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- Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWEers visit the Great State of Maine
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1227
Re: BWEers visit the Great State of Maine
Too bad about your Haut Brion. I bought mine from some guy named Rudy. It was excellent and unbelievably youthful-tasting.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2015 Domaine De Chevalier
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2531
Re: 2015 Domaine De Chevalier
Not surprised at this. We did a DDC tasting not so long ago, which showed the splendid terroir of the chateau. My problem is Dererencourt. The most affable of all the big consultants, but also the one who makes the most anonymous wines. I was dragged into a tasting of all his wines, and the DDC res...
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: RIP Sixth Beatle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 232
RIP Sixth Beatle
Geoff Emerick engineered a couple of their greatest albums.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... on-732394/
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- Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:16 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Two cases of 2015 Chateau Canon
- Replies: 64
- Views: 4582
Re: Two cases of 2015 Chateau Canon
If reverse psychology were deemed necessary and appropriate, I'm ready and willing. But I don't think it is.
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Cool Mapping of BDX Estates
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1097
Re: Cool Mapping of BDX Estates
Yeah, Tom, it looks like the relief is exaggerated somewhat. I noticed Lanessan on the fly in. Looks like they have their own little mound and even closer to the Gironde than Lagrange. I always wonder what really differentiates seemingly similarly situated properties. Meyney comes to mind farther no...
- Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:29 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2018 A vintage of the Century?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 858
Re: 2018 A vintage of the Century?
Long overdue.
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: WSJ on protecting yer swill
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1711
Re: WSJ on protecting yer swill
I guess aesthetics and accessibility have a lot to do with the price.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:38 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Portugal red lovers?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 235
Re: Portugal red lovers?
Not recently but I have mentioned once or twice that a 1968(?) Caves Velhas Garrafeira was really the first aged/mature wine that i ever had and it made a real impression on me about what a wine was supposed to become. There are some excellent red table wines in Portugal. It's not all about Port.
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 6:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2000 La Croix du Casse
- Replies: 5
- Views: 374
Re: TN: 2000 La Croix du Casse
95, 98, and 00 have all been really good. Too bad the guy who made them died so prematurely.
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Deals Thread
- Replies: 726
- Views: 170743
Re: Deals Thread
K&L's email this week is practically all second wines barring the Barde Haut, Pavie and one or two others.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2015 Cantemerle has been uncorked....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 977
Re: The 2015 Cantemerle has been uncorked....
Has anyone tasted both the '14 and the '15 Cantemerle?
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2015 Cantemerle has been uncorked....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 977
Re: The 2015 Cantemerle has been uncorked....
Cantemerle is about as close to Margaux as can be.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 42 Anniversary tonight.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 852
Re: 42 Anniversary tonight.
Have both. And 42 is very respectable. Congratulations.
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:24 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2014 Louis Latour Meursault 1er Cru Blagny Château de Blagny
- Replies: 17
- Views: 621
Re: 2014 Louis Latour Meursault 1er Cru Blagny Château de Blagny
My limited experience with this house has been limited to budget, entry level stuff and I have not really enjoyed any of it. It's on my Avoid list.
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The Jim How 40 Day Weight Loss Diet for 60 Year Old Males.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3686
Re: The Jim How 40 Day Weight Loss Diet for 60 Year Old Males.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jxeZEHpzDJMkkwZr7 Don’t eat cooked breakfast either. I have a Swiss breakfast: berries, fat free yoghurt and oats. One of the greatest things to come out of the only cruise I've ever taken was the muesli served at the breakfast buffet. I dislike granola and I had never had...
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The Jim How 40 Day Weight Loss Diet for 60 Year Old Males.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3686
Re: The Jim How 40 Day Weight Loss Diet for 60 Year Old Males.
I am eating like a pig and drinking like a fish and I need to eat and drink more because paddling 40 miles a week plus the associated cross-training has me down to 147 pounds, which I haven't seen since college. That's my plan.
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2009 Château Poujeaux (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 667
Re: TN: 2009 Château Poujeaux (France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc)
I remember talking to the Thiels at some UGC event maybe 10-15 years ago (no one else was hovering around them) and they were just the nicest people. Most of the other places didn't have the owners doing the pouring. I think the Thiels are out of the picture now. Believe Poujeaux was sold somewhere...
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:15 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2015 Cantenac Brown has been uncorked....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 787
Re: The 2015 Cantenac Brown has been uncorked....
Don't forget Boyd Cantenac.danzur wrote:I was just going to chime in and say that this was the "Margaux of the UGC tasting" a few months ago, but the more I thought about it, that was the "Brane Cantenac", not the "Cantenac Brown". Wine can be so confusing sometimes...LOL.
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 3:19 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2015 Cantenac Brown has been uncorked....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 787
Re: The 2015 Cantenac Brown has been uncorked....
