I plan on attending and hope Marjorie will be able to make it.

Chris Bublitz

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I also would recomend the 1985 St. Pierre - showed very well in a DC blind tasting last December.

Chris Bublitz

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Glad to see you are drinking well, Rob. I've really enjoyed a bunch of bottles of Mueller-Catoir Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten Spatlese (it's great stuff) from several different years although I haven't had the 1994. The 1994 German Rieslings that I have consumed have been stellar. It was a vintage that...

Winona Chief

One more, Thanks Ian!

It was a great space for the event and the food was outstanding. Everything worked out fine. Amazing that none of the bottles were corked, cooked or off. I believe we left a 35% tip.

For next time maybe we could combine the best of 1983, 1985 and 1988.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

Once again a truly outstanding BWE event and one of the best wine dinners I have ever attended. A great meal, a great social event and a great wine tasting all rolled together. The six hours just seemed to fly by. I'm not providing any tasting notes (with very few exceptions my impressions of the wi...

Winona Chief

Sounds great, I'll have to check out North Square. Thanks for posting all these restaurant reviews - very helpful.

Chris Bublitz

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Sorry you can't make it, Patrick.

I hope Jay and Peggy can make it up for the weekend.

Chris Bublitz

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Is this still on? I don't have much in the way of Italian wines but I did find a long lost bottle of 1985 Vigorello - is this something worth bringing (it's not a wine I've ever tasted or even seen before).

Any chance Jay and Peggy could make it to this one too?

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

I bid $169 for a 3 and a half stars in Midtown East.

Winona Chief

I used Priceline to get the Roosevelt for $169 a night for Thursday through Sunday. Yea, I know it's not that great a place but it's right next to Grand Central Station and only a couple blocks from Fabio Piccolo Fiore.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

The weekend of December 11, 12 is best for me - the 18th and 19th would probably work too. The December 4, 5 weekend isn't good for me.

Chris Bublitz

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I will be at home in the DC area for almost all of December and would love to get together with the BD and others for a meal or two.

Chris Bublitz

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I will be coming up to the City on Thursday (15th) afternoon. I'm trying to talk Marjorie (spousal unit) into coming up as well but since she works for Congress work demands may prevent her from attending dinner on Friday.

Chris Bublitz

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My copy is on the way from Amazon.

Chris Bublitz

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I'll be in the City on Friday and am interested in doing something on Friday night.

Chris Bublitz

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Of the 2007 German Rieslings that I have tried, some of my favorites are: Hexamer, Helmut - Nahe 2007 Schlossbockelheimer In Den Felsen Spatlese 2007 Meddersheimer Rheingrafenberg Riesling Quartzit Schafer Frohlich - Nahe 2007 Bockenauer Felseneck Spatlese 2007 Bockenauer Felseneck Spatlese Gold Cap...

Winona Chief

It is a bit confusing and I'm not aware of a way to "look it up" Stars (***) and Gold Capsule (Goldkapsel) can mean whatever the producer wants them to mean. You need to know the system for each producer. From the top producers the stars and capsules are reliable indicators that the wines ...

Winona Chief

I think it was mostly management taking the path of least resistance to attain short-term profit goals while ignoring the deeper systemic issues. .... I don't think any of them were able to address the pension, healthcare and union labor costs short of a crisis/bankruptcy. I agree. Anyone intereste...

Winona Chief

Yes, thanks for the notes, Michael. I think I have a bottle of 1970 Conseillante around here somewhere. I hope my bottle is in as good shape as yours have been!

Chris Bublitz

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Very impressive, Rob. Back to wines from the July 4th weekend. After reading a positive review from Mr. Parker in the latest issue of Wine Advocate, I served 1990 Gazin (a BWE long time favorite) on Frday night to go with some beautiful grilled New York strip steaks (fine job, Chris). Oh what a nice...

Winona Chief

Rob,

Wow! Sounds like a major effort - boy do I hate those hills. What kind of (and how much) training did you do to prepare yourself?

Chris Bublitz

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Great thread - lots to think about. I certainly agree with the idea of drinking the wines before they fall apart. I really enjoyed a very young and voluptuous 1999 Pavie about 5 years ago so I am a bit surprised by its poor recent showings. A 2001 Pavie was quite outstanding two years ago but I thin...

Winona Chief

Great pictures - what a great looking Bouillabaiase (perhaps you could e-mail me a taste of it

). I think the 1997 Ruffino Chianti Classico Reserva Gold was an excellent choice.

Chris Bublitz

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Cellar still growing and currently: 44% Red Bordeaux 24% Riesling (almost all German but includes a few Alsatians) 8% Red Rhones 7% Fotified (mostly Port but a few Sherries and Madeiras) 4% Sauternes/Barsac 4% Red Burgundy 2% Champagne 2% Italian 2% California & West Coast Reds 1% Loire whites 1...

Winona Chief

1994 Château Troplong Mondot - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (4/11/2009) Dark red to rim, cassis and cherry on nose, harsh bittle tannins overwhelm the fruit, average Posted from CellarTracker I could never get past those harsh bitter tannins and meager fruit - all of my bottl...

Winona Chief

Some of my favorites:

1971 Climens
1986 Climens
1988 Raymond Lafon
1989 Climens

Chris Bublitz

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Jim,

Smart purchase - 2004 is a great year for Chianti and Ruffino Oro is very reliable.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

Don't forget Climens.

A couple others with connections to d'Yquem to keep an eye out for: de Fargues and Raymond Lafon.

I really like Sauternes/Barsac a lot more with 10 to 20 (or even 30) years on them.

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

In a recent DC blind tasting of 1996 Bordeaux, Pontet Canet came in third on my card just below La Mondot and Latour. I scored it 96 points and ranked the Pontet just ahead of Pichon Lalande, L'Eglise Clinet, Haut Brion, Leoville Las Cases and Cos d'Estournel. Lafite, Margaux, Mouton and others were...

Winona Chief

Tom,

I'll always vote for 1989 La Conseillante if given a choice.

Chris Bublitz

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In the past, I have liked Chateau De Chasseloir Muscadet and Domaine de la Quilla Muscadet. The Vouvray you can find for around $15 are usually fine. A good Sancerre will be in the upper teens. A generally just ask for suggestions from a reliable wine consultant in a good wine store for Loire recomm...

Winona Chief

Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande, Lynch Bages, Palmer, Montrose, Angelus, LMHB, etc. etc. !!!Definitely looking good.

Chris Bublitz

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I haven't tried it but I am a little surprised by the low rating on the 2005 La Croix du Casse. I have been a big fan of this property for some time - the 1998 La Croix du Casse is an outsanding wine that is drinking very well now (about 91 points on my card).

Chris Bublitz

Winona Chief

I really liked the bottle of this I shared with a friend in the in the summer of 2007. I believe it had been decanted in advance and we drank it over three hours. It is a very good wine with a rich flavor. It was a bit on the young side but very enjoyable. I have six or seven bottles - one of which ...

Winona Chief

I was in MacAthurs yesterday. They were out of all the 2006s that I was interested in - Haut Bailly, Pontet Canet, Angelus, etc. I didn't buy anything.

Chris Bublitz

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