Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

AKR

Btw another fabulous 1999 is Ducru Beaucaillou. It is a shame we did not have any Pauillacs or St Estephes on Tuesday. The person who was going to bring Cos D'Estournel dropped out. Had this recently with Bill Partmann, another BWE blast from the past guy. It was great. It was pretty well regarded ...

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I'm not sure I've had a Cotes du Bourg other than this one. I was surprised the other day to see an email offer on another wine from this AOC (that I didn't recognize) that was $11, which feels like a price from decades ago. I didn't nibble.

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That's a weird wine to find at a TJ's. I know people out here say that they are good for wines, but I've never been impressed. They do carry some spirits/cordials which are a touch harder to find (Lilllet, Campari etc.) But that was before I moved out to the suburbs where even the better supermarket...

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I think this is going in my local stores for 80-100 USD now.

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Margaux was definitely good that year, it was also the first year in quite some time where they stuck out. Later on there would be a string of good years, but I remember thinking at the time that was a place to buy a few. There was a promotion from some place where if you bought 5 solid cases on fut...

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00 Roc de Cambes [Cotes du Bourg] Served cool. Bought at release. I remember having this when it was young, in a panel which included a range of classified Bordeaux, and it stuck out then. If I recall correctly, it was the groups 2nd favorite wine that night, and was a popular rich flavorful wine. ...

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I think I had that same Trie Speciale, back shortly after release. Excellent steely whites.

Baumard is one of the few whites I'm laying down for my minions.

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I might get a bottle or two of the 09, as I think there is some at a place that I can stop at on the way home from a road trip. For all the hysteria about Bordeaux pricing, when wines like this are available at such price points, and offer immediate satisfaction, while having some cellaring potentia...

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2010 Chantegrive Rouge [Graves] Drunk on the cold side of 60F, in proper stems, over the course of 4 days. This is yummy stuff. For a variety of reasons, we don't drink all that much young/newly released red wine around our house, and this is one of the relatively few bottles we've consumed almost ...

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Yes I think I drank up mine within a couple of years of release. They were great.

This was a bit of an 'oops baby' find that had gotten put into the wrong box.

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Those prices seem very reasonable for the quality and range of vintages offered. Did you wear that jacket the last time we saw you? I seem to remember it. I've generally avoided Pagodes de Cos (although I might have also drank 96 and 03 at one point or another) but I'll confess to buying a lonely bo...

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00 Villa Bel Air 'rouge' [Graves] Somehow this had eluded its appointment in Samarra all those years ago, and only got consumed yesterday and today. 65F when served. Purchased for an $8 song either on release or before, and hidden away since then. The color is pretty good, a light red, but a hint o...

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I'm sure in a good vintage they'll make a B grade effort. That is pretty good in objective reality, to me.

I generally only drink whites when by the glass is what's on offer. Most commercial oriented whites are hard to screw up. (The kind that would be served at an open bar event etc.)

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Then just do a couple of wines blind versus each other, maybe having the SO know which is which. Or have a small dinner party / tasting with only maybe 4 wines, over the course of a few hours. Where the idea isn't to taste 50 things blind. But to see whether one can identify across one dimension, li...

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Interesting Arv. I agree I think they try to deal as best they can with what Mother Nature delivers. One of my German friends Rainer who is a very experienced taster and Bordeaux lover, having tasted Latour and Lafite 2003, reckons that Parker was spot on with the 2003s and that they will not only ...

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The difference between 03 and other years (to me) is based on what mother nature dealt, rather than interventionist practices. I think its fine to have those differences in the cellar, and its creates some diversity among drinking windows. IIRC 1976 was also a hot year, and the wines supposedly were...

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I like these German wines, but they have gotten more costly, and unfortunately no one else in the family/clan cares for them. At least if they are opened and stay in the fridge, they will keep well. At this point I have under a dozen Germans, which by the end of summer might be down to zero, since w...

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01 Filhot [Sauternes] From a split, served chilled, over a few days. 14% abv. Light yellow, doesn't look its age, compared to some other 01s that are developing golden hues. The nose showed pear, and other white fruits. On the palate its lost its youthful verve, and depending on how one likes desse...

