I bought some 2005 Domaine Grand Veneur. should open one soon.

Nic

This seem really good.

I remember the 2001 we had this summer with Sdr/Kathy and friends. It was a great wine. I really liked the dark berries character. It was a complex wine, that will deliver better goods in 5-10 more years. Concentration was impressive but not too much.

Nic

By the way, if you organize a weekend in Maine, we'll attend the 3 of us. Please let us know some possible dates soon.

Nic

Jim, I don't think more people will come, with me attending. I'm now a father : must be a good example for my daughter, serious, boring and not enough sleep. So in DC, I'll be sleeping 20 hours a day to catchup what I missed in the first months of 2009. I'll be at the main event from 7:00 to 10:00pm...

Hi Tom,

same adress as in 2007 for the payment? I think I still have it in my E-mail.

Thanks and see you soon.

Nic

Hi Harry, so I will be able to see you in DC? I'll be really happy about that, as we missed a previous chance to meet in Germany. My souvenir of you, from the 2003 NY convention, is to far away. For me, Chateauneuf-du-Pape have sometimes a warm alcohol feeling in mouth and I don't appreciate that to...

Short comments on two bourgognes opened lately. 2001 Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les murgers from Hudelot-Noellat : Again, a fantastic wine for me. Color is old rose petal. Nose if refined and complex, with an earthy mineral character, luittle red fruits (strawberries, red berries) and soft spices from...

If it is on saturday, I'm IN.

Nic

I would be up for a Rhône or Bourgogne dinner on Friday. Any interested?

A Piedmont dinner could be really nice too.

Nic

Hi Rick,

I would be interested but, as I'm arriving only Friday, any chance to do the Rhône dinner on Friday night instead?

Nic

Confirmed! I'll be at the Westin as well, from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th!

Thank to HM$. Again, he is the man who find the deals.

Nic

What? Whuzzup_ used his influence to bring Roberto to Burgundy? MichaelP was right in 2002, in Jim's Lincoln, we should have push him out of the car... Seriously, thanks for reporting and it hurt me some more, me that don't have too much 98 Right Bank (only Troplong Mondot). I'll look if I can still...

Just to let you know, I'm 35 so born in 1974. So you want wine pre-74? To keep it cheap, why don't we do a 1971-1972-1973 review? .

The 1989 Lynch Bages sounds good, as long as you don't put the 1988 VCC against it...

Nic

I can imagine that the 98 La Dominique is very good. Thanks for reporting eric. It has been too long, since the last time we saw each other, at Steve H place.

The bad thing for me is that I have only one Right Bank from the 1998 vintage : Troplong Mondot. That's it. Too bad for me.

Nic

So Jim, more comments about those 2 big guys? I understand you very well. Me too, I am tempted every month to open a 2000. Hey, after all, they are already 8 years old. But I resist, and it is hard. The thing is that I opened a 2000 Chateau Potensac last year, and it was good but still closed. So th...

Thanks for that report Michael. Personnally I'm a fan of Vin Jaune, for their unique character. But I understand at the same time that they are so different from other wines, that someone can be uninterested. I brought a Vin Jaune at a BWE offline in 2002, to taste blind, and everybody around the ta...

Thanks Harry.

What about the 2006 Vieux Donjon? It is available here for 60 $ I think. A must buy?

Nic

-Martillac. I bought a few bottles of that Pessac-Léognan, after reading good comments about it in La Presse (Montréal newspaper). And how a Cru Classé from the Graves, could miss their wine in 2005? Impossible. So the 2005 Chateau Latour-Martillac is totally genuine from the Graves area. No wet ear...

Thanks Jal,

I will look for that wine, as I have a soft spot with Barbaresco.Most of the time, I find it more interesting than Barolo.

Nic

Some TN on multiple wines opened since the last week. 1997 Leeuwin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Serie : I bought that wine 9 years ago (already?) in British Columbia. I wanted to open it since a year approximately. Dark red color. Nose, really fine and reminding me... Bordeaux! Earthy leather, d...

Jim, can you find 14 other moments? I got one : when the BD preferred the 1988 Vieux Chateau Certan to his all-time favorite... For thr trouser down event, I repeat, I did that to see if everybody where ''hammered'' that night, and it was the case as nobody notice. By the way, maybe the picture let ...

i opened a 1998 Clerc-milon not so long ago. Here what I wrote : 1998 Chateau Clerc-Milon. The CM was more Pauillac in style. Darker red color, nose was fine with jalapenos peppers, dark wood, dark berries and mushrooms, a little more closed than the LB. In mouth, attack on dark berries, graphite an...

Well, I'm happy to see much enthusiasm right now on the site. It is well deserved, with all the great members here on BWE. It will continue and I will try to keep it lively, as much as I can. So, I've been for a week at Alex's place in Montreal. By the way, i encouraged my bro to participate more he...

I'm on Facebook but don't use it that much. And of course, I don't give too much personnal info there. Most of them written right now, are lies...

Nic

Hi Jim,

with the baby this year, this was one of the plan for us, going to Maine this summer. If you plan a weekend of wine tasting, we'll attend, the 3 of us. Let us know if it works. I'll keep the 1990 Lynch Bages for that occasion...

Nic

Put me down for 1. I don't know yet if MC and simone will attend.

Nic