Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JonB

Maybe a CONVENTION site for us left coasters?

JonB

I could give you some advise on shipping options, but if you may move back to Colorado, it may be easier and less expensive to ship a smaller quantity of cases via UPS or Fedex in shipping boxes, and store the rest in a Colorado wine storage. So if you can "cherry pick" what you want to tr...

JonB

From the little I've read, it seems to be an irregular vintage, with Pomerol perhaps the best AOC, and perhaps comparable to 2001 or 2008, with lower alcohol levels than 2009 and 2010, and bright acidity.

JonB

I just received my first futures offer....2011 Cos d'Estournel $164/bottle, JS92-93, WS 90-93....and Pagodes de Cos $49/bottle JS88-89, WS 89-92.
Far too pricey for me.....perhaps RP reviews will make it seem more like a value.

JonB

Maybe what she really needed was a divorce meadiator.

JonB

I've never tried a Magdelaine, but see the 2009 on special at PC for $50 (pre-arrival). IWC put out reviews on a Magdelaine verticle about a month ago, calling the wine "misunderstood" and "penalized over the years by wine critics looking for size rather than finesse." Still, the...

JonB

CONGRATULATIONS AND HAVE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

I'VE UNCORKED A "FLYING PIG" (2008 CAYUSE)......TO CELEBRATE FROM AFAR.

JonB

Nice point total, Blanquito!! I bought 4.5 cases early on (between Montrose, Poyferre, Pontet Canet, Duhart, and Pavie Macquin), and since then have only purchased smaller lots of what I liked at UGC or regularly buy, (and then a few at a half-off sale at PC), for just under 10 cases. Other than the...

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I'll 2nd the 2005 Haut Bailly, if you like silky, ethereal, complex wines from Graves....it's a stunner. That's not far off my futures purchase (that still isn't delivered yet). The '08 Troplong is a large wine, dense wine that is very good for the vintage. The '08 Pontet-Canet is right around the i...

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I liked the '09 enough to purchase; they were/are $59 bottle in the states.

JonB

It's been my impression that he has touted 2001 (as have many other reviewers) as being underrated for some time. Still, it is not an "investors" vintage because it was not proclaimed to be a stellar vintage, just underrated. So I doubt investors are going to jump in and drive prices up wi...

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Not that I place any great faith on cellartracker notes, but the preponderance of notes the past 3 months look to be different bottles of 2003 Pontet Canet than yours, Mark. They seem to point to a bottle coming out of its dumb phase that is clearly outstanding with some Bordeaux characteristics and...

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A quick review of my cellar shows that I have 263,752 points. Is this good? Methodology: - For all points I used RP where possible, and if he didn't rate then used one of the following: WA, followed by IWC, then WS. - plus signs were excluded from impacting point ratings (does this invalidate the re...

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These Jadot wines in general seem to be built to reveal themselves with age, and the Beaune wines (as someone commented in a recent thread) are bargains that outperform with age. http://www.louisjadot.com/en/wine-pdf/beaune-clos-des-ursules.pdf I haven't opened any 2005 Burgs in some time for fear b...

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And a pound sign when an estate makes their worst wine ever -- such as 92+#

JonB

Jim - did this ever shut down? I remember having it at BWE2005 in Washington DC at the left/right bank 1998 fight, and thought it was an interesting wine, even though many panned it.

JonB

I tend to agree with that.....while I bought several of the big names early in en primeur, after the UGC tasting my dollars went to qprs....Haut Bergey, Fleur Cardinale, Barde Haut, Poujeaux, etc. Not to say that there aren't stunning big name wines, but the vintage style is not one I could enjoy ev...

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I died laughing at Hound's post; I bought the 2009 Pavie Macquin ---- RP94-96 in barrel, RP92+ in bottle...but a Jeff Leve 96 points at UGC! I thought this was showing very well at UGC --- at least as well as the couple of perfect wines that were also being poured ---- so I must have missed the &quo...

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There is certainly a large spread just among US reviewers, with RP an outlier on the high-score side. WS gave no 100 pointers. IWC (Tanzer didn't review yet, and will be doing the in-bottle reviews) reviews were much more modest as well. It'll be interest if 20 years down the road this will be anoth...

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Hey - I bought that wine too. I tasted it at UGC (so did Jeff Leve, pomilion and others) and liked it apparently much more than RP, but at least RP gave it a plus sign!

JonB

Who is this Parker fellow? I follow Jeff Leve's scores.