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My cellar in Vermont had to be heated to get to 50F. Now that I'm on the other end of the country, I use a facility, where I'm 3 stories underground. Not as cold as VT, but uncomfortably chilly, enough so that one needs to remember to take a sweater when visiting. In the central valley, people go ar...

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00 Barde Haute (St Emilion) - Modern Styled St Emilion. Served at maybe 68F. Been in a cold cellar since release, so perhaps more primary than other bottles out there. Very good length of finish, sweet and dense. My type of wine; I grant others do not love them as much. Ought to keep aging very wel...

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I seem to remember the 95 and 98 being ok too, true to type.

The 96 was a poorly thought out acquisition.

I didn't understand at that time how much difference it made in the vintage quality from one side of the river to the other.

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I am reluctant to buy older wines now, for a range of reasons, but did pick up an 03 Greysac today. I figure in a super hot year, and given their location, it ought to be ok.

Don't think I've tripped over their wines since the 1995, 1996 when they had some some serviceable, smooth offerings.

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Weirdly enough I might have one of these left. I probably drank most of my Rhones from those glory days of 98-01 too soon. It was a happy time of a strong dollar, good vintages, and a region that was not yet fully bid up.

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00 Potensac [Medoc] Served cool, over two days, from those plastic hotel crushy cups. 13% abv. Still a dark purple, no bricking at the edges. Medium bodied. Has a powerful curranty, black fruit flavor on the palate. That note is very strong, but like a song which keeps repeating the same riff over ...

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I have very few 2002s from any region, but the few bdx I have are still resting.

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tim wrote:In an effort to buy some young stuff:

2 cs 2010 Cantemerle (31E/bottle)
2 cs 2010 Chasse Spleen (27E/bottle)

When did you move to France?

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03 Branaire Ducru [St Julien] I was skimming someone else's TN when they mentioned this, which prompted me to pull one. Served a touch warm, 70F, from a half bottle. Just pop and pour. 14% abv on the label, but doesn't seem heavy at all. Medium bodied. I get some anise, warm spices on the nose. Ver...

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Recently I got the following... Never had Nenin. Any thoughts on Nenin in general or 09 Nenin? For a close out of $26, what the heck, I thought I would get some Bordeaux under 30 bucks from the "vintage of the century"... 73 Borgogno Barolo Reserva for $85 79 Pichon Lalande for $65 95 Duv...

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Consider it more of a warning! and a shoutout to see if anyone else has tripped over this....want to see if I'm wrong.

Tasted a little more last night. Maybe not a D grade anymore. But still very wrong. Not like any other 09 sampled so far.

Good to hear from so many of you.

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It's more of a delicate, finesse styled wine.

They are oenophile oriented wines, that should be enjoyed without comparison to louder St Emilions.

I used to work with a guy who always swore by this estate.

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Nice wines. I've had the 86 l'arrosee a few times. I don't know why but its never excited me much. 89 PL seems to continue to be a real winner. Haven't had that in a long time. I've got one of those 99 Burgauds waiting for the appropriate moment. I only open Northern Rhones when other wines geeks ar...

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00 Fleur de Bouqueryran [Moulis] Served on the cold side, over 3 days. Stood up a week ahead of time, but still heavy sediment in the final glass. Nose isn't expressive, and the wine tilts toward the angular side. Medium bodied and only 12.5% abv which seems low for a ripe vintage, and modern Borde...

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Yes, that's why I posted it. Trying to figure out if its a specific bad lot. Or if that's just the way it is. Lots of this floating around NE USA. But it didn't taste 'cooked'.

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09 La Cardonne [Medoc] Purchased last week, popped and poured at room temp. Bluntly -- it sucks. I drink a lot of Bordeaux, mostly throughout the lower to mid points of the price range, so this isn't a complaint about earthiness from a Napa tuned palate. I know what to expect from various regions, ...

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TN: 00 Fleur de Bouqueryran [Moulis]

Re: TN: 09 La Cardonne [Medoc] - yuck!

TN: 09 La Cardonne [Medoc] - yuck!