I've noted that same "ethereal" quality in the three budget 15s I've sampled: the Tour de Mons (Margaux), Vieux Robin (Medoc) and the "Kirkland" Pauillac. I'm chalking it up to a couple of factors, including alcohol somewhere in sweet spot between "normal" and "too...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:01 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2014 Ch. Capbern
- Replies: 1
- Views: 179
Re: 2014 Ch. Capbern
The 2009 (then) Chateau Capbern Gasqueton is excellent. It was ~ $17. This was/is under the same ownership as Calon Segur, and is very close to Calon if not contiguous with it. What I find interesting is the high percentage of cabernet in the cepage, which in the 2009 was also something like 70%. Co...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The Auction Thread -- hits, misses, issues, addiction
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1220
Re: The Auction Thread -- hits, misses, issues, addiction
Interesting. Off the top of my head I would side with Stefan over Arv here on the concept of the marginal utility of the nth bottle of the same wine, provided of course it is one that you really like. This is not to say I don't value "diversity" if I may use that term. I'm sure that econom...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:24 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is the tannin index for 2015?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1000
Re: What is the tannin index for 2015?
LOL. Someone else has been listening to Bordeaux sales bullshit for decades just like me. Of the three vintages I ended up going long on 2014 because the pricing was so good. I am also hoping that it is ready to drink younger. I think in the modern era the "not as good but not actually bad&quo...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is the tannin index for 2015?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1000
Re: What is the tannin index for 2015?
Gee it looks like the victorious 14-15-16 triumvirate has a big whole in the middle. Seriously 15 was pegged as the vintage that will always drink well, and which if anything was tarred by some as being "too obvious" (digression--this has always been one of my favorite trade terms, one whi...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:02 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The2015 Latour Martillac has been uncorked....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 522
Re: The2015 Latour Martillac has been uncorked....
Hmm. I have six out there in the wine cloud. The en primeur reviews ranged from full-bodied to vin de garde material. The couple of lower-level 15s I've tried have shared a certain ethereal lightness which I have attributed to ripe tannins and alcoholic lift. So, like the man says, "we'll see.&...
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:58 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Wine and The Astounding She-Monster.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 844
Re: Wine and The Astounding She-Monster.
I'll check her out, but since the broader subject of electric people/electrocution is broached, does anybody recall an episode of the original Avengers series where some dude in a white panel truck was driving around electrocuting people? That scared me.
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:33 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3088
Re: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
I hear you. Temps in Hawaii may be ideal for humans but it's too warm by ten degrees F for wine. But suffer we must.
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3088
Re: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
>> Drinking red wine here in open spaces is impossible. Even at 11 pm, it is 30 degrees C (86F) and fuller wines end up going from 12-13 degrees (about 55F) in my wine fridges to 30 degrees in a short time. Ugh. >> Here also the temperature at 11 PM is often in the mid 80s or higher. When I take bo...
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:09 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2014s again
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1088
Re: 2014s again
All I can say is the $10 2014 Ch. l'Argenteyre, Medoc (Costco) was great. Full bodied, dry, ripe. 50% cabernet. If this is exemplary, earnest 2014s should be way more than serviceable, and a place to look for relative bargains among the better-reputed names. I have a case of 2014 Cantemerle somewher...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:49 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2824
Re: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
I'm not a psychiatrist but my diagnosis is multiple internet personality disorder. It is not uncommon but often misdiagnosed.
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:13 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2824
Re: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
I thought "Professor Marvin Hancock" gave the joint a touch of class. Or, putting it another way, it was highly unlikely.
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:57 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2824
Re: Seeking thoughts on how to reactivate Comte Flaneur.
Has he tried unplugging his router and plugging it back in? That's the first thing the experts always tell me to do.
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Two Awful Grand Cru Classe Medocs
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2009
Re: Two Awful Grand Cru Classe Medocs
I thought the 2000 Brainare had an excellent future the one time I tried it. I also vote for bad bottle.
- Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2016 Domaine Gavoty
- Replies: 1
- Views: 214
Re: 2016 Domaine Gavoty
Don't drink rose if I can help it but wondering what grapes were used?
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:53 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The seductive cocoa and milk chocolate of 2005 Barde-Haut
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1588
Re: The seductive cocoa and milk chocolate of 2005 Barde-Haut
Haven't had one of these in a while but it was one of the best tasting wines I ever recall on release.
- Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:05 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2000 Magdelaine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1035
Re: 2000 Magdelaine
I have the '04. A case I think, minus two or three bottles. I liked the wine but I was left wondering why everyone says it's unique or sui generis or takes two decades to reveal what it is all about. It definitely was not unapproachable at age 8 or so. But I'm happy with it nevertheless. Maybe I'll ...
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:05 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Why the 1990 Chateau Lagrange is famous
- Replies: 9
- Views: 926
Re: Why the 1990 Chateau Lagrange is famous
Funny but from limited tasting experience and by reputation, "legendary" is not a word I have seen associated with Leo B., other than Anthony Barton is legendary for not overpricing his wines.
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3088
Re: What is your red Bordeaux logic?
An unopened bottle will never disappoint.
Have low expectations.
Have low expectations.
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The "Vino Vixen" eschews wine for service to nation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 347
The "Vino Vixen" eschews wine for service to nation
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... sonnel-for
Looks like she's been OTB for a few years though.
Looks like she's been OTB for a few years though.
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A Picture Worth A Thousand Words
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4806
Re: A Picture Worth A Thousand Words
This is Spinal Trump: "My relations with the G7 are a '10'. Most relationships only go to a '10.' But Mike Pompeo is building me a relationship that goes to '11'. See? '11'. My relationship with Kim will be an '11'. Nobody else has one like that."
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Ranking the critics
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1509
Re: Ranking the critics
We did that here several years ago. I think we concluded it was JimHow first and everyone else a distant second.