Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Michael-P

I need a hotel for San Francisco.......

With the 12 hour time difference between SF and Dubai, its more difficult for me to arrange. Who is good at this and is willing to take up the task? Seems like someone always got us nice and reasonably priced places in past. Thanks.

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Living in the desert sands, I don't get much time to follow the vineyard harvest news, but I read some small one liner that suggested these may potentially be great. Any better data? Not that I should really be buying such young wines....Thanks.

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Dubai – 14 January 2011 – Hosting our typical little blind wine dinner party for 6 friends here, this time the group was: American, Italian, Polish, South African, Lebanese and two French. As is the practice, all bottles were wrapped blind and opened about 60 minutes before consumption. And a differ...

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Jon:

Nice. How long till it starts to decline?

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I think BD also likes 88 VCC.......

Michael-P · Re: BWE SF offline - 29 December 2010? Now 28 Dec.

Now 28 Dec.

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Alex: Thanks for the great TNs and I can almost taste that 74. It's like a lot of uninspiring old wines, with some interesting characterisitics and perhaps more appealing to wine crazy people like us than your average pedestrian. But sometimes I tire of these old wines that don't deliver what famous...

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There is a reason the title BD has been bestowed........

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So after a couple glasses of this crap (as noted in my TN above), I put the cork back in and threw it in the back of the fridge, thinking I could soon cook with it. After 8 days, I pulled it out and drank (yes) the remaining 2.5 glasses with my visiting friend (that has no sense of wine taste but li...

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94?

Come on guys! I have been buying like crazy this past year and NOW you tell me I missed 94 and need to buy, buy, buy?

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Rick:

"NEEDED to be openned.."?

Glad you did and thanks for the TNs.

Not being very knowledgeable about Rhones, what is their typical aging profile?

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Wow! What an evening.

I can almost taste them all thanks to Ian and Ramon's TNs. Interesting the differences.

Yummy!

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Change of date to 29 Dec.

Hopefully we can rally a few BWE SFers that are in town despite the mid-week date.

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I agree we should choose something new-ish, not from below. Without reseraching it, I think my best in 2010 so far have been:

95 Margaux
88 Margaux
95 LLC

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05 Ch. Maurac (Haut Medoc) – December 2010 – Repeating myself, this is another one I had never heard of but bought at the biggest liquor store in the UAE (not in Dubai) a few months ago for something like $25 to try more cheap 05s. But I am really starting to think the good 05s need to be expensive...

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I just got my flight ticket. After 3 years in Dubai, I have learned to get them early.

Arriving on Thursday afternoon, so I can do a Thursday dinner. Cal Cabs? Italian? Spanish?

Looking forward to the festivities!

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Bill:

That was funny! And a good lesson.

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Given I don't get to drink much of my wine here in Dubai, it will be easier to wait. But maybe I need to pull one INTOS for a BWE SF offline?

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TN - 05 Ch. Blaignan (Medoc) – December 2010 – Another one I had never heard of but bought at the biggest liquor store in the UAE (not in Dubai) for something like $25 to try more 05s. Although I am starting to think good 05s need to be expensive? Opaque with muddy brownish shades and light purple ...

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Anyone around San Francisco on Thursday December 30th (yes, I know it's the night before New Years Eve) and interested in trying some Bordeaux?

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BD:

Thanks for the TN.
Now I'm not sure what I should do with my bottles bought in 06...

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SF Ed:

Good news and I am looking forward to another great event. With the location in the same area as my cellar, it will be easier to pull some interesting bottles. But which....?

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Bill:

Happy Birthday! And retirement! Great way to celebrate and thanks to you and Jan for the TN on this wine, as I too snagged a few bottles back in 06 before it got really expensive. I'll wait a few more years, but it sounds tempting already.

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I agree with all the advice above, plus pay attention to the descriptions. A case of something with levels at mid-shoulder and missing/damaged labels will sell for less (sometimes a lot less) than perfect condition bottles. Of course, you get what you pay for....

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VCC is my favorite label.

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Indeed, I thought the BD was boycotting 05?

Ralph at K+L in Calif had recommended the 2000 Ferrand, so I bought a few bottles but haven't cracked one yet. Some day the 2000's will be ready.....

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Harry:

Any trips to Lyon or Dubai?

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Jay: Yes, that late night in Glen Ellen after the BWE Annual (was it 2003 or 2004?) when Jim cracked open a bottle was costly for me. I was completely convinced it had it all, and as a result over the next few years I bought a couple cases of 2000 Lynch. I'm not sure I recall having it again until t...

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I agree, the Andre Dinner and Kanu Wine movies were my worst.

Best? Like wine, there are too many good ones......

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I have been travelling and working so much the past 3 weeks (Vancouver, Vietnam, etc) that I didn't have time to even look at BWE! Shameful. SF-Ed: thanks for all the hard work and I would be interested in your little Friday get together. And the check (MP+1) is in the mail, supposed to arrive 30 No...

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Oh dear!
I just bought a few bottles of 01 Rieussec, and not at release prices!

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Does anyone know about these?

http://www.bacchuswinecellars.com/wineroom.html

I saw them being used at: http://www.finewinecollector.com/ and they looked like a good idea and potentially good value?

Thanks.

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Nic: Good TNs, thanks. Disappointing Riesling. Good for salad? The QPR search is always fun when you hit pay dirt. It used to be once every year or two I would stumble on some smaller producer from Bordeaux that rocked. The last one I found a year or so ago from Carrefour in Lyon, I found all of 21 ...

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Nic: That BWE site phantom has erased a few of my longer posts as well. After that, I started writting the long ones on Word and copying them to BWE. Sorry. Good TNs and I'm glad to hear about the 02 Cos, as I bought a few bottles this year and was wondering when to open them. Sounds like a few more...

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Werner:

Are you treasurer for 2011 too? Tell us where to send the cash!

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Not bad for "impromptu"!

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Nic:

Nice TN, thanks.

I am still working on 05s, and haven't bought many 06s. I understand the 06s will need a long time?

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My Bordeaux epiphany wine, many years ago, was an 83 Ducru Beaucaillou.

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I had two 57s a couple years ago at an anniversary dinner, Montrose and Haut Brion. I think I recall the Montrose was tired, short and watery, but the HB was still nice, with fruit still present and some complexity, although also a bit tired and past its prime. The HB might have been a nice wine, es...

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Werner: I was just planning to email you directly to look into One Market, but you beat me to it! We had wonderful service when we did a BWE gathering there some 5 years or so ago, with a group of about 10 of us. I think Moe had an "in" with the chef at that time. The food was consistently...

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