Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

stefan

We were so tired of hearing about all the crimes committed and condoned and denied that we skipped the debate and watched a couple of episodes of Better Call Saul.

stefan

I find it simpler to put funds into a MM account that yields at least 5%, especially since we will probably need a lot of cash at some unknown time in the fall. But the yield I get in MM is a bit less than what I could get in T-bills.

stefan

So you are still great on the links; congratulations! Can't you get a medical exemption that allows you to use a cart during the competition?

stefan

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I would still bet on Danny
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Yeah, Danny would be the favorite for sure. But I gotta plan...

stefan

So sorry for you people who have suffered from long covid. Our immune compromised daughter had problems for a long time from the mild case of pre-vaccine covid she contracted while doubly masked at a medical facility. Danny, it sounds like this is the time for me to challenge you to a golf game. I a...

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Glad to hear this, Danny. Historically I preferred Lafite to Mouton but liked D'Armailhac and Clerc-Milon more than Duhart. Your post tempts me to buy some younger Duhart. Love to have another excuse to buy more wine.

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JC, my new(est) wine buying hero.
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Mine, too, Patrick. JC is an inspiration to us all.

Now I gotta run to the Dollar Sale at the local Twin Liquors.

stefan

I dunno, Ian. I have to do a serious computation to find out what your new score really is. What will people with lesser maths skills do?

stefan

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I’ve been sorely tempted by the 14 Canon multiple times but I’ve always held back. We need an ITNOS note on one of those once shipping season arrives
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I'll get these in November, probably. With a case it makes sense to try one this year or next.

stefan

Nic, open what you want. If MC does not like it, open something else for her. Repour the leftovers.

stefan

>> The interesting things, Olivier and Fieuzal underrated in Pessac, this is a statement i like, but do i need to get some to check? >> Actually, Nic, I think that many of the the less exalted Pessac wines are underpriced in comparison to wines from the Medoc. Olivier and Fieuzal are two of the best...

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Sorry, Joel. It did not format as I wrote it, so I redid my list.

stefan

Yes, Ian; my advice to Patrick was based on drinking 2005 Sociando this past year. It is certainly OK for drinking now, but I prefer to hold and drink 2003 now.

stefan

D'Armailhac is slower to develop than usual, but is pretty close to being there. I will continue to store the few I have left in my warmer storage (64F in the summer).

Best to hold the 2005 Sociando and enjoy the 2003 now. Actually, I think it is time to drink up all but the fanciest 2003s.

stefan

Overrated Underrated (both for price; not classification) Margaux Overrated Palmer Margaux Underrated d'Issan du Tertre Pauillac Overrated Haut-Bages-Libéral Lynch-Bages St Estephe Overrated Cos-Labory LLC St Julien Overrated Beychevelle Talbot Underrated Saint-Pierre Graves Overrated La Mission Hau...

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That’s one pricey coffee!
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Yeah, and then I read your enabling post on another thread and had to go back to buy

6 2009 Sociando-Mallet Jean Gautreaux.

I am done buying and reading BWE for today.

stefan

While taking a coffee break this morning I bought

1 1988 La Tour Blanche
2 1998 Pavie-Decesse
1 1978 Gruaud-Larose
2 2001 Haut-Bailly
1 2005 Gruaud-Larose
12 2014 Canon

stefan

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I drank through a whole case of the ‘14 already.
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Gosh, I rarely drink Sociando that is less than 10 years old, and it is usually better at 20. Is the 2014 that much different from the usual Sociando?

stefan

Great start to your long weekend in Rome. If you want to go back, drop a coin in the Fontana di Trevi.

stefan

Goodfellow purchase: 4 each of 2021 Heritage No. 17, Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir Heritage No. 18, Temperance Hill Pinot Noir Heritage No. 19, Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir 3 each of 2021 Pumphouse Block, Temperance Hill Pinot Noir House Block, Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir Long Acre, Whistling Ridge Pinot ...

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Have a great trip, Jim. Rome is sooo beautiful. And even absent *'s, it is hard to get a bad meal.

Be sure you protect your billfold--front pocket only.

stefan

I have one bottle of Caymus Cab--a 2002 Special Selection. Would this be OK to use in a beef stew?

stefan

No Bordeaux? You need to go back there and buy some.

stefan

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I have 38 bottles of various Niellon Chassagne. Is that enough or do I need to get some more
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While one cannot have too many bottles of Niellon Chassagne, one should not ignore the great wines from Puligny, Meursault, and Chablis.

stefan

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Trump represents the greatest threat to the survival of the US as it exists today since the Civil War.
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Come on, Tim. Greater than the threat of nuclear war with the USSR? Actually, the best thing I can say about Trump is that he is unlikely to get us into a war with Russia.

stefan

My 2014 Niellon is gone (sigh). I intend to look for 2014 white Burgundies after I return to Oregon later this year. The first monster white Burgundy I drank was a Batard Montrachet (I don't remember which) in the Caribbean Room at the Pontchartrain Hotel, New Orleans, in 1971. Tulane U. paid for di...

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An hour ago WS listed Maltroie as being available there.

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At the great price you got, why did you not buy more?

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Sounds like a great evening. We gotta get to the Big Apple soon and meet up with BWEers there.

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Congratulations, Bill & Linda. That's a great wine to have on your anniversary.

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Being low on popcorn wine, I popped a 2007 Trimbach Frederic Emil yesterday while we were watching a movie. If you have to drink a summertime white, this is the way to go.

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Which vintage of Heritage 4, Mark? By coincidence, I am drinking a 2015 Heritage 4 right now with mushrooms and hangar steak. This is an excellent and very pure PN. Sure, it will not hit its peak for probably ten years, but it provides a lot of pleasure now.

stefan

Mmm. My mouth is watering. I am sorry that tonight I have to eat BBQ and drink cheap Bordeaux.

stefan

I only met Alexandre de Lur Saluces once, in 2005, the time Tom mentioned. He was a most gracious host. He did a masterful job at de Fargues as well as at Yquem.

stefan

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Drouhin Musigny 2019
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Were you able to get it at a price that has only three digits?

stefan

Some bottles we drank of 2003 Leoville Poyferre were very good; others not so much in recent years. The less good ones are disjointed and have too much stewed fruit. All of mine were bought on release and stored at 63-65F. Probably I should have moved mine to colder storage when they became teen age...

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Ooh; nice, Jim.

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Is it PREMIERS GRANDS CRUS CLASSÉ?

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Is it a Grand Cru Classé Saint Emilion?

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I just hope that Latour does not buy Louis Michel.

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