JonB

Great notes, thanks! While I haven't tried the 1990 TM, I enjoyed the 2005 at a UGC event and ended up with a fair stash of this. While I didn't think it seemed porty, it was on the heavy bodied side, and mostly shrouded in baby fat so was difficult to read, but it had lively acidity while being fru...

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Congratulations....lots of good times, a lot of wisdom and shared experiences, too much enablement, and now worldwide offlines.

JonB

WS released selected reviews on their website a month ago. As I recall Molesworth's comments were no 100 pointers, many wines at low end of earlier review ranges, still a classic vintage, but 2010s were shaping up much better than he thought. RP carries more market sway, and with the limited amount ...

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Blanquito - day 32? How did you do on your 2011 objective ( <$1000)? I'm going to start a buying fast....any day now. For superbowl, I'm going to open up quite a few of the bottles that people give me over the course of the year that are intended for early consumption. Food? Chili, giant tacos, Gian...

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Thanks for the note Bill; I have a few of these in my cellar.

It's not often that typos fit right in...."the noise was muted".....and you still understand the intent.
I'm sure it is not a quiet wine.

JonB

pomilion -I've had no problems with PJs in a couple of futures purchases. In my experience they are middle of the pack in terms of speed of delivery, they tend to deal with phone calls for communication, and are responsive. They tend not to use email (in particular, I prefer when merchants provide s...

JonB

I'm not sure how much of this growth in bordeaux consumption is bulk, but I would guess it is a large component. In bulk, the wine is transported in tanker trucks to either bulk tanker ships or ISO marine tanks for overseas shipment. It may or may not be labeled as Bordeaux or go into bottled wine.....

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Here's a slightly more detailed article: http://www.winespectator.com/wso_dev.php/webfeature/show/id/46287 This excerpt caught my eye in reference to AlexR's facts about volume growth of Bdx exports to China (most likely bulk wine): And there is positive news for Bordeaux’s more humble winegrowers. ...

JonB

I missed the "near death" stampede as I underestimated Los Angeles traffic and arrived at the event around 7:20. However, I've attended the S.F. K&L events some years and the entry layout wasn't appreciably different. I did talk to one of the Wally's staffers about the facility, and sh...

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Here are some overall impressions from tasting 40+ 2009 Bordeauxs at UGC last night. First, I did meet pomilian and his lovely wife, and had very enjoyable discussion about our mutual hobby (passion). Overall the wines were dark opaque colors, there was beautiful transparent fruit and many wines I'd...

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Jono - did you taste any Drouhin-Laroze? or any thoughts about this producer? Seems like a large producer, but increasing quality and the volume (or past reputation) has held back pricing.

JonB

Houndsong wrote:The Chinese sure know what they're doing.

Yes, the Wall Street Journal reports that they are increasingly investing in gold now (before the price crashes).

JonB

Nice intro. Thanks. Here's an excerpt from Stephen Tanzer's review In their aromatic complexity, energy, intensity and clarity of flavor, transparency to soil, and overall balance, the 2010s are among the most exciting red Burgundies of my professional lifetime. This reminds me of some Parker hype o...

JonB

Uh oh....I bought 2 cases of the 2005 Caronne thinking this might be one of those early drinkers, and RP had his early maturity window (I know that means little) as if it was ready, but certainly the one bottle I've had was nowhere near ready.

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pomilion - I'm going to attend the Los Angeles tasting, and spend the weekend with my youngest son at Disneyland. Your notes from last year were consistent with mine, including your impression of 2008 Canon La Gaffeliere. I could wear a ballcap with a Seattle-based theme (e.g. Starbucks, Dreamliner ...

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I've purchased a few of the "half-off" deals on 2010s. All of them have fallen within the blanket qpr exemption of $35?*. As someone else commented, at this level of pricing there were a few that were around initial 2005 prices, which if quality is comparable or better, makes it okay in my...

JonB

Outstanding selection!

JonB

This maybe off the subject, but how do you get your crystal so clear and sparking, Jim? Does it come out of the dishwasher this way, do you hand wash with a special cleaner, or.....? I get water drop marks and small calcium deposits, and have to hand polish after taking them out of the dishwasher, a...

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I enjoy the learning experience of these events. You can't help but get a good feel for AOC characteristics and differences when you taste 10-20 wines from each, sequentially. It is interesting to see how rapidly the young wines evolve, and the 2008s were tasted at a time that was not all that easy ...